Re: allowance for 9 year old

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:17:58 GMT, Jeff <kidsdoc2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

enigma wrote:
Jeff <kidsdoc2000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Sue wrote:
"Stephanie" <haaa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
My beef with Walmart is the rustle and rumor of pretty
sleazy employment practices.
If the employee doesn't like the practices, then the
employees can find a new job. I don't see why you would
care how they are treated as long as you don't work there.
And how do you know if they are treated poorly? Do you
actually know someone that works there?
There have been many reports about how they force employees
to work during breaks, have locked employees in for the
night, they get little pay, etc.

minimum wage, just under the # of hours required to provide
health insurance, etc
lee

The wages are a true issue. 93% of Walmart employees have health
insurance, and just over 1/2 have health insurance through Wal-Mart.
This is because Wal-Mart has new health insurance that recently began.
(about 43% of employees have health insurance from another source, like
their spouses). I don't know how many employees get health insurance for
their families, though.

Jeff

http://www.dsausa.org/lowwage/walmart/health.html'


Wal-Mart has a limited benefit plan, called Starbridge.
Fast-Growing Health Plan Has A Catch: $1,000-a-Year Cap
Employees Pay $10 or So Weekly, for Basics That Provide Little Help
for Serious Illness

http://walmartwatch.com/pages/healthcare

Key Quotes From The
Wal-Mart Secret Memo

On October 26, 2005 the New York Times reported a "secret" memo
written by Susan Chambers, Wal-Mart Executive Vice President for
Benefits, for the Wal-Mart Board of Directors. The memo shattered
Wal-Mart?s healthcare mythology and revealed that the company
executives are strategizing to implement policies that intentionally
benefit its bottom line over the welfare of employees. The most
egregious revelations of the memo include:

* ON ASSOCIATES ? Chambers wrote, "Most troubling, the least
healthy, lease productive Associates are more satisfied with their
benefits than other segments and are interested in longer careers with
Wal-Mart." [Wal-Mart Secret Memo, Page 4,
http://walmartwatch.com/memo; New York Times, 10/26/05]

* ON SPOUSES ? Chambers wrote, "Decrease cross-subsidization of
spouses through higher premiums or other charge. Spouses are by far
the most expensive plan members to cover, and Wal-Mart pays more per
spouse than per Associate." [Wal-Mart Secret Memo, Page 6,
http://walmartwatch.com/memo; New York Times, 10/26/05]

* ON CHILDREN ? Chambers wrote, "We also have a significant number
of Associates and their children who receive health insurance through
public-assistance programs. Five percent of our Associates are on
Medicaid compared to an average for national employers of 4 percent.
Twenty-seven percent of Associates? children are on such programs,
compared to a national average of 22 percent. In total, 46 percent of
Associates? children are either on Medicaid or are uninsured."
[Wal-Mart Secret Memo, Page 6, http://walmartwatch.com/memo; New York
Times, 10/26/05, emphasis added]

* ON "UNHEALTHY PEOPLE" ? Chambers wrote, "A healthier workforce
will lead to lower health insurance costs, lower absenteeism through
fewer sick days, and higher productivity. It will be far easier to
attract and retain a healthier workforce than it will be to change
behavior in an existing one. These moves would also dissuade unhealthy
people from coming to work at Wal-Mart. Even a healthier workforce
could result in significant savings: $220 million to $670 million in
FY2011." [Wal-Mart Secret Memo, Page 10, http://walmartwatch.com/memo;
New York Times, 10/26/05, emphasis added]


--
Dorothy

There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..

The Outer Limits
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