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ICYMI: About the State's Premium Pay Program
Nonprofit employees who worked on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing vital health and human services are now eligible to apply for up to a $1,000 bonus from the State of Connecticut. The Connecticut Premium Pay Program was created in the recently passed State Budget (section 143-144) and is being administered by the Office of the Comptroller.
To be eligible, an applicant must have worked between March 10, 2020 and May 7, 2022, in one of the occupations from categories “1A” or “1B” of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccination priority lists. Additionally, eligible applicants must earn less than $150,000 per year.
The exact amount of the bonus will not be clear until after the application deadline (October 1, 2022) as the program was allocated $30 million and it is unknown how many people will apply.
The payment tiers are as follows:
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