Apple to Pay Bonuses of Up to $1,000 to Store Employees: Report

Apple can pay one-time bonuses of as a lot as $1,000 (roughly Rs. 73,710 crores) to retailer staff subsequent month, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing individuals aware of the matter. The firm will give out $1,000 (roughly Rs. 73,710 crores) to retail workers employed earlier than March 31, whereas those that joined later will get $500 (roughly Rs. 36,840), the report mentioned.

New staff for the vacation procuring season will obtain $200 (roughly Rs. 14,730) and bonuses may also be handed out to AppleCare and on-line gross sales workers, the report added.

Apple didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.

The firm’s retail chief informed Reuters in June that Apple was increasing its retail operations, betting {that a} mixture of methods developed earlier than and through COVID-19 will make its shops extra common than ever. 

In different Apple-related information, the iPhone maker has blacklisted Fortnite from its App Store for a number of years till all of the courtroom appeals are performed, Epic Games Chief Executive Officer Tim Sweeney mentioned on Wednesday.

Epic Games’ opening transient in its enchantment to the US ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is due December 12, in accordance with a courtroom submitting and Apple’s reply is due by January 20, 2022. The full enchantment course of might take years.

Sweeney took to Twitter on Wednesday, calling out Apple’s transfer and mentioned the corporate will proceed to struggle the tech big.

“This is another extraordinary anticompetitive move by Apple, demonstrating their power to reshape markets and choose winners and losers,” Sweeney mentioned on Twitter.

The two corporations have been locked in a authorized dispute since August final yr when the sport maker tried to get round Apple’s 30 p.c price on some in-app purchases on the App Store by launching its personal in-app cost system.

The US tech big is going through a raft of different authorized and regulatory challenges to guidelines it forces recreation makers to comply with, together with the carefully watched antitrust lawsuit introduced by Epic Games.

Apple confirmed the authenticity of the letter that Sweeney shared, however declined to remark additional. Apple has not but mentioned whether or not it should ask for the injunction to be paused pending the enchantment course of.

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