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Posted on 10/22/2019 8:32:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Under pressure from activists, Target announced in September 2017 that it would hike wages for all 323,000 employees to at least $15 per hour by 2020.
This was a major victory for the "Fight for $15" movement—a win that was supposed to have repercussions for retail and fast food workers everywhere. "Our momentum is unstoppable," a Minneapolis Fight for $15 organizer told Common Dreams.
Two years later, the story is pretty different.
"I got that dollar raise but I'm getting $200 less in my paycheck," a Target employee named Heather told CNN. Heather's hours have been cut from about 40 per week to around 20, she explained.
And she's hardly alone. CNN Business (which withheld employees' last names) has interviewed 23 Target employees in the past month. Many tell the same story: They are working fewer hours and have lost some employment benefits as a result. Target only provides health insurance benefits to workers who average at least 30 hours of work a week.
It's almost as though hourly wages are only one part of a worker's compensation—and that hiking wages might cause other, unintended consequences.
Unlike businesses in states that have recently set higher minimum wages, Target made the decision to raise their wages voluntarily. So it's likely the company undertook its decision with a more holistic view of how to compensate its employees—and how to offset a wage increase with reductions in hours or benefits, or by overhauling its operations. Target COO John Mulligan told CNN that the company created more specialized positions focused on efficiency.
It's also possible that the employees interviewed by CNN don't represent the norm across the more than 360,000 workers at Target stores in America. In any company of that size, there will always be some people who are having their hours reduced
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
Supply and demand. Econ 101
The real world warned you.
This minimum wage bull crap is a specially insidious one forced upon restaurants
It’s not good for customers either. The skeleton staff is never around to answer questions or help find items in the store.
Embrace your suck.
“”I got that dollar raise but I’m getting $200 less in my paycheck,” a Target employee named Heather told CNN. Heather’s hours have been cut from about 40 per week to around 20, she explained.”
LOL!!!!
I love when math triumphs over stupidity.
Surprise!
Just yesterday I was talking with a target employee who I know through business dealings. She needs a hip replacement and Hass to wait until Obamacare sign-up in January, then wait another 60 days for whatever reason. I asked her if she had insurance through target and she went off! She was complaining about how her hours have been so jumbled up that target has effectively canceled her Insurance coverage. She said full-time is considered like 34 hours. They schedule her for 33.75 hours every week.
Nicely done again tarjay! Not only do they allow pervs in the restrooms and dressing area, they can now also virtue signal over “paying” their employees $15 per hour!
$15/hour wait staff still expect 20% tips.
Raise that “Bernie 2020” flag proudly, Dummy!
Well, grab a tent and pick a street. It’s the new American dream.
Stupid Should Hurt!
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I agree...
$15/hour wait staff still expect 20% tips.
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Expect in one hand, _________ in the other.
I thought ObamaCare required coverage for people working over 29 hours per week.
Oh, geez. You axed for it, you got it.
Thank God I sold my Target stock two years ago. This company is the next Sears Roebuck.
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