While unprecedented , these are truly historic times and Hy-Vee is recognizing their employees for stepping up to help.
Announced this week the grocery chain will give a :front line employee appreciation: bonus to all of its part-time and full-time store employees. The employees will receive a 10% bonus on all their hours worked from March 16 to April 12. The bonuses are a $10 million commitment to employees and will be paid out on April 17. On top of that, Hy-Vee is also offering new benefits to its employees in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
“Our employees are our most valuable asset, and we must do everything we can to support them and their families during this critical time. We hope these new benefits will help lighten the load for our employees who are working around-the-clock to serve our customers in our stores.” – Randy Edeker, Hy-Vee’s chairman of the board, CEO and president.
