Amazon said its doubling hourly wages for its associates working overtime in its U.S. warehouses as demand continues to grow due to the coronavirus.
"All hourly associates working in the U.S. Ops network will receive double their regular hourly rate for every overtime hour worked in a workweek," Amazon said in a statement to CNBC. "This temporary increased overtime pay is effective March 15, 2020, and will continue through May 9, 2020."
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The announcement follows a similar one on Monday, when the e-commerce giant hiked the hourly rate for associates from $15 to $17, which will remain in effect through the end of April.
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Amazon workers in Staten Island plan strike over coronavirus safety
Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island plan to strike on Monday to call attention to the lack of protections for employees who continue to come to work amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Nearly 100 workers at the facility, known as JFK8, plan to participate in the work stoppage. The employees will walk out Monday morning and "cease all operations" until their demands are heard by site leadership, said Chris Smalls, a management assistant at JFK8 and a lead organizer of the strike.
Walmart joins Amazon in boosting pay for e-commerce workers | Coronavirus pandemic News | Al
Walmart Inc said on Monday it has temporarily raised hourly entry wages for workers in its e-commerce warehouses by $2, following similar moves by rivals, as it attempts to manage a shopping surge brought about by the coronavirus outbreak .
Walmart said the hike will increase entry wages for workers in e-commerce fulfilment centres or warehouses to between $15 and $19 an hour effective immediately through Memorial Day, a holiday in the United States that falls on May 25 this year.
Missoula County authorizes overtime pay for virus workers; watches stimulus bill
Commissioners on Thursday also said they're watching the $2 trillion stimulus package making its way through Congress for its potential benefits to local government, including a request to refinance debt at a lower interest rate and an opportunity to enter the bond market.
But at 1,000 pages long, local governments aren't sure what the stimulus package contains, though Missoula County made a number of requests earlier this week to the state's Congressional delegation.
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Westmoreland prepares to lay off hundreds of county workers | TribLIVE.com
About 500 nonessential Westmoreland County government employees will be furloughed on April 3, county commissioners said Thursday.
The layoffs come as county officials deal with balancing vital government functions during the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing budgetary concerns complicated by large overtime payments doled out to essential employees who were required to work the past two weeks.
“We are taking precautions so, when this is over, we don’t have to gouge the taxpayers,” said commissioners Chairman Sean Kertes.
$2T Stimulus Now Law: Funds Agency Telework, Cleaning, Overtime Costs
Federal agencies are set to receive emergency funding for disinfecting workplaces, telework, overtime and a variety of other costs related to the coronavirus pandemic under a $2 trillion economic stimulus bill rapidly passed by Congress this week, and signed by President Trump in short order. The White House has said that it wants to fast track implementation.
Money is provided to dozens of Cabinet departments, subagencies and independent agencies for new costs they are incurring in their response efforts, including deep cleaning, personal protective equipment (such as $178 million for DHS), overtime, employee relocations, bolstered infrastructure for telework, and more.
'It's Heartbreaking': Worcester Nursing Home Residents Moved To Make Way For
DPH did not answer WBUR's questions about how many nursing homes, or which ones, it was hoping to convert into designated COVID-19 sites.
Over the next few days, Beaumont residents will be moved to Beaumont's sister-facilities in Worcester. The state has yet to announce what other facilities might be converted into COVID-only wards.
In a video posted on Facebook on Friday, Matt Salmon, the CEO of Salmon Health and Retirement, which owns Beaumont, apologized for the stress the move would place on residents and families.
Albertsons, Walmart, Amazon increase pay amid increased demand from coronavirus | Las Vegas
Grocery stores and other retailers have raised employee pay as they work to meet customer demand during the coronavirus pandemic.
Albertsons Cos. said Monday it would be increasing hourly pay by $2 for Nevada grocery workers at Albertsons, Vons and Safeway stores.
President and Chief Executive Vivek Sankaran said employees at its manufacturing plants, distribution centers and stores have been “working tirelessly” to serve customers.
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