As the committee meeting was coming to an end, Medline compared the rollback of the pandemic pay bump to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, which Medline called a "wonderful thing." Pay bump 'not about safety'In her opening statement, Davis said Loblaws' pay bump was not about safety but rather acknowledged the extra work created by panic buying in the early days of the pandemic. (Annick Sauvé/Radio-Canada)Ontario NDP MP Brian Masse questioned the assertion that the pay bump had nothing to do with encouraging employees to continue working at the risk of getting sick. In his own opening statement, Medline said the pay bump was temporary and Empire had always made that clear. All three executives said they were disappointed that only Canadian companies had been invited to testify, and not U.S. companies like Walmart that also ended their pay bump.

Source: CBC News July 10, 2020 17:33 UTC