Hormel Foods is paying another multi-million dollar bonus to employees who continue to work producing food during the coronavirus pandemic which includes employees at the company’s Knoxville location.

The company says the new $7 million bonus is in addition to a $4 million bonus earlier in April and will go to all full-time and part-time plant production workers.

The special bonus includes $500 for full-time team members and $150 for part-time team members. Hormel Foods says it has also been paying 100 percent salary and benefits to all employees affected by COVID-19. When the second bonus is paid during the first week in July, Hormel workers will have received a total of $800 for full-time team members and $300 for part-time team members.

Hormel Foods says it has invested millions of dollars in the safety of its team members through innovation in its facilities, enhancements to PPE, temperature screenings, COVID-19 testing and focused efforts on facility redesign for social distancing. The result, says the company, is that out of more than 30 production facilities, the majority are unaffected by COVID-19.