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City Council supports essential workers who may contract COVID-19 while on frontlines

The Massachusetts State Legislature is currently considering multiple bills addressing the occupational presumption of exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace. This week, the Council voted to adopt a resolution in support of several state bills regarding this matter.

Occupational presumption legislation would make certain that any essential worker reporting to work outside their home who contracts the coronavirus is presumed to have gotten it from exposure at work, ensuring that infected essential workers do not have to use their own paid time off or sick time to quarantine, treat or recover from the virus. The legislation would also ensure that workers and their families get the workers compensation and death benefits they deserve should their illness become severe.

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