[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The coronavirus incurred incremental costs of $32.4 million last quarter due to additional health measures and a temporary wage increase, which ended in early August after being extended for a month and a half beyond the expected date.Employees received a 10 per cent pay increase beginning in late March while warehouse workers saw a $3 raise on an income that starts near minimum wage, which in Quebec is $13.10.
The so-called pandemic pay program applicable to most of its 20,000-plus workers cost Dollarama roughly $11 million in its second quarter, leaving it with profits of $142.5 million.The company has faced blowback from advocacy groups and workers who are.