This is the severance package Starbucks offered to laid-off staff at the stores it's closing

"Starbucks presented its laid-off baristas with a severance package less than a week after it announced sweeping layoffs and store closures. On Thursday, the Seattle-based coffee giant said it would close about 1% of its stores across North America, which amounts to more than 100 locations. Its flagship Capitol Hill Roastery in Seattle was one of the outlets that will shutter."

"According to a Starbucks document titled "Severance Summary," laid-off baristas and shift supervisors would be entitled to 60 and 84 hours of pay, respectively. Starbucks baristas earn about $15 to $22 an hour, depending on the store's location in the US, per job listings on Starbucks' careers website. Shift managers earn roughly between $20 and $29 hourly. Café attendants - entry-level service staff in charge of keeping the cafés clean and organized - would be entitled to 30 hours of pay after being laid off, per the document."

"States do not typically require companies to provide hourly workers with severance. Laid-off retail staff can also claim a lump sum payment equal to three months' worth of their health insurance premiums. Affected staff have healthcarecoverage for three months from the end of October, which is in line with the Department of Labor's COBRA Act. The document said employees would get 45 days to decide whether to sign a release agreement in exchange for their severance pay."

Starbucks will close about 1% of its North American stores, more than 100 locations, and will lay off both retail staff and 900 non-retail employees. The Capitol Hill Roastery in Seattle is among the outlets that will shutter. Laid-off baristas are entitled to 60 hours of pay and shift supervisors to 84 hours, while café attendants receive 30 hours, per a Severance Summary. Barista hourly pay ranges roughly $15–$22 and shift managers $20–$29. Affected employees can claim a lump sum covering three months of health insurance premiums and have coverage for three months from the end of October. Employees have 45 days to sign a release agreement for severance.

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