(Reuters) -Walmart is paying some new store workers less than it would have three months ago, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. According to documents reviewed by the Journal, the retail bellwether changed its wage structure for hourly workers in mid-July. The change in pay structure allows workers to move between work groups such as food, registers, stocking or digital fulfillment without pay impacts, the report added, citing the documents given to some store workers. Over 50,000 workers received raises because their pay was below the new minimums, the company said in the documents. Reuters in August had reported that Walmart was asking some of its 16,000 pharmacists across the United States to voluntarily take pay cuts by reducing their working hours in a bid to lower costs.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 07, 2023 17:00 UTC