Target raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour
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Source: CBS News
Anyone who works for Target will make at least $15 an hour starting July 5, the retailer announced Wednesday. The company is also giving front-line workers in its stores and distribution centers a one-time, $200 bonus for continuing to work during the coronavirus pandemic.
The wage increase will affect about 275,000 full- and part-time employees at Target's stores and distribution centers, as well as corporate staff at the company's Minnesota headquarters. The company had temporarily increased pay for retail and distribution workers by $2 an hour an increase that is set to end on July 4.
The $15 minimum fulfils a goal the company set in 2017, when its starting wage was $11. Target raised the hourly rate by $1 in 2018 and 2019.
"These investments help ensure that team members can build meaningful careers, take care of themselves and their families and contribute to building our communities through their work inside and outside of Target," Target Chief Human Resources Officer Melissa Kremer said in a statement.
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OnlinePoker
(5,702 posts)5 years late, but I guess it's better than never.
riversedge
(69,724 posts)JudyM
(29,122 posts)Dupe of https://new0520.democraticunderground.com/10142516648
Please continue discussion in that thread.
a kennedy
(29,464 posts)WTHELL????? 7.25 per hour??? It needs to be at least 15.00, more survivable should be at least 18.00 or 20.00 per hour. Damn. 7.25 an hour that is just insane.
Scruffy1
(3,239 posts)In most larger cities you can't afford your own appartment on fifteen an hour.