February 14, 2023
A group of correctional workers aren't entitled to COVID-19 hazard pay because they didn't work directly with the virus, the Federal Circuit said Tuesday, ruling that humans aren't primary containers of the virus in a decision that could affect at least 20 other suits.
December 08, 2022
Forthcoming rulings in two federal circuit courts are expected to set precedents on whether certain workers are entitled to COVID-19 hazard pay. Here, Law360 explores the state of hazard pay cases as the Ninth Circuit and Federal Circuit consider oral arguments.
October 12, 2022
Federal correctional officers who worked in COVID-19-stricken prisons during the dog days of the pandemic are not owed hazard pay because the novel coronavirus was not an uncommon hazard, the U.S. Department of Justice told the Federal Circuit.
June 27, 2022
The Federal Circuit initiated a full court review of an appeal brought by a group of Federal Bureau of Prisons employees who say a lower court's order denying hazard pay to workers subjected to COVID-19 on the job should be overturned, according to an order issued Monday.
June 18, 2021
Federal Bureau of Prisons employees aren't entitled to hazard pay under two programs for health risks they said they endured while working in proximity to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the government told the Federal Circuit, urging the court not to revive a suit by nearly 200 Connecticut prison workers.