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Essential workers; hazard pay; personal protective equipment; civil penalty. Requires, that following the declaration by the Governor of a state of emergency pursuant to § 44-146.17 that includes or is followed by any additional executive order in furtherance of such declaration that includes a stay at home or shelter in place order, employers shall (i) compensate its essential workers at a rate not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for any hours worked during the closure order and (ii) provide its essential workers with personal protective equipment related to the state of emergency and recommended for the relevant work site or job task by the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The bill defines essential worker as those employed as health care providers or by an essential retail business. The bill includes civil penalties and provides a cause of action for an employer's failure to pay the required hazard pay, which are the same as currently provided for failing to pay wages generally.

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Hala Ayala (D)*,  Lamont Bagby (D),  Joshua Cole (D),  C.E. Hayes (D),  Kaye Kory (D),  Mark Levine (D),  Delores McQuinn (D),  Kenneth Plum (D),  Suhas Subramanyam (D), 

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