B.C. COVID-19 Temporary Pandemic Pay

From the Government of BC website:

"Temporary pandemic pay supports health, social services and corrections employees delivering in-person, front-line care during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes employees delivering a range of health and social services to people most vulnerable to COVID-19, where maintaining physical distancing is difficult or impossible."

Eligibility

To receive temporary pandemic pay, an employee must:

• Have been working straight-time hours at any point during the 16-week period starting on March 15, 2020, at the height of the Province’s response to the pandemic
• Casual, on-call, and part-time workers who have worked straight-time hours during this period are also eligible
• Work in an eligible sector, workplace and role delivering in-person, front-line care in health, social services and corrections
• Provide additional support and relief to front-line workers by working in ways that directly serve vulnerable populations

Temporary pandemic pay is not dependent on whether there is a COVID-19 outbreak in the workplace location.

• Excluded management staff, fee-for-service providers or employees on leave are not eligible