According to the Canadian newspaper, they only earn $3.75 per hour, while the minimum wage in the country is $11.73. As you can see, this is much more profitable for an employer who is already accused of trying to move jobs overseas and paying less. Freshii argues, however, that this is not the case.

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• Witnesses say video cameras and monitors with Percy text are attached to cash registers, showing cashiers ready to take orders.
• The screen lights up when the receiver approaches.
• One such experiment was launched at Freshii in Ontario at several locations.
• The source himself told the source that most of the cashiers work at the Nicaragua Call Centre.

Freshii has 343 restaurants in North America. The company sells burritos, bowls, yogurt, smoothies and more. Representatives of the network declined to tell Star about the virtual cash register technology, but the business development manager said the devices are managed by a third-party company, Percy. “The purpose of devices is not to change people or lower wages,” he wrote on Twitter. According to the company, the case Labor shortages in the North American restaurant industry. The company also added that its employees work in several countries, including Canada. “Pays all team members above their local minimum wage.”

Star consulted with business lawyers and they confirmed that this type of work is perfectly legal, like any other outsourcing. But unions believe the company wants to circumvent Ontario’s minimum wage laws. Canadian Labor Congresswoman Bea Bruske said she was disappointed with the decision to “move jobs overseas to pay less than our minimum wage”. “I’m disgusted that a company like Freshhii would take this approach,” she said.