Tech giants pledged to pay employees hourly by working from home due to coronavirus

Pedestrians cross downtown after cancellation of the South by Southwest Music and Technology Festival (SXSW) due to growing concerns related to the coronavirus epidemic in Austin, Texas, USA, on March 6, 2020. ( / Photo taken on November 10, 2018 / REUTERS / Sergio Flores ) Tech companies, such as Twitter, Google, Microsoft and Facebook, made announcements this week to treat their respective hourly entrepreneurs and employees with a little love and decency. As the coronavirus encourages tech giants to ask salaried staff to work from home; tech entrepreneurs who don't have the same benefits won't have to choose between health and bills.If you are an hourly cook in the kitchen of a technology campus and the salaried staff prevents entry to the workplace due to the virus, the official time of illness due to the illness, your services are not as necessary. They will not result in lower wages.READ ALSO: 6 Ways To Be Productive When Working From HomeTwitterTwitter told Mashable that it would give hourly workers, including those who can't take responsibility from home, their regular wages while travel restrictions are in effect. "All employees, including hourly workers, will receive reimbursement for the expenses of setting up their home office, and we are working with our suppliers to ensure that the needs of our WFH contractors are also met", a a Twitter spokesperson told Mashable.Google, FacebookGoogle, for its part, has confirmed by email that office contractors will always receive a commission in places where work at home policies are in place.Facebook also followed, according to TechCrunch. In an email, company spokesperson Chloé Meyère said the technology company is working closely with its suppliers to prioritize the health and safety of its employees. "Facebook will pay casual workers who cannot work due to the reduction (of staff) during volunteer homework, when we close an office, when we choose to send an employee home or when ; he is sick, "added the email.MicrosoftMicrosoft, in a blog post Thursday evening, told me he recognizes the difficulties that the loss of work can cause for hourly employees. As a result, the technology company has decided to continue paying all of our hourly service providers its regular wages during this period of reduced service needs.AppleMashable contacted Apple to confirm if it had made a similar decision, but received no immediate response. The Verge, meanwhile, reports that the tech giant "will provide hourly workers with their regular wages".AmazonAmazon Told Axios will also pay its nearly 10,000 hourly employees at its Seattle area office - including food services, security guards and janitors - when regular employees are asked to work from home.The e-commerce company would also subsidize a month's rent for local small businesses operating in its own buildings to help support them during this period.The company also achieved its work from home recommendations to employees in the San Francisco Bay area.Silicon ValleyA week ago, Silicon Valley called on the tech industry to include contractors and co-workers in coronavirus response systems. In one Tweet, Silicon Valley congratulated the tech giants for doing the right thing.READ ALSO: 6 Ways To Be Productive When Working From HomeSilicon Valley, home to many global tech start-ups and companies around the world, has urged the rest of the industry to do the same to avoid public health crises in the tech sector. 2018 TECHTIMES.com All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. picture credit

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