Amazon – Amazon to provide $500 million in vacation bonuses to front-line U.S. staff

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc stated on Thursday it will spend greater than $500 million on one-time bonuses for its front-line workers in the USA who’re working the vacation season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Full-time operations employees in the USA who’re employed by Amazon from Dec. 1 to Dec. 31 will obtain a bonus of $300, whereas these in part-time roles will get $150, the net retailer stated right here in a weblog submit.

A number of retailers, together with Walmart Inc and Home Depot Inc, have spent hundreds of thousands in bonuses to compensate employees for catering to a surge in on-line procuring through the pandemic.

In an earlier spherical of one-time bonuses in June, Amazon spent $500 million in one-time funds to front-line workers and companions.

The world’s largest on-line retailer has been dealing with intense scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers and unions over whether or not it’s doing sufficient to guard employees from the coronavirus.