{"id":72310,"date":"2017-05-26T09:30:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=72310"},"modified":"2017-05-26T08:56:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T12:56:26","slug":"walmart-fills-military-pay-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=72310","title":{"rendered":"Walmart fills military pay gap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald sends us a link to Walmart<\/a> in which the company announced their intention to fill the gap differential for their military employees who find themselves called to active duty and taking a pay hit between the military and Walmart’s wages;<\/p>\n

Today, Walmart announced expansions to its military leave of absence policy, offering differential pay to all eligible military associates taking on assignments lasting more than three days and through the duration of leave \u2013 including basic training. With the enhancements going into effect June 24, Walmart has offered differential pay since 2008, meaning that if an associate\u2019s military salary is less than what they were making at their job at Walmart, the company will pay them the difference while they are on a military leave of absence. In 2016, Walmart associates took more than 4,400 military leave of absences.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The announcement continues;<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, in 2016, more than 200,000 men and women serving in the military transitioned to civilian life, and many find it difficult to navigate multiple agencies offering job placement and other services. To date, Walmart hired more than 170,000 veterans since it announced its Veterans Welcome Home Commitment in May 2013*. Of those veteran hires, more than 22,000 have been promoted to jobs with higher pay and greater responsibility.<\/p>\n

On Memorial Day 2013, Walmart introduced the Veterans Welcome Home Commitment, which guaranteed a job offer to any eligible, honorably discharged U.S. veteran who was within 12 months of active duty. The initial goal was to hire 100,000 veterans by the end of 2018.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Walmart says they’re also giving $100,000 to the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) which helps the survivors of troops who are killed on active duty. Good corporate citizenship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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