At Walmart, wellness manager Nancy Jester creates benefit plans to support women and families
Walmart's senior manager of physical and emotional wellness has lived experience that informs how she creates benefits today.
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Walmart employees encouraged to commute without a car
The push at HQ is meant to help Walmart cut carbon emissions and make employees healthier, happier and more productive.
CVS, Walmart, Walgreens reach $12 billion opioid settlement
The pharmacy chains were sued for allegedly failing to create legally mandated monitoring systems to detect illegitimate opioid prescriptions being filled.
Benefits Think Why colleagues are a valuable (and overlooked) source of mental health support
Through associate training programs operated by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Walmart is creating space in the workplace to discuss mental health
Lisa Woods
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Walmart offers training to help workers extend mental health support
In 2021, 76% of employees reported at least one symptom of a mental health condition, up from 59% in 2019.
Walmart is making it easy for employees to get healthcare referrals
Walmart is partnering with tech company Health at Scale to provide employees with virtual care referrals to best suit their healthcare needs.
10 companies with the biggest wage gaps between CEOs and employees
A disproportionate pay scale between executives and their workers can leave employees feeling unmotivated.
Walmart makes college tuition free for its employees
The retailer's staff tuition plan previously cost $1 a day for eligible employees.
Walmart offers low-priced insulin to counter Amazon’s drug push
Walmart’s insulin launch comes 15 years after it disrupted drugmakers and pharmacy chains by introducing a range of generic drugs for common ailments like allergies and high cholesterol.
The 20 best companies for career growth
The pandemic may have irreversibly changed hiring, but it hasn’t slowed it down.
Walmart’s early pay perk is popular, but sometimes has a cost
Employees who often choose to get paid sooner turned over faster.
Walmart is eliminating hundreds of corporate jobs
The world’s biggest retailer has laid off hundreds of workers in its store planning, logistics and real estate units.
Walmart enters health insurance industry
The retail giant is looking to hire Medicare insurance agents to get the new venture off the ground.
Walmart creates emergency leave policy for workers amid virus
The coronavirus outbreak has thrust corporate policies on paid leave and workplace practices into sharp focus, especially for the retail and restaurant industries.
Walmart expands benefits with healthcare pilots
The nation’s largest private employer is testing out benefits that make it easier for workers to find an in-network doctor.
Walmart woos high-school talent pool with SAT prep, college tuition perks
The retailer is expanding its $1-a-day tuition benefit to current high school teenagers and future high schoolers who work at the company.
Walmart charts new course by steering workers to high-quality imaging centers
The nation's largest private employer is worried too many of its workers are having health conditions misdiagnosed, leading to unnecessary surgery.
Benefits Think Tech companies have stepped up with solutions. Now it’s clients’ turn
For digital solutions to truly work and have the potential to change employees’ lives, benefits professionals must get behind them.
Kathryn Mayer
Employee Benefit News
Benefits Think Tech companies have stepped up with solutions. Now it’s employers’ turn
For digital solutions to truly work and have the potential to change employees’ lives, HR professionals must get behind them.
Kathryn Mayer
Employee Benefit News
How 60 of the nation’s biggest employers are uniting to fight the benefits status quo
A group called the Employer Health Innovation Roundtable, representing more than 8 million workers, is partnering with health startups to transform employee care — and change the industry in the process.
