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US-American market leader Home Depot announces on several temporary changes to its business in response to Covid-19.
Safety measures include:
Closing stores early at 6:00 p.m. to allow more time for sanitization and restockingLimiting the number of customers allowed into stores at one timePromoting social and physical distancing practices in stores by marking floors and adding signage to help customers and associates maintain safe distancesEliminating major spring promotions to avoid driving high levels of traffic to storesLimiting services and installations to those that are essential for maintenance and repair needs in impacted marketsDistributing thermometers to associates in stores and distribution centers and asking them to perform health checks before reporting to work
The retailer has also introduced several benefits enhancements to take care of its associates:
Added 80 hours of paid time off for all full-time hourly associates and 40 hours of paid time off for part-time hourly associates to be used at their discretion at any time in 2020 and paid out at year-end if not usedFor associates who are 65 years of age or older, or determined to be at higher risk by the CDC, added 160 hours of paid time off for full-time hourly associates and 80 hours of paid time off for part-time hourly associates to be used at their discretion at any time in 2020 and paid out at year-end if not usedProviding paid time off for any associate who has contracted Covid-19 until released by a doctorProviding up to 14 days paid time off for any associate required to be quarantined by a public health authority or the CDCProviding additional bonuses to hourly associates in stores and distribution centers - USD 100 per week for full-time hourly associates and USD 50 per week for part-time hourly associatesProviding double pay for overtime hours worked by hourly associatesExtended dependent care benefits and waived co-paysAsked all associates in store support functions who can work from home to do so while continuing to support our frontline associates
In addition to that, the company lists further measures in order to support communities:
Weeks ago, voluntarily froze pricing nationwide across product categories in high demand due to Covid-19Executed a "Stop-Sale" on all N95 masks in stores and HomeDepot.com and redirected all shipments to be donated to hospitals, healthcare providers and first responders around the countryDonating millions of dollars in personal protective equipment (PPE) and other products to hospitals, healthcare providers and first respondersPrioritizing order fulfillment for hospitals, healthcare providers and first respondersMarshalling the resources of our merchandising and supply chain teams to globally source quality products and expedite the availability of needed items
Safety measures include:
Closing stores early at 6:00 p.m. to allow more time for sanitization and restockingLimiting the number of customers allowed into stores at one timePromoting social and physical distancing practices in stores by marking floors and adding signage to help customers and associates maintain safe distancesEliminating major spring promotions to avoid driving high levels of traffic to storesLimiting services and installations to those that are essential for maintenance and repair needs in impacted marketsDistributing thermometers to associates in stores and distribution centers and asking them to perform health checks before reporting to work
The retailer has also introduced several benefits enhancements to take care of its associates:
Added 80 hours of paid time off for all full-time hourly associates and 40 hours of paid time off for part-time hourly associates to be used at their discretion at any time in 2020 and paid out at year-end if not usedFor associates who are 65 years of age or older, or determined to be at higher risk by the CDC, added 160 hours of paid time off for full-time hourly associates and 80 hours of paid time off for part-time hourly associates to be used at their discretion at any time in 2020 and paid out at year-end if not usedProviding paid time off for any associate who has contracted Covid-19 until released by a doctorProviding up to 14 days paid time off for any associate required to be quarantined by a public health authority or the CDCProviding additional bonuses to hourly associates in stores and distribution centers - USD 100 per week for full-time hourly associates and USD 50 per week for part-time hourly associatesProviding double pay for overtime hours worked by hourly associatesExtended dependent care benefits and waived co-paysAsked all associates in store support functions who can work from home to do so while continuing to support our frontline associates
In addition to that, the company lists further measures in order to support communities:
Weeks ago, voluntarily froze pricing nationwide across product categories in high demand due to Covid-19Executed a "Stop-Sale" on all N95 masks in stores and HomeDepot.com and redirected all shipments to be donated to hospitals, healthcare providers and first responders around the countryDonating millions of dollars in personal protective equipment (PPE) and other products to hospitals, healthcare providers and first respondersPrioritizing order fulfillment for hospitals, healthcare providers and first respondersMarshalling the resources of our merchandising and supply chain teams to globally source quality products and expedite the availability of needed items
