Amazon to spend $500M on frontline worker bonuses

Amazon announced Monday that it will spend more than $500 million to provide bonuses to its frontline workers, including its drivers and warehouse employees. The announcement comes after Amazon hired 125,000 permanent workers — and 50,000 temporary hires — during the pandemic to keep up with demand as consumers turn increasingly to ordering goods online. Amazon told investors in April it expects to spend $4 billion responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, effectively breaking even during the second…