Target to Offer Employees an Extra $2 an Hour Who Work Peak Days During Holiday Season

Big box retailer Target has laid on a great incentive for its employees to continue coming to work.

The company announced that it will pay an extra $2 an hour to store and service center employees who work peak days during the holiday season. This includes Saturdays and Sundays in the final weeks before Christmas.

Target had previously said it would be scaling back on hiring more people this season and instead would focus its attention on giving more hours to its staff. The company has roughly 300,000 current store employees.

The extra pay will go to store employees and service center employees who clock in on Saturdays and Sundays from Nov. 20 to Dec. 19, on Christmas Eve or on the day after Christmas. Select headquarters employees also qualify, Target said in its announcement on its website.

Hourly supply chain employees can also get the additional pay for peak two-week periods between Oct. 10 and Dec. 18.

Target’s minimum wage is $15 an hour and the company has launched an app that allows workers to pick up an extra shift on demand, if they prefer a more flexible schedule that they can juggle with child care or college classes.

Target chief human resources officer Melissa Kremer said the extra pay is another way the company is expressing its “deep gratitude” for their “significant contributions.”

“This team continues to be at the heart of our strategy,” Kremer said. “You have shown up consistently for our guests and one another with a tremendous amount of care and we know this busy holiday season will be no different. ”

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