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COVID-19 Update: Worker Welfare, Hazard Pay, and Cleanliness

CPGs and OEMs alike are following strict social distancing, temperature testing, and other measures to keep personnel safe, but hazard pay is not widespread.

While states still differ on lockdown levels and what is deemed as an essential worker or business, most CGP companies and their suppliers are meeting production demands—for the time being.

According to a recent COVID-19 survey from ProFood World, 70% of food and beverage industry respondents are not offering hazard pay to their plant-floor employees.

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