By Brooke Spiel March 20, 2020 Target announced Friday that it would give employees a $2-per-hour pay raise, rolling out new benefits and bonuses as its staffers work to keep shelves stocked during the coronavirus pandemic. In a press release, the company said it would give the raise to staff until at least May 2, […]
Target announces pay raises, bonuses and new paid leave policy amid coronavirus Read More »
By Max Nesterak March 17, 2020 Target Corp. has quietly settled half a dozen class action lawsuits and still faces two more from workers who allege the company has failed to pay overtime they’re owed. Target calls these workers “executive team leaders” and pays them managerial salaries — as opposed to hourly wages — that
Thousands of Target employees work over 50 hours a week. Why don’t they get overtime? Read More »
By Micheal Sainato February 27, 2020 Adam Ryan, 31, has worked at Target in Christiansburg, Virginia, for three years. He works additional jobs whenever he’s able to, but is regularly scheduled only 20 hours per week at Target, despite having open availability. “I have to live with my family because I can’t afford rent on
Target raised wages. Then it cut workers’ hours and doubled their workload Read More »
Megan Rose Dickey February 24, 2020 Inspired by the work of Instacart shoppers over the last few years, a handful of workers at Target-owned Shipt, a grocery delivery service, are beginning to organize. With the help of two key Instacart shopper-activists, Vanessa Bain and Sarah Clarke, who goes by a pseudonym, Shipt workers are now
Shipt shoppers are the latest gig workers to organize Read More »
By Mark Reilly February 18, 2020 Target Corp. has been boosting its minimum wage rates for store and warehouse workers in recent years. But pay at its Shipt subsidiary seems to be going in the other direction, according to complaints from some of the delivery service’s contract workers. “Every single person is losing money,” one
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