https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/01/31/san-jose-oakland-may-require-grocers-to-give-hazard-pay-to-front-line-workers/ > A year into a pandemic that is still raging, San Jose and Oakland may force large retail businesses — primarily grocery chains — to give their front line workers “hazard pay” until the disease is finally vanquished. > Workers in both cities would see their paychecks boosted by $5 an hour if their respective city councils approve emergency ordinances on Tuesday.