Chipotle Mexican Grill, on Monday, said it will be hiking the average hourly pay to $15.
The company stated in an email that this hike of the starting wage of $11 to $18 would be implemented by the end of June. This would be an approximate increment of $2 an hour.
The U.S. labour market has noticed a decrease in the availability of workers due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The unemployment rate was just over 6% as reported by the Labour Department, making it difficult for the employers to get new hires.
For over a decade, the U.S. federal minimum wage has stayed at $7.25 an hour.
The fight for the average $15 per hour campaign started with the protests by fast food workers in 2012.
On Thursday, the Mexican fast-food chain of restaurants has planned for a virtual career fair on the messaging application ‘Discord’.
They are looking at opening about 200 restaurants across the country this year itself and hoping to fill in the slops through this career fair.
Chipotle is also offering an employee- referral bonus ranging between $200 to $750.
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