

MaUpdate: We won an extension of hazard pay! We will provide more information on the timing of this bonus as we have it. IPs will receive this bonus from CDWA if you successfully move to CDWA by June 30, work hours for CDWA between April 1 and June 30, and you have not received a prior transition bonus. We have now negotiated a $65 transition bonus for any IP who successfully transitions by June 30 and did not receive the other bonus. There was previously a transition bonus for IPs who met certain deadlines to transition. We will be bargaining soon with employers for updated hazard pay rates through June 2023 and will update you as we know more.Īlso, we have now won a transition bonus for ALL IPs who successfully transition to Consumer Direct (CDWA).

The hazard pay will continue to gradually decline as it has over the last two years, but our base Union contract wages will continue to increase. While the current hazard pay rate is extended through the end of June 2022, there will continue to be hazard pay through June of 2023 because of the work we did this legislative session. IPs will receive $2.28 per hour of hazard pay for hours worked March – June 2022.įor Agency Providers, we are negotiating hazard pay rates through the end of June with all our employers. First, we’ve won another extension of our temporary hazard pay for all home care workers through the end of June 2022! That’s over two years of continuous hazard pay during this pandemic. We won a major victory this legislative session by securing Hazard Pay for home care workers through June of 2023! As you can see in the chart below, Hazard Pay will continue to gradually decline, but our base Union contract wages will continue to increase.
