COMP News – One of Charlotte’s top employers is giving their employees a bonus. Novant Health’s new employee bonus can either be additional paid time off or a cash bonus.

In a news conference Thursday, Novant Health Chief People Officer Carmen Canales told reporters that the hospital system wanted to reward employees — many of whom are entering their third year on the front lines of a pandemic.

 

Winston-Salem based Novant Health, which has close to 12,000 employees in the Charlotte area, is giving full-time employees the option of getting an additional week of paid time off, or an equivalent cash award, in a $40-million program for the hospital system.

This new employee bonus is in response to staff having to deal with higher COVID-19 numbers throughout the pandemic. The state of North Carolina has already called for federal aid to be given out to the state’s hospitals.

The employee reward comes as Charlotte area hospital systems struggle with higher rates of COVID-19 infection than ever before in the coronavirus pandemic. And employers of all types have been working to come up with ways to attract and retain workers, from signing bonuses to profit sharing options.

 

Just last week, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper called for federal help for Charlotte hospitals dealing with record numbers of patients hospitalized with COVID.

For part-time employees, an employee bonus will also be rewarded but will be different from the full-time bonus.

The reward is available to all full-time employees at the assistant director level and below. And part-time workers will receive an additional 24 hours of paid time off or the cash equivalent.

To read more about Novant Health’s new bonus options, click here.

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