Less than 2% of its workforce, or 1,900 employees, will no longer be eligible for medical coverage in 2020.
Whole Foods will be cutting medical benefits for up to 1,900 workers starting Jan. 1, 2020.
In the past, workers needed to work at least 20 hours a week to qualify for the health-care plan. Now employees will need to work at least 30 hours.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images -owned Whole Foods will be withdrawing medical benefits for hundreds of its part-time workers starting Jan. 1, 2020, the company said Thursday.
In the past, employees needed to work at least 20 hours a week to qualify for the health-care plan. Now they will need to work at least 30 hours. Less than 2% of its workforce, or 1,900 employees, will no longer be eligible for medical coverage, under the new policy, the company said."In order to better meet the needs of our business and create a more equitable and efficient scheduling model, we are moving to a single-tier part-time structure," a company spokesperson said in an email.
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