(ST. PAUL, MN) – Today, Republican members of the Frontline Workers Bonus Pay Working Group proposed their plan to provide meaningful bonuses to those who took the most risk to keep people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

“Republicans are standing behind our frontline workers, our nurses, hospice providers, long-term care workers, law enforcement, and correction officers and working to ensure that they get meaningful relief,” Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen (Alexandria) said.  “These folks didn’t have the option to stay home during the pandemic. Their work required that they show up every day and provide support and protection. Our proposal ensures we honor their demanding work and sacrifices.”
 

The proposal includes $1200 in bonus pay for nurses, first responders, corrections officers, long-term care workers, and hospice providers. To be eligible, the workers couldn’t work from home, needed to have received less than one month of unemployment, and worked a minimum of 1200 hours between March and December of 2020, about 30 hours a week. There is no income cap on the proposal, and an application process will be used to provide bonus pay as soon as the application is approved.