Essential Connecticut workers will receive a payment worth up to $1,000 on Wednesday.
Over 150,000 workers in the Constitution State will receive the payments. They are a form of gratitude for the state’s front-line workers.
Approximately 120,000 of the recipients will receive the funds through direct deposit, and the other 35,000 will receive the money through a check in the mail. It will be delivered in the next five to six weeks.
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“During times of difficult uncertainty, Connecticut’s front-line workers stepped up and kept our grocery stores open, our hospitals operational, our communities safe and so much more,” said State Comptroller Sean Scanlon. “They were essential to getting us through the pandemic, and this payment is just one small way we can thank them. By providing some relief, we can show how grateful we are to our heroes.”
The full $1,000 will be paid to workers who make less than $50,000 per year working full-time in grocery stores, nursing homes, or other essential positions during the pandemic, and who applied for this relief last summer and received approval.
Those who make more than $50,000 a year will receive less. Those who make under $60,000 but more than $50,000 will receive $800.
Essential workers who make $70,000 will receive $750, and those who make $80,000 will receive $500, according to the Connecticut Mirror.
In order to have been eligible for the payment, applicants were required to meet a series of prerequisites. Those included having worked as an essential worker in Connecticut between March 10, 2020, and May 7, 2022. They also had to be unable to work from home and have earned under $150,000.
Applicants must have also worked in a position that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sorted into categories 1A and 1B. 1A jobs relate to healthcare — dental offices, medical laboratories, and ambulance services. 1B jobs include a variety of different positions — they include law enforcement, fire protection, day care services, and food manufacturing.
The state legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee initially hoped to give front-line workers $2,000, but the proposal was rejected by the full legislature. The state legislature did, however, approve a $30 million plan limited to the private sector.
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Applications for this payment were accepted until Oct. 1.
