American fast food company Domino's Pizza franchises have announced that their employees in the Netherlands will be able to choose to receive their salaries in Bitcoin.
In commemoration of the 11th anniversary of the Bitcoin Pizza Day, which is celebrated every May 22, the company Inmensous Group, which owns 16 franchises Domino's Pizza In the Netherlands, it announced that restaurant chain employees who receive more than the minimum wage will be able to choose the option of receiving part of their salary in Bitcoin (BTC), la cryptocurrency largest in the market by capitalization.
El release The company's statement indicates that 1.000 employees of the 16 Dutch Domino's Pizza franchises have the option to choose to receive part of their salary in bitcoin. Thus, the company is leaving open the option to earn in bitcoins to all those employees who wish to do so.
Jonathan Gurevich, co-owner of Immensous Group, stated that Domino's Pizza franchises have a lot of young employees, who are always talking about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Therefore, the company decided to give them the opportunity to easily access this cryptocurrency.
“We are a modern company and we work with a lot of young employees. We hear them talking about Bitcoin and we want to offer the opportunity to own cryptocurrencies.”
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Salary and tips in bitcoin
In the Netherlands, laws require businesses, companies, organizations and any employer to pay their workers the minimum wage in euros, so the option of bitcoin salaries in Domino's Pizza franchises is only available to those who earn more than a minimum wage.
Likewise, as explained in the statement by Immensous Group, payments in bitcoins will be made only for a fraction of the monthly salary, the part that exceeds the minimum wage of each worker, although the franchises are also enabling the option of receiving tips, which are given through orders requested through the web portal dominos.nl, in bitcoins.
In this way, many Domino's Pizza employees have the opportunity to earn a few fractions of a bitcoin per month.
Although at the time of Immensous Group's announcement the cryptocurrency market is in full correction, Jerrymie Marcus, PR director at BTC Direct, said the option to receive payments in bitcoins represents a great opportunity for employees of Dutch Domino's Pizza franchises, who will benefit from an asset that is constantly growing.
Following in the footsteps of MicroStrategy, Square and many more
Immensous Group believes in Bitcoin as a transparent, fair and equally accessible asset for everyone. In addition, the company believes that the price of BTC will continue to grow in the future, so it points out that it is not too late for its employees to start holding small amounts of this cryptocurrency.
“Small amounts also count, because you don’t have to buy a “whole” bitcoin! And it’s not too late because the price is “high” and it doesn’t cost tens of thousands of euros.”
With this decision, Immensous Group follows the path laid out by microstrategy, which in addition to being the largest institutional investor in Bitcoin is also paying the salaries of its board members with this cryptocurrency. Square is another Bitcoin-supporting company, offering salaries in BTC, for example, for its computer engineers.
The professional American football player, Russell Okung, also earns part of his salary in bitcoins, being the first professional player in the United States to accept payments in this cryptocurrency. Likewise, at the beginning of April, the American NBA team Sacramento Kings announced which would begin offering the option of receiving salaries in bitcoin to all players on the team.
In the cities of Miami y JacksonIn the United States, mayors are considering offering bitcoin salaries to their employees, as well as investing a portion of the city treasury in the cryptocurrency, as a long-term store of value. Finally, in New Zealand, government authorities They legalized the payment of salaries in cryptocurrencies by companies to their contracted employees.
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