To take the first question regarding financial relief and putting conditions on that, we do think that's important. In the States, it will be critical to ensuring a path for workers to continue to stay attached to their jobs and it can help toward a path to recovery. We've seen comments from this government with the same goal of the wage subsidy program, that it is offering this program to ensure that workers remain attached to their jobs because it understands how important it is that we are able to, more quickly, return to a recovery down the road.
With regard to the types of conditions that are attached, there may be some differences depending on the sector, but we do think that at a minimum there has to be some commitment to ensuring that workers are brought back if they've been laid off and some details about how that's going to work. We're also seeing workers lose their medical coverage at a time when we're in the middle of a global pandemic. Workers need access to their prescriptions when we're in the middle of a health crisis. Is the government going to make sure workers are able to continue to access that kind of coverage when they need it?
In terms of your second question regarding the CERB, yes, we recognize there are a lot of folks who have fallen through the cracks and need to have access to an income supplement. That $2,000 a month is going to be critical for folks who wouldn't otherwise apply. We know there's been some talk about extending it to folks who work less than 10 hours a week. There are other folks who wouldn't be eligible for whatever reason. Yes, we do think that they need to be able to access some benefit, and we really should be opening it up to a broader swath of workers.
I think it's remarkable, and I hate to say it, but the U.S. is actually offering more money to workers than Canada and that's surprising to me. For a number of reasons [Technical difficulty—Editor], but I think that every household, every individual under $75,000 in salary will be getting a $1,200 cheque. That's regardless of whether they've lost their jobs. Then there are going to be folks who are getting employment insurance. There's an additional $600 top-up that's going to be in place for the next, I think, 13 weeks. That's going to help a lot of low-wage workers or hourly wage workers get through the next few months.
For the hospitality industry in particular, as folks have mentioned before, it is going to be a long recovery. We have to have a sector-specific solution to deal with the challenges that the industry is facing for workers and their employers. We want to work together to try to figure out what makes sense for that sector.
In terms of the courage bonus, yes, you're right. Our members who are continuing to work in hotels are housing and feeding guests who are medical professionals or quarantined travellers. I have to tell you this: Workers have been terrified to work at some of these places because they're concerned about the health and safety risks. We're spending time trying to work very closely with the governments that are commandeering the hotels and the health officials to make sure those are safe places to work. In order to attract workers to work in hotels at this point in time, it would help to have a courage bonus but also to put in place very strict health and safety guidelines so that folks feel comfortable working there, because they are very scared about picking up the virus and bringing it back home, as anybody would expect right now.