A divided U.S. appeals court on Tuesday said federal workers are generally not entitled to extra pay for being exposed to COVID-19 through their jobs.
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The employees said they deserved hazardous duty and environmental differential pay because they worked with or in close proximity to people, objects and surfaces infected with COVID-19, and were not wearing sufficient protective gear. It said exceptions covered some laboratories and tropical jungles, and that it was up to Congress or the agency to add categories.
"We conclude that OPM simply has not addressed contagious-disease transmission " in most settings, he added."That is not to say that such differential pay may not be warranted."
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