On Tuesday, July 6, the Cabinet of Ministers issued an order to allocate contingency funding to the Ministry of the Interior to provide bonuses to police and border guards for work in high-risk and high-load conditions to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus in May 2021.
The amount of the premium for one hour is at 75% of the hourly salary rate specified for the official, observing the specified criteria and the number of hours of engagement or contact of the official. The draft order was prepared and directed by the Ministry of Interior to provide supplements to the State Police, the State Police College, and the State Border Guard.
The order envisages allocating funding in the amount of EUR 760,854 to the Ministry of the Interior to cover expenses related to the granting of allowances in the period from 1 May 2021 to 31 May 2021, of which 441,363 euros goes to the State Police; State Police College - 1,294 euros; For the State Border Guard - 318,197 euros.
In Latvia, also at the end of the emergency, the home affairs services continue to take security measures to limit the distribution of Covid-19. Police officers and border guards are at high risk of Covid-19 morbidity and transmission of the disease. Since the beginning of the pandemic, they have taken a significant position in controlling and restricting Covid-19.
The criteria for granting the allowance remain unchanged: the official is in direct demonstrable contact with persons infected or suspected of being infected with Covid-19; the official is in direct demonstrable contact with patients at risk of Covid-19 who have not been confirmed by the disease, but who are subject to quarantine or self-isolation; the official shall participate in activities related to the maintenance of public order and the control of the established restrictions.
Prepared by:
Communications Department of the Ministry of the Interior