Walmart will start taking temperatures of U.S. store workers at the start of each shift. Employees with a temperature of 100 degrees or higher will be sent home with pay and unable to return until fever-free for three days.
Walmart Inc. will start taking temperatures of U.S. store workers at the start of each shift and offering masks for those employees who wish to wear them, the company said.
“We are in the process of sending infrared thermometers to all locations, which could take up to three weeks,” the company said in a blog post. Employees with a temperature of 100 degrees or higher will be sent home with pay and unable to return until fever-free for three days. The company said it would take one to two weeks for the masks to arrive at its stores. “They will be high-quality masks, but not N95 respirators—which should be reserved for at-risk health-care workers,” the company said.
Walmart has hired 50,000 additional workers to staff stores amid a surge in sales, said Dan Bartlett, executive vice president of corporate affairs.
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