Incognitive95
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Missouri
I work for Missouri Department of Corrections, and about a month or two ago there was approval for a hazard-like pay stipend for all employees of 250 dollars a pay period for whenever there is a staff member or offender in a prison that has tested positive with COVID-19.
The catch of this is that if a person has an unscheduled absence, or has refused mandatory overtime at any point during the pay-period that person is no longer eligible for this pay despite continuing to work in an environment with confirmed cases. Is this even legal for them to do? From my perspective if a staff member works for one second inside the prison with confirmed cases they should be eligible for that stipend. Given the guidelines, a person can work 14/15 days out of a pay period, and won't be eligible due to that 1 day.
The catch of this is that if a person has an unscheduled absence, or has refused mandatory overtime at any point during the pay-period that person is no longer eligible for this pay despite continuing to work in an environment with confirmed cases. Is this even legal for them to do? From my perspective if a staff member works for one second inside the prison with confirmed cases they should be eligible for that stipend. Given the guidelines, a person can work 14/15 days out of a pay period, and won't be eligible due to that 1 day.