- Store Hours cut, “The adjusted hours give stores the ability to staff appropriately and provide additional time to restock shelves and perform cleaning” (HomeDepot)
- Promote social distancing with store limits on customers, distance markers at checkouts (HomeDepot)
- They’ve expanded our paid time off policy “All hourly full-time associates received an additional 80 hours of paid time off, and part-time hourly associates received an additional 40 hours of paid time off.” (HomeDepot)
- 65 or older were given additional paid time off (HomeDepot)
- “If associates are diagnosed with COVID-19 or advised by health or government officials to self-quarantine due to direct COVID-19 exposure, they’ll continue to be paid” (HomeDepot)
- Implemented a temporary bonus program for all hourly associates (HomeDepot)
- They’ve been prioritising shipments of essential supplies to hospitals and first responders (HomeDepot)
- Home Depot gave a local sheriff’s office front line workers a dryer and gloves to wash their PPE gear (Facebook)

Did Home Depot help during the Covid-19 pandemic?
Yes!
RATING: +8