(Reuters) – Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) will make work schedules for retail employees versatile amid a push in direction of unionization, Bloomberg Information reported on Thursday, citing sources.

The corporate advised employees at some shops that scheduling adjustments will take impact in coming months, the report stated, quoting employees. The adjustments will embody extending the minimal time interval between shifts to 12 hours from 10 hours.

Apple didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.

Final week, the iPhone maker advised Reuters it should increase pay for its U.S. workers to $22 per hour or extra.

The Cupertino, California-based firm, recognized for its reticent tradition, was final 12 months criticized on-line for its working situations by some present and former employees.

In April, employees at Apple’s Atlanta retailer filed a petition to carry a union election, searching for to change into the corporate’s first U.S. retailer to unionize amid a wave of labor exercise at different main companies.

In the meantime, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:) stated on Thursday it won’t resist unionization efforts by its workers because it acknowledges their authorized proper to decide on to type or be part of a union.