Current Events > Whole Foods to cut health-care benefits for 1,900 part-time employees

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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/12/whole-foods-to-cut-healthcare-for-1900-part-time-employees-in-2020.html

Amazon-owned Whole Foods will be withdrawing medical benefits for hundreds of its part-time workers starting Jan. 1, 2020, the company said Thursday.

In the past, employees needed to work at least 20 hours a week to buy into the health-care plan. Now they will need to work at least 30 hours. Less than 2% of its workforce, or 1,900 employees, will no longer be eligible for medical coverage, under the new policy, the company said.

The news was first reported by Business Insider.

In order to better meet the needs of our business and create a more equitable and efficient scheduling model, we are moving to a single-tier part-time structure, a company spokesperson said in an email. We are providing Team Members with resources to find alternative healthcare coverage options, or to explore full-time, healthcare-eligible positions starting at 30 hours per week. All Whole Foods Market Team Members continue to receive employment benefits including a 20% in-store discount.

In 2018, Amazon raised its minimum wage to $15 for all employees, including those at Whole Foods. Amazon also announced last week that it was planning on adding more than 30,000 permanent jobs in its tech, corporate and fulfillment departments.

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Jeff Bezos/Net worth
113.4 billion USD
2019

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Jeff Bezos is a fucking criminal
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Jeff Bezos will send them to space instead
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steroids bezos has to get his lift in
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We demand $15 an hour!

Mr bezos:Ok.
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"But I like my private insurance"

Bezos is filth
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Didn't he increase their wage to a baseline $15/hr?
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It's pretty obvious by now that Amazon is doing everything it can to transition steadily toward a more machine opparated company. It's bad for the employees.....but is a net gain for everyone else as usual.
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dont care, gotta buy my organic food with food stamps either way
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Butterfiles posted...

Jeff Bezos/Net worth
113.4 billion USD
2019

Lol, this is exactly what I was gonna post
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Whole Foods was already cutting benefits before Amazon bought them. They were nice about it though: they let use vote on what benefits we wanted cut!(what? you want us to NOT CUT benefits? Silence, peon!)
So I'm not the least bit surprised Amazon is picking up where they left off. Probably a lot of hand-wringing and anger over how those unruly, ungrateful workers demanding a living wage is hurting their bottom-line.

CommonStar posted...

"But I like my private insurance"

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