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03-04-2016, 06:03 PM #1
Costco Will Raise Minimum Wage as Competition for Workers Grows
Costco Will Raise Minimum Wage as Competition for Workers Grows
Shannon Pettypiece spettypi
March 3, 2016 — 9:22 AM PST
The Pressure Is on for Retailers to Ramp Up Pay
Costco Wholesale Corp. will lift its minimum wage for the first time in nine years, by a $1.50 an hour, as the labor market tightens and competitors start giving workers a raise.
The second-largest U.S. retailer will start paying at least $13-to-$13.50 an hour, up from $11.50-to-$12 an hour, the company said Thursday in a conference call with analysts. The increase will cut its earnings per share in the next three months by 1 cent, and by 2 cents in the following three quarters, the Issaquah, Washington-based company said.
Retailers are under pressure to boost wages as unemployment falls below 5 percent and 14 states have raised their minimum wage this year.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which operates the Sam’s Club warehouse-style chain, a Costco competitor, lifted its pay floor to $10 an hour this year and gave an increase to more than 1 million workers.
Costco didn’t say how many of its 117,000 employees would get a raise.
“It will help, and it is important to do,” said Richard Galanti, Costco’s chief financial officer. “This is a physically challenging job. You’re on your feet, lifting cases, moving carts, and we thought it was time to do it.”
Costco’s highest hourly pay is about $22.50, and the company plans to give those workers about a 2.5 percent raise this year, Galanti said. It takes a full-time Costco employee about four years to reach the top of the pay scale, he said.
Costco reported earnings yesterday that fell 8.7 percent to $546 million, or $1.24 a share. Analysts had estimated $1.28 a share, on average. Same-store sales in the U.S., a closely watched measure by investors, increased 4 percent, excluding the negative impact of lower gasoline prices and foreign-exchange rates. That compared with an estimate of 4.9 percent.
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03-04-2016, 09:42 PM #2
Does anyone know if Costco uses E-verify.
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03-04-2016, 10:29 PM #3
Costco uses E-Verify Nationwide to Check Employees - Alipac
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May 23, 2011 - Costco uses E-Verify Nationwide to Check Employees Costco Wholesale , the nation's largest ...Contact Cosco and Thank Them...NO AMNESTY
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03-04-2016, 10:58 PM #4
E-verify sign in a McDonald's
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03-05-2016, 06:30 PM #5
Thank you all of you for update.
I am pleased to know Costco cares about American workers and will start shopping
there stores.
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