Home Depot is changing its hourly pay policy
January 12, 2023
Home Depot is updating its pay policy after receiving complaints that it was costing hourly workers wages. “Our policy has been to round total shift time up or down to the nearest 15 minutes … we’re changing our practice nationwide to pay hourly associates to the nearest minute,” a company spokesperson said.
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