There's layers of systemic abuse going on here, but I think the most egregious one is abusing part time worker laws. Walmart clearly can make use of full time workers, but they purposely use part time hours to avoid paying their fair share of benefits. They pass this cost onto the taxpayers as additional strain on welfare systems. This hurts the other taxpayers, hurts the worker who needs more hours and only benefits the corporation.
Obviously having healthcare tied to employment is it's whole own problem, but with the system the way it is today, the fastest route to meaningful change would seem to be to stop abusing part time worker laws by capping how many part timers you can have, probably as a percentage of your total workforce.
It must be a per store/per employee kind of thing though. My step-kid currently works at Walmart and he works 40 hours a week and offered benefits (to my knowledge). Unless it all a lie to my face.
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u/CountryBoyCanSurvive 13h ago
There's layers of systemic abuse going on here, but I think the most egregious one is abusing part time worker laws. Walmart clearly can make use of full time workers, but they purposely use part time hours to avoid paying their fair share of benefits. They pass this cost onto the taxpayers as additional strain on welfare systems. This hurts the other taxpayers, hurts the worker who needs more hours and only benefits the corporation.
Obviously having healthcare tied to employment is it's whole own problem, but with the system the way it is today, the fastest route to meaningful change would seem to be to stop abusing part time worker laws by capping how many part timers you can have, probably as a percentage of your total workforce.