The increase applies to approximately 9,000 full- and part-time employees, and took effect at the beginning of the calendar year, a spokesperson told Becker’s.
On Feb. 7, Guthrie also announced the following new 2025 benefits:
- Increased hourly minimum wage, from $16 to $17
- Four weeks of fully paid maternity and/or paternity leave for the birth or adoption of a child
- $20,000 lifetime maximum benefit for infertility coverage
- A diabetes care incentive program to reward employees with Type 1 or 2 diabetes who receive appropriate diabetes care
- A new floating holiday
“I have the privilege of getting to know a lot about the caregivers who make up our team,” Cori Belles, Guthrie’s chief caregiver officer, said in a news release. “In the world of human resources, we are very familiar with building relationships with our team members — not just on a professional level. They tell us about their personal needs. It’s then up to us, at an organizational level, to lift some of those burdens.”
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