Grocery chain Sobeys has reinstated a program that will see its workers in areas locked down because of COVID-19 get a pay bump. Empire Co., which owns Sobey's, has brought back so-called "hero pay" for its hourly workers in Winnipeg, Toronto and Peel region, which is just west of Toronto. Sobeys workers who get paid by the hour in those regions will get between $10 and $100 extra per week, depending on how many hours they work per week. "Launching the Lockdown Bonus, in the face of new government mandated lockdowns, was simply the right thing to do. In its most recent earnings release, rival grocery chain Loblaws stated it has no plans to bring back a similar pay bump despite raising its dividend to shareholders by two cents per share because of strong sales growth.

Source: CBC News November 27, 2020 17:37 UTC