In March, the company announced it would be increasing hourly pay and overtime wages temporarily during the pandemic, as its warehouse employees were deemed essential. However, the company plans to end that extra pay after May 30.
“We are also extending double overtime pay in the U.S. and Canada. These extensions increase our total investment in pay during COVID-19 to nearly $800 million for our hourly employees and partners,” Lighty said.
“In addition, we are providing flexibility with leave of absence options, including expanding the policy to cover COVID-19 circumstances, such as high-risk individuals or school closures. We continue to see heavy demand during this difficult time and the team is doing incredible work for our customers and the community,” she added.
A company spokesperson previously told CNBC about the end of the hazard pay.
“We are grateful to associates supporting customers during a time of increased demand, and are returning to our regular pay and overtime wages at the end of the month,” they said.
“We continue to see incredible demand from customers right now and … our team’s response in coming back to work has been really great as well,” Clark added. “We think it’s the right thing for employees and the right thing for customers to keep it on for a couple of weeks.”
