coronavirus pandemic.Loblaw Companies Ltd. and Metro Inc. have been paying front-line employees an additional $2 per hour since mid-March when the restrictions due to COVID-19 were first put in place.
In a letter to customers, Loblaw executive chairman Galen Weston says that things have now stabilized at the company’s supermarkets and drug stores.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Both Loblaw and Metro say they will end their temporary wage premiums on Saturday.Loblaw says it will also pay a total of $25 million in one-time bonuses to employees, based on their average hours worked over the last 14 weeks.Metro says it will pay an additional one-time bonus of $200 to each of its full-time employees and.