{"id":253208,"date":"2020-04-26T06:30:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T10:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=253208"},"modified":"2020-04-26T06:30:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T10:30:36","slug":"ph-supermarkets-urged-to-go-on-hiring-spree-amid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/26\/ph-supermarkets-urged-to-go-on-hiring-spree-amid-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"PH supermarkets urged to go on hiring spree amid crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46514\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46514\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5-900x601.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWe would urge our leading supermarket and minimart chains &#8212; since they are the only ones thriving for now &#8211; to stay open for longer hours and start hiring on a temporary or part-time basis furloughed employees from other industries,\u201d Pimentel said. (Shutterstock photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Deputy Speaker and Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel has challenged the Philippines\u2019 top retailers to follow in the footsteps of America\u2019s Walmart Inc., which has hired some 200,000 new temporary or part-time workers amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would urge our leading supermarket and minimart chains &#8212; since they are the only ones thriving for now &#8211; to stay open for longer hours and start hiring on a temporary or part-time basis furloughed employees from other industries,\u201d Pimentel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis 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,\u201d Pimentel said.<\/p>\n<p>Pimentel addressed his challenge to SM Retail Inc., Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc., Cosco Capital Inc., Philippine Seven Corp. and other big retailers.<\/p>\n<p>SM Retail owns SM Supermarket, SM Hypermarket and the Savemore chains.<\/p>\n<p>Robinsons Retail runs Robinsons Supermarket, The Marketplace, Rustan\u2019s Supermarket, Shopwise, Ministop, Southstar Drug, and The Generics Pharmacy chains.<\/p>\n<p>Cosco owns the Puregold, S&amp;R, NE Bodega, Budgetlane and Lawson chains, while Philippine Seven runs the 7-Eleven stores.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRetailers 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,\u201d Pimentel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe private sector has to help government keep as many Filipinos as possible gainfully employed at this extremely difficult time,\u201d Pimentel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to keep as much cash as possible flowing into low-income households,\u201d Pimentel said.<\/p>\n<p>Besides keeping all its staff on the payroll and giving them USD550 million worth of bonuses for staying on the job despite the pandemic, Walmart &#8212; America\u2019s largest grocer &#8212; quickly enlisted thousands of temporary and part-time workers by reducing its hiring process to just 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the new workers signed up by Walmart are on unpaid leave from restaurants and hotels in America that have been hammered by the pandemic.\u00a0<em><strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Deputy Speaker and Surigao del Sur Rep. 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