Food Supply Industries Increase Hourly Wage
Sobey’s, Save-On-Foods, Metro and Loblaws have moved to increase wages for all their grocery store and distribution centre workers by $2. Grocery store employees are among those who are still required to report to work, despite the national call for social distancing.
Other food suppliers have followed suit and increased hourly wages as well, including Maple Foods, Mondelez Canada and Cargill. Cargill will provide a premium of two dollars per hour worked, with a bonus of five hundred dollars paid to those who complete weekly shifts over a period of eight consecutive weeks. Maple Leaf Foods will pay an additional eighty dollars per week to employees at their manufacturing facilities.
Employees in Nestlé Canada factories and distribution centres across the country will receive a temporary increase of $3/hour, retroactive to March 16. Factory workers who cannot work from home will receive a bonus as well. Additionally, in the event of any temporary shutdown related to COVID-19, up to twelve weeks' full pay will be provided for all hourly and salaried staff.
Domino's Pizza of Canada is hiring delivery experts, pizza makers, customer service representatives, managers and assistant managers. "Our stores want to make sure they're not only feeding people, but also providing opportunity to those looking for work at this time," said Michael Curran, chief executive officer for Domino's Pizza of Canada.
Nandos Canada has created a new employee volunteer force. Their employees will be paid to deploy their services to help others in the immediate communities in which we operate. They will also allocate 50 free meals per day per restaurant for laid-off members of the restaurant industry.
Bank Employees Get Bonuses
Both part-time and full-time employees at CIBC will receive a $50 per diem for every day they go to work, and are eligible for 10 days off to care for themselves or their family through this illness.