My boyfriend was telling me about some kind of dvd that he had seen about walmart and how they dont give hire full time workers for that reason and basically how corrupt walmart is and how he will never shop there again. Do you kno anythis about this?
2006-08-15 11:58:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
Who pays for Wal-Mart workers’ health care?
Wal-Mart, right? No, we all do.
Despite Wal-Mart’s mammoth profits, the company actually burdens us—taxpayers—with its workers’ health care costs. In a disturbing nationwide trend, more state studies are revealing that Wal-Mart employees are the top recipients of taxpayer-paid health care. The scope of this corporate failure is massive: Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the United States, with over 1.2 million employees, yet they fail to provide health insurance to over half their employees.
WAL-MART WORKERS ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
Just 47 percent of Wal-Mart employees are covered by the Wal-Mart health plan; while nationally 68 percent of workers in large firms receive their health benefits from their employer. Many of Wal-Mart’s uncovered employees are forced to rely on public health assistance, adding to the cost of the bloated Wal-Mart tax. — Kaiser Family Foundation; www.walmartfacts.com
As momentum grows, lawmakers in 16 states have revealed troubling statistics. Wal-Mart employees top Medicaid and CHIP rolls; many are forced to rely on public assistance for their health coverage.
HIGH DEDUCTIBLES, HIDDEN FEES
Wal-Mart’s health plan has deductibles as high as $1,000 in addition to many hidden fees. For example: a $100 deductible for ER visits, a $100 deductible for ambulance services and a $25 weekly “spousal” surcharge for health coverage.
— Phil. Inquirer, 5/16/05; Wal-Mart 2005 Associate Guide
Full-time Wal-Mart employees must wait six months to be eligible for their health care plan, while part-time employees must wait two years to become eligible.
— Phil. Inquirer, 5/16/05; Wal-Mart 2005 Associate Guide
2006-08-15 12:07:55 · answer #1 · answered by lnfinitelylnteresting 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No that isn't totally true, Walmart hires both full & part time employees and both are allowed benefits! However Walmart do schulde most employees under 40 hours a week, your benefits take effect after you've worked a crtain amount of hours they offer both medical and dental benefits. You choose the plan you want by the amount you want tacken out of your pay! I've worked foor them four years full time and now I just droped down to part time. Tell your boyfriend Walmart/ Sam's Club is a great company to work for if he's looking for a lasting job with benefits!
2006-08-15 12:28:17 · answer #2 · answered by Rocky 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
that is not true. up until the time i became disabled, i worked at walmart, i worked 40 hours every week, and i even got the option of working overtime if i chose to. so, being single and having no social life i worked 6 nights a week for almost 4 years.
a lot of people complain about walmart, but walmart has done me right.
when i started, i even had insurance from day 1.
2006-08-15 12:11:33 · answer #3 · answered by daddysboicub 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
yes they do
many states are requiring that part time workers be provided with health care though. check with your state law
walmart is a tool of satan
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2006-08-15 12:05:37 · answer #4 · answered by tyler_durden_project 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True dat.
They've been convicted of forcing employees to work overtime 4 no pay also.
Not to mention running local stores out of business.
2006-08-15 12:04:57 · answer #5 · answered by lobotomyzd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋