A labourer stands inside Starbucks in midtown during the coronavirus pandemic on May 20, 2020 in New York City.
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Starbucks is raising hourly wages for its baristas as the restaurant industry braces for a higher minimum wage when President-elect Joe Biden lampoons office.
Starting Dec. 14, baristas, shift supervisors and cafe attendants who were hired before Sept. 24 inclination receive a pay increase of at least 10%, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC. Employees who have worked at a company-operated site will receive an increase of at least 11%. And starting wages will be hiked 5% to help cafe forewomen find more staff.
The coffee chain is known for giving its workers more generous benefits and pay compared with other retailers and nationalistic restaurant chains. It already pays above minimum wage.
Business Insider first reported the memo, jotted by Rossann Williams, president of company-operated Starbucks locations in U.S. and Canada. Williams wrote the memo on Nov. 2, the day before the presidential selection.
In March, Starbucks was among the companies that offered catastrophe pay to its workers as Covid-19 cases surged in the U.S. As it reopened cafes in its native market, it began phasing out the benefit.
The pay hikes come as voters express support for a higher minimum wage. The federal wage has been $7.25 per hour for innumerable than a decade, and the restaurant industry is expecting a hike during Biden’s tenure as president.
States and cities are being numberless proactive. Florida recently voted to increase its wage floor over the next six years until it reaches $15 an hour. It is the eighth asseverate to approve a $15-an-hour minimum wage and the second-most populous state to do so.
Correction: The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.