Hazardous duty pay
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the surge of the community spread of the COVID-19 continues, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, has extended the hazardous duty pay for certain government workers until June this year — and this date may be extended or modified.
The hazardous duty pay policy for workers...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a new memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Pelepoi Sialega Mauga, set a hazardous pay policy for workers involved in the COVID-19 pandemic work. The new policy is effective Apr. 5, 2021 until Dec. 31, 2021, unless it is extended, the governor said in his “Hazardous...


![The governor explained that due to the additional hazards caused by fatigue, managers should avoid having a person work in hazardous conditions, while working overtime. “If someone does work in a hazardous condition while working overtime, hazardous pay will apply before overtime computations are made,” the governor points out. [SN file photo] Gov. Lemanu Peleti Pelepoi Sialega Mauga](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lemanu-web_7.jpg?itok=OcynR4rh)