Target will hire fewer seasonal workers this year as it navigates a tight labor market, instead offering more hours and flexibility to the employees it does have.
Customers arrive at a Target store, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in North Miami Beach, Fla. Target says Thursday, Sept. 23, it will hire fewer seasonal workers than last year and instead offer more hours to its current hourly staffers as it navigates a tight labor market. NEW YORK — Target will hire fewer seasonal workers this year, instead offering more hours and flexibility to the employees it does have.
Already, hourly employees at the Minneapolis retailer are working nearly 15% more than last year but according to Target, they are requesting more hours. In its own bid to attract more workers last month, Target said that it would spend $200 million over the next four years to offer its workers free undergraduate and associate degree programs as well as certificates in business-oriented majors at select institutions.
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