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'My Whole Life Is On Hold': As Walmart Eliminates Greeters, A Dream In Limbo

5:44pm April 25, 2019

by Alina Selyukh

Justin Kelley was among workers who learned their jobs as greeters would be cut. As the Floridian waited 49 days to hear if he could stay with Walmart, he worried he would have to give up his dream.

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In a memo to store managers, Walmart U.S. CEO Greg Foran said the company is looking for other roles for greeters with disabilities who are due to lose their jobs.

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Walmart Chief Responds To Furor Over Treatment Of Greeters With Disabilities

6:19pm March 01, 2019

by Alina Selyukh

Store managers are told to make "every effort" to offer new job options as the greeter position goes away. Workers and their families tell NPR about chaos and anxiety of being in limbo.

John Combs is a "people greeter" at a Walmart in Vancouver, Wash. But he has been told that come April 25, his job is going away. And he is not alone.

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Walmart Is Eliminating Greeters. Workers With Disabilities Feel Targeted

6:30pm February 25, 2019

by Alina Selyukh

NPR has found that Walmart is changing the job requirements for front-door greeters in a way that appears to disproportionately affect workers with disabilities.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit in Wisconsin on Friday against Walmart Inc. for alleged unlawful discrimination against pregnant employees.

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Federal Commission Sues Walmart For Alleged Discrimination Against Pregnant Employees

6:57pm September 21, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The complaint, filed on behalf of Alyssa Gilliam, claims Walmart failed to assign pregnant employees to light duty to save them from heavy lifting, as it does for workers with other disabilities.

More companies are stepping in to help their workers with a much cheaper way to get some emergency cash than payday loans.

Walmart And Others Offer Workers Payday Loan Alternative

8:21pm August 16, 2018

by Chris Arnold

When lower-income working Americans have an unexpected expense, many turn to high-cost loans and get in financial trouble. More employers are giving them a much cheaper way to get emergency cash.

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Waymo self-driving cars will be used to chauffeur "early riders" to and from their Walmart online grocery pickup location.

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Walmart To Test Self-Driving Cars For Grocery Pickup Service

5:23pm July 25, 2018

by Cameron Jenkins

Some customers in the Phoenix metro area will be able to use a driverless shuttle service to pick up groceries at Walmart — if they purchase them online.

A pharmacist speaks with a customer at Walmart Neighborhood Market in Bentonville, Ark., in 2014. On Monday Walmart introduced a new set of guidelines for dispensing opioid medications.

Walmart Will Implement New Opioid Prescription Limits By End Of Summer

7:28pm May 08, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The giant pharmacy chain introduced new rules restricting painkiller prescriptions to 7 days and putting a cap on dosage strength. Pharmacies will carry an overdose antidote wherever it's legal.

Composting food scraps is one way to reduce food waste, but preventing excess food in the first place is better, says the EPA.

Grocery Stores Get Mostly Mediocre Scores On Their Food Waste Efforts

3:04pm April 16, 2018

by Menaka Wilhelm

A new report, "Supermarkets Fail to Make the Grade in Reducing Food Waste," scores the 10 largest grocery stores on how they handle food waste. No store got an A, but Walmart got a B.

A Cosmopolitan magazine from November 1976. Since being rebranded as a women's magazine in 1965, it has become a mainstay of shopping aisles. Walmart said Tuesday it is removing Cosmo from its check-out lines.

Walmart To Remove 'Cosmopolitan' From Checkout Aisle

11:13am March 28, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The retail giant said Tuesday that Cosmo would be relegated to the magazine rack of its U.S. stores. The move follows complaints over what critics say is the magazine's "hyper-sexualized" content.

Shoppers look at televisions at a Walmart during Black Friday sales in 2012 in Quincy, Mass.

In Push For Convenience, Walmart Wants To Help Shoppers Assemble Furniture, Mount TVs

5:22pm March 19, 2018

by Alina Selyukh

Walmart has partnered with the app Handy to link customers with home-services professionals. Major retail companies are in a big movement, trying to become more than just places that sell you things.

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