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The Warehouse has confirmed its plans to reorganize functions at 62 stores as part of its ongoing restructuring plans.
Staff were asked to reapply for the positions and to consider voluntary layoffs in stores Thursday, said Tali Williams, First Union secretary of finance and retail.
“Despite widespread and consistent comments that cutting hours and job losses are the last things workers and communities need at such a precarious time in history, The Warehouse is moving forward with its corporate restructuring. “Williams said.
The Warehouse announced in July that up to 1080 jobs could go as part of a major restructuring across the group.
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The number of working hours would be reduced overall and workers would stop specializing in categories in the store.
Earlier this month, The Warehouse Group’s chief operating officer, Pejman Okhovat, said that staff at 30 other stores reached an agreement with the company in August on new lists to be rolled out in October.
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The warehouse also received $ 51.9 million from the government wage subsidy due to Covid-19.
Williams said the Covid-19 pandemic should not “be used as a backdrop for this restructuring.”
“Good employers keep their staff, pay people more, improve their skills and hire new people, and they will be the ones to benefit in the long-term recovery from the pandemic, as will the communities they form. part, ”he said. said.
A spokeswoman for The Warehouse said the changes were due to increased demand from online shopping and click-and-cash customers due to Covid-19, as well as more customers preferring to shop at night and on weekends. week.
“The process, which began in June, has consisted of working with First Union and representatives of our store team to understand the availability of hours in each store, discuss how customers’ buying habits are changing and how we may need to adapt our schedules for each one. individual store.
“Based on feedback from team members during this process to date, we have also made changes to the proposed lists,” he said.
The Warehouse Group, which included The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming, TheMarket and Torpedo7, reported a 20 percent drop in profits to $ 29.2 million during the semester through Jan.26.
But the group’s sales rose 2.6 percent to $ 1.68 billion.
The warehouse also received $ 51.9 million from the government wage subsidy due to Covid-19.
