Augusta City Council measure

2020 | Covid-19, Hazard Pay

STATUS: Enacted

The city of Augusta implemented an additional $5 per hour in hazard pay for about 1,400 essential critical infrastructure employees.

City council voted to approve hazard pay for city employees including firefighters, law enforcement, EMS, dispatchers and sanitation workers. On April 21, the city commission voted to terminate the hazard pay policy on May 1 in response to the planned re-opening of Georgia’s economy.

Read the full measure here.