Good jobs as good business in retail

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Too many retailers believe that they must offer bad jobs to keep prices low.  As a result, a growing number of workers suffer low wages, poor benefits, constantly changing schedules and few opportunities for advancement.  But many researchers and retail managers are finding that good jobs, with better pay and more predictable hours, are actually good for the bottom line.

Check out: Why Good Jobs are Good for Retailers by Zeynep Ton (2012)

Check out: How One Company Levels the Pay Slope of Executives and Workers by The Globe and Mail (2013)

Check out: Working by the Golden Rule by The Vanier Institute of the Family (2005)

Check out: The Business Case for Paying a Living Wage, by First Call B.C.

Check out: The High Cost of Low Wages, by Wayne Cascio, (excerpt from the Harvard Business Review) (2006)