亞馬遜爲75萬名一線員工支付大學學費

Amazon has offered to cover the cost of college tuition of all 750,000 of its frontline workers in the US. It comes as the online shopping giant struggles to attract and retain staff amid an industry wide labor shortage.

電商巨頭亞馬遜宣佈，將爲工作在美國一線的所有75萬名員工全額支付大學學費，從而在緊張的勞動力市場吸引和留住員工。

The firm said it would invest $1.2 billion in the plan, with workers able to access the annual funding for as long as they remain at Amazon.

亞馬遜表示，將在這一資助項目中投入12億美元(約合人民幣77億元)，只要員工留在亞馬遜，就可以獲得這項年度資助款。

It's the latest big firm to offer to fund workers' education after similar moves by Walmart and Target.

這是繼沃爾瑪和塔吉特之後，又一家宣佈資助員工學費的大公司。

The shopping giant also said it would cover other types of education, including high school diplomas and English language courses, as well as extending on-the-job career training to 300,000.

亞馬遜還表示，助學金將涵蓋包括高中文憑和英語課程在內的其他教育項目，並計劃將在職培訓人數增加到30萬人。

According to the US Labor Department, job openings hit a new record high of 10.9 million in July, surpassing the number of unemployed people by more than 2 million.

美國勞工部的數據顯示，七月份的職位空缺數量達到了破紀錄的1009萬，比失業人數高出200多萬。

Experts say a mixture of people leaving the workforce during the pandemic, lingering concerns about COVID-19 and a lack of childcare have prolonged the shortage.

專家指出，疫情期間各行各業都有人離開了勞動力隊伍，對新冠疫情的擔憂以及無人照顧小孩的現狀讓勞動力緊張的局勢進一步持續。