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<h2 id="current-examples">Current examples</h2> <p>In <a href="/facts/Detroit,_Michigan/wMe6MCub">Detroit, Michigan</a> the municipal government is paying certain public employees an additional amount of $800 per month to perform their jobs during the <a href="/facts/Coronavirus_disease_2019/YsUgvsaX">Coronavirus outbreak</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>In the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> a group of federal employees from various agencies has filed a lawsuit<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> to force the government to pay hazard pay during the <a href="/facts/COVID-19_pandemic/0xTsh7Ut">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Hazard pay". hazard pay - noun [..] (also hazardous duty pay); (UK danger money) - extra money that is paid to someone because their job is dangerous <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hazard-pay" target="_blank">https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hazard-pay</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Hazard Pay | U.S. Department of Labor". <a href="https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/hazardpay" target="_blank">https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/hazardpay</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Detroit will offer hazard pay to first responders, as harsh budget cuts loom". 10 April 2020. <a href="https://www.michiganradio.org/post/detroit-will-offer-hazard-pay-first-responders-harsh-budget-cuts-loom" target="_blank">https://www.michiganradio.org/post/detroit-will-offer-hazard-pay-first-responders-harsh-budget-cuts-loom</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2020-05-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200627094317/https://kcnfdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Braswell-et-al.-v.-United-States-Complaint-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200627094317/https://kcnfdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Braswell-et-al.-v.-United-States-Complaint-1.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Sisk, Richard (30-03-2020). "VA Workers Sue for Hazardous Duty Pay During Pandemic." Military.com. Retrieved 16-06-2020. <a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/30/va-workers-sue-hazardous-duty-pay-during-pandemic.html" target="_blank">https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/30/va-workers-sue-hazardous-duty-pay-during-pandemic.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>