Wal-Mart will pay employees to deliver packages on their way home

Re:Wal-Mart will pay employees to deliver packages on their ... by ensiferum on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:57PM (#14471420)

"Wal-Mart didn’t specify how the employees will be compensated."

They can be compensated by a coffee voucher. Or compensated by the joy and feelings of accomplishment they'll derive from their new work tasks.

Just saying.

Seriously tho, if they get into an accident delivering the packages is that something that'll get covered by Walmart? How about the wear and tear on the vehicle?

It really seems like it's a better deal for Wallmart. A handy way to offload delivery costs to the workers for a small compensation.

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Re:Wal-Mart will pay employees to deliver packages on their ... by ianai on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:33PM (#14472296)

Of course it's a better deal for Walmart. This is Walmarts thing to do or not do. They're the biggest party in the negotiation. They will always dictate terms that benefit them at their workers expense. It's negotiation 101.

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Re:Wal-Mart will pay employees to deliver packages on their ... by linkregister on Friday June 02, 2017 @01:07PM (#14471515)

It's a violation of federal labor law to pay less than minimum wage for work.

Wal-Mart stores have been found many times to have coerced employees to work unpaid hours, but this wasn't successfully shown to be corporate policy.

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Re:Wal-Mart will pay employees to deliver packages on their ... by NoCoastCoder on Friday June 02, 2017 @01:14PM (#14471620)

Then they're free to not do it. How is this an issue?

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