MAAARI umanong dagdagan ang mga retail store ang kanilang mga tauhan upang mapalawig ang operasyon nito.
Sinabi ni House Deputy Speaker Johnny Pimentel na sa Estados Unidos ay nagdagdag ng 200,000 empleyado ang Waltermart Inc., sa gitna ng apekto ng coronavirus disease 2019.
“We would urge our leading supermarket and minimart chains – since they are the only ones thriving for now – to stay open for longer hours and start hiring on a temporary or part-time basis furloughed employees from other industries,” ani Pimentel. “This way, retailers can also help ease the economic pain of the crisis as they grapple with the surge in households stocking up on food and other basic necessities.”
Bukod sa pagbibigay ng $500 milyong halaga ng bonus sa kanilang mga empleyado para pumasok sa trabaho, kumuha ng 200,000 temporary workers ang Waltermart.
“Retailers ought to enlarge their operations and recruit additional cashiers, stockers and baggers to work in stores as well as extra personnel for warehousing, distribution and delivery activities,” dagdag pa ni Pimentel. “The private sector has to help government keep as many Filipinos as possible gainfully employed at this extremely difficult time.”
Exempted ang mga retail store sa Enhanced Community Quarantine.