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Hudson County staff press commissioners over withheld pandemic pay and unsafe office conditions
Summary
Human Services employees and union representatives told the board the county’s COVID-era retention/hazard-pay program left many frontline workers unpaid, and several speakers described mold, mice and poor ventilation at a county office building; commissioners asked Administration for cross-county salary comparisons and additional testing.
Hudson County human-services staff and union representatives used the public-comment period at the April 10 Board of County Commissioners meeting to press the County for answers about pandemic-era pay and workplace conditions.
"Where is the money?" asked Ada Wideman, a county investigator, summing up a recurring question from several employees who said a county-administered retention payment left many frontline workers unpaid despite national and state pandemic relief funds the County received in 2020–21. Multiple speakers cited the County's own press releases and said Hudson County received federal/state COVID relief funds but did not distribute an equitable retention or hazard payment to all eligible staff. Several speakers, including Margaret Bird, called the…
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