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world's largest retailer will increase the wages of managers of
service-oriented departments such as electronics and auto care
to $13-$24.70 per hour from $10.30-$20.09 currently.
Hourly wage of managers of departments such as clothing and
consumer products will rise to $10.90-$20.71 from $9.90-$19.31.
At specialized areas such as the deli sections, workers will
earn $9.90-$18.81 per hour compared with $9.20-$18.53 currently.
Associated Press first reported the news on Tuesday.
Wal-Mart will also start paying store associates 10 percent more
per hour when they are promoted, starting with their Aug. 13
paycheck, Wal-Mart spokesman Kory Lundberg told Reuters.
This means the minimum increase in hourly wages of an associate
who has been promoted will rise to 90 cents from about 50 cents
currently.
The company, which has 4,540 Walmart stores and about 650 Sam's
Club stores in the United States, has a total of 1.3 million
employees in the country, according to its website.
Wal-Mart said in February that it would raise entry-level wages
for 500,000 U.S. employees in 2016. The wage increases and
enhanced staff training will cost $1 billion, the company said
then.
Wal-Mart said in April that it would eliminate the position of
zone manager at its U.S. stores and add 8,000 new department
heads as part of an overhaul of its store operations.
(Additional reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru;
Editing by Kirti Pandey)
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