Walmart will begin taking workers' temperatures at stores and warehouses before they begin their shifts. Any employee with a temperature above 100 degrees will be sent home to seek medical treatment, if necessary, but will be paid for showing up.
Walmart will begin taking workers' temperatures at stores and warehouses before they begin their shifts. Any employee with a temperature above 100 degrees will be sent home to seek medical treatment, if necessary, but will be paid for showing up.The retailer will also make medical masks and gloves available for employees who want to wear them."They will be high-quality masks, but not N95 respirators — which should be reserved for at-risk healthcare workers," the company said.
Walmart , Amazon , grocery stores and other retailers staying open during the crisis are under enormous pressure to balance meeting customer demand with protecting their workforce. On Monday, a group of warehouse workers at Amazon and Instacart workers who fulfill grocery orders staged protests calling for their companies to improve safety protections, pay and benefits during the coronavirus crisis.
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