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Outreach workers ask Orange County supervisors for $1.50/hour special assignment pay amid safety concerns
Summary
A large group of Health Care Agency outreach and engagement staff and union representatives told the board about on‑the‑job risks including fentanyl exposure, overdose reversals, and dangerous field conditions and asked the board to direct staff to implement $1.50/hour special assignment pay for outreach workers; supervisors sought clarification on mechanics and cost.
Scores of frontline outreach workers and representatives from the county’s Health Care Agency (HCA) spoke during public comment at the Oct. 8 Board of Supervisors meeting to ask the board to direct staff to add special assignment pay for OC Outreach & Engagement staff.
Michelle Rubio, a senior labor representative for OCEA, said the petition submitted to the board included 61 signatures and cited escalating risks outreach workers encounter while serving people experiencing homelessness,…
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