Essential Connecticut workers can apply for $1,000 'hero' pay
By: Associated Press Aug 9, 2022, 10:45am Updated on: Aug 9, 2022
Up to $1,000 in pandemic pay is available for eligible, private-sector essential workers in Connecticut who were employed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding for the initiative was included in the new state budget. Sometimes dubbed "hero pay," the funds will be distributed to critical workers such as grocery store employees and non-government medical staff who were on the job between March 10, 2020 and May 7, 2022 and unable to work from home.