Apple boosts retail worker pay to cope with tighter labor market


Apple boosted pay for its US retail employees to address staff complaints during the pandemic and inflation. — Getty Images/AFP

Apple Inc. is bumping the pay of many US retail employees in the face of a tightening labor market, inflation woes and complaints from some staffers about working conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The iPhone maker announced the pay increases this week during store briefings and individual meetings with employees, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The increases are catered at least in part to employees who have worked at the company prior to the pandemic’s start in 2020 and are designed to better align veteran staff with more recent hires.

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