{"id":2024733,"date":"2023-09-07T14:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walmart-to-cut-labor-costs-with-lower-starting-wage-for-some-of-its-new-hires\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T14:46:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:46:19","slug":"walmart-to-cut-labor-costs-with-lower-starting-wage-for-some-of-its-new-hires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walmart-to-cut-labor-costs-with-lower-starting-wage-for-some-of-its-new-hires\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart reduces labor expenses by offering lower starting wages to new employees."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwalmart-to-cut-labor-costs-with-lower-starting-wage-for-some-of-its-new-hires%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024733&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Walmart Implements New Wage Structure\u2063 to Optimize\u200b Staffing<\/h2>\n<p>Walmart, the retail giant, is taking steps to streamline its labor costs \u2062by introducing a \u2063revised \u200cpayment system for\u2064 new employees. Under this new structure, most new hires will receive the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-15-minimum-wage-would-raise-childcare-costs-hurt-families-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s  Minimum Wage Would Raise Childcare Costs, Hurt Families: Heritage Foundation\">minimum hourly wage<\/a> of \u200c$14.\u200d However, Walmart emphasizes \u2062that this change will allow workers to seamlessly transition between different \u200broles within the \u200cstore without affecting their pay,\u200d as \u200bstated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-announces-layoffs-in-early-2023\/\" title=\"Washington Post Announces Layoffs in Early 2023\">internal documents shared<\/a> with employees.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis will allow for better staffing throughout the store,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a spokesperson, this flexibility\u200d will enable\u2062 employees to acquire new skills and advance their \u2062careers within\u2064 the company. It is \u2062important to note that this adjustment will not impact existing employees at Walmart.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Walmart made headlines when it announced the layoff\u200b of approximately 200 workers across \u2064its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walmart-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-employees-at-five-e-commerce-centers\/\" title=\"Walmart to lay off hundreds of employees at five e-commerce centers\">e-commerce fulfillment facilities<\/a> in \u200dthe United States. The decision\u2062 was attributed to the reduction or \u200belimination of evening\u2062 and\u2064 weekend shifts, as confirmed by a spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Walmart had already raised its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walmart-to-cut-labor-costs-with-lower-starting-wage-for-some-of-its-new-hires\/\" title=\"Walmart reduces labor expenses by offering lower starting wages to new employees.\">starting hourly wage \u2063range<\/a> for employees to $14-$19, depending on the store location. This increase represented an improvement from\u2064 the previous range of $12-$18.<\/p>\n<h3>Senator Bernie Sanders Calls for a &#8220;Living Wage&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) expressed\u200d dissatisfaction \u2062with Walmart&#8217;s wage hike, asserting\u2063 that\u200b it falls short of \u2062providing \u200ca &#8220;living wage&#8221; for\u200b employees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click\u2062 here<\/a> to read more from \u200dThe Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walmart is cutting labor costs by reducing wages for new hires. The retailer now pays most new employees the minimum hourly wage of $14, a decrease from earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2024734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}