S0613B1629A04993 MAB:JMT 04/13/20 #90 A04993
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 613
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE BRADFORD
Printer's No. 1629
Amend Bill, page 11, line 2, by inserting after "(CISA)."
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the plan shall
include, at a minimum, all of the following protections for an
essential employee:
(1) The minimum wage for an essential employee shall be
$15 per hour.
(2) All essential employees shall be entitled to
additional hazard pay, relative to the employee's risk of
exposure.
(3) All essential employees shall be provided
appropriate new personal protective equipment at the start of
every shift. Personal protective equipment shall include, but
not be limited to, gloves and a mask.
(4) All essential employees shall work in a manner, and
businesses shall provide an environment, that maximizes the
safety of an employee and the public, including, but not
limited to, the use of social distancing and barriers.
(5) All essential employees shall be provided employee
cleaning areas with adequate soap and water and breaks to
frequently engage in hand washing.
(6) All essential employees shall have access to hand
sanitizer between hand-washing breaks.
(7) All essential employees shall be granted leave for
sickness and shall be compensated at the same rate.
(8) All essential employees shall be informed by the
employer if a coworker has been tested for COVID-19 and the
results of those tests when available.
Amend Bill, page 11, line 5, by inserting after
"COMMONWEALTH."
A business operating in this Commonwealth that violates any
requirement of the mitigation plan shall be immediately closed
and may not be permitted to reopen until the business is in
compliance.
(c.1) Applicability.--The contraction of the COVID-19 virus
by an essential employee shall be considered a personal injury
to the employee under the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338),
known as the Workers' Compensation Act. The fact that the
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essential employee contracted the COVID-19 virus shall establish
a presumption that the injury arose in the course of the
employee's employment within the meaning of the Workers'
Compensation Act. The presumption shall not be conclusive but
may be rebutted if the employer establishes that the employee
contracted the COVID-19 virus prior to any job-related exposure.
Amend Bill, page 11, by inserting between lines 13 and 14
"Essential employee." An employee of a business who is
required by the employee's employer to report to work at a
physical location.
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