The North Bay city of Novato is rewarding eligible employees who worked during the coronavirus pandemic with thousands of dollars in bonuses.
The money will be paid out evenly amongst all employees whether they worked full-time remotely for the city, or on the front lines, which is a problem for the head of a group that represents the city's police officers.
It now joins other cities that enacted similar policies such as San Jose, Santa Clara County, and Santa Rosa in providing extra cash to people that work in places like the 9-1-1 call centers, police departments and maintenance departments. "If the bonuses are being given to all city employees are because of the struggles that were put on people by COVID, I think the police department should be recognized for the additional struggles they had to endure," said Sean Sinnett, president of Novato Police Officers Association.
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