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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFacebook Just Made Sure Even Their Janitors Are Making At Least $15 An Hour
Facebook Just Made Sure Even Their Janitors Are Making At Least $15 An Hourby Lauren C. Williams at Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/05/13/3658183/facebook-expands-employee-benefits-janitors-cooks-support-staff/
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Facebook issued new employee benefit guidelines that raise minimum pay to $15 and extends leave for third-party contract employees who work behind the scenes on the social networks campuses.
In a blog post Tuesday, Facebooks chief operations executive Sheryl Sandberg wrote that contractors and vendors in U.S. will have to adhere to new standards, including a $15 minimum wage, at least 15 days paid leave for vacation, sick days and holidays, and a $4,000 new child benefit for parents who dont get paid parental leave.
Effective May 1, the new benefits will cover contract employees who work as cooks, janitors, security guards and other support staff at Facebooks headquarters in Menlo Park, California. The company plans to extend the benefits to third-party vendors with more than 25 employees at its other 16 campuses in the U.S. over the next year.
Facebook will also absorb extra costs from the new program until contract companies can meet the new standards, a Facebook representative told the Wall Street Journal.
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Facebook Just Made Sure Even Their Janitors Are Making At Least $15 An Hour (Original Post)
applegrove
May 2015
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leveymg
(36,418 posts)1. Let's see Zuckerberg. live on $15
How f-cking generous of him.
Lithos
(26,404 posts)3. It is a start
Yes, can be improved upon, but it's a start.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)4. In the Bay Area
This is not a living wage. I suspect like most companies in Silicon Valley they are contractors to another firm.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)5. Oh fer fucks sake. nt
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)6. Actually yes
this just gave a shot in the arm to the 15 and a union movement
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)2. cool
ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)7. That is good for their US workers.
I wonder how many tech workers they have providing services overseas for much less.