I-DALLAS, TX - I-Southwest Airlines namuhla imemezele ukuthi izokwabelana ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-620 ngoHlelo lwayo Lokwabelana Ngenzuzo Nabasebenzi bayo bango-2015—okulingana cishe namaphesenti angu-15.6 esinxephezelo esifanelekile soMqashwa ngamunye, noma imali elingana nomholo wamasonto ayisishiyagalombili. Lo mnikelo ongu-$620 wezigidi—cishe u-$1.7 wezigidi ngosuku—uyisamba semali enkulu kunazo zonke idola eliseNingizimu-ntshonalanga elake labelwe i-ProfitSharing. Lesi samba, esizoxhaswa ngomhla zingama-29 kuMbasa, singaphezu kweminikelo eqoqiwe yoHlelo eminyakeni yokuqala engama-25 (amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-559 kusukela ngo-1974-1998). Emashumini amane eminyaka, iminikelo yokwabelana ngenzuzo yaseNingizimu-ntshonalanga izobe ifinyelele ngaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.4—nangaphezulu kuka-$1.4 wezigidigidi kule minyaka emihlanu edlule iyodwa (2011-2015).
“Emuva kwayo yonke ingqophamlando iSouthwest Airlines igubhe—futhi bebebaningi—Abasebenzi bethu yibona abashayelayo. Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokuSebenza Kwethimba kanye Nenhliziyo ngemuva kwakho konke okufeziwe,” kusho uGary Kelly, uSihlalo, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO yeSouthwest Airlines. “Abantu bethu bakhe enye yezinkampani ezithakaselwa kakhulu emhlabeni, futhi bahlanganyela empumelelweni yaseNingizimu-ntshonalanga ngalo mnikelo wesithathu ophule umlando wokwabelana ngenzuzo.”
Uma lo mnikelo wokwabelana ngenzuzo ungezwa ku-$325 million yeNkampani kumdlalo weNkampani kanye namanye amanani anikele ezinhlelweni zokuthatha umhlalaphansi zaseNingizimu-ntshonalanga, iSouthwest izobe isiklomelise Abasebenzi ngenzuzo yomhlalaphansi ka-2015 cishe eyizigidi ezingama-$945. Ngaphezu kweminikelo yomhlalaphansi, iSouthwest Airlines iphinde yatshala imali elinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-672 zamaRandi kwezinye izinzuzo Zabasebenzi bayo ngo-2015, okuhlanganisa ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, nezinye izinhlelo zezenhlalakahle nokuphila kahle. Sekukonke, lokho kungaphezu kuka-$1.6 billion okunikezelwe engcebweni nasenhlalakahleni Yabasebenzi BaseNingizimu-ntshonalanga ngo-2015 kuphela, ngaphezu kwamaholo ayisisekelo.
INingizimu-ntshonalanga yaba ngeyokuqala embonini ukunikeza Uhlelo Lokwabelana Ngenzuzo. NgoHlelo Lokwabelana Ngenzuzo, Abasebenzi BaseNingizimu-ntshonalanga njengamanje banamasheya angaphezu kwamane amaphesenti asele eNkampani.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- When this profitsharing contribution is added to the Company’s $325 million in Company match and other amounts contributed to the Southwest retirement plans, Southwest will have rewarded Employees with a 2015 total retirement benefit of approximately $945 million.
- Southwest was the first in the industry to offer a ProfitSharing Plan.
- This amount, which will be funded April 29, is more than the cumulative contributions to the Plan over the first 25 years ($559 million from 1974-1998).
