The Real Reasons for Walmart’s Minimum Wage Increases
Walmart
recently announced that they would be
increasing the
minimum wages they pay their employees
to at least $10.00 an hour. As the largest
employer in the country, employing one in a
hundred Americans, Walmart has been
notoriously cheap with their employees. Many
class action lawsuits have been filed
against the corporation by wage theft
attorneys throughout the US for illegal
business practices that defraud employees.
This new wage increase seems unlikely to be
out of the kindness of the corporation’s
executives’ hearts.
The
wage theft lawsuits that Walmart has
faced have been for illegal business
practices like nonpayment of working wages
and
unpaid overtime. These systematic abuses
by Walmart management are unlikely to
change. Experienced NYC
employee rights attorneys suspect that
these increases may only make problems like
this worse. They are increasing the wages to
keep up with their competitors’ increases in
wages—this is only going to put increased
pressure on management to tighten their
margins even further. The increased pressure
is likely to lead to more managers pushing
their employees towards illegal wage
practices.
Increasing
minimum wages is just a means of trying to
avoid further litigation for illegal
business practices. Paying somewhat more
competitive wages is also a means of trying
to manipulate employees from exercising
their legal rights. By paying more than
minimum wages, they are hoping that their
employees do not seek the help of NYC
employee rights attorneys to fight for their
rights after wage theft occurs. Employees
should be empowered with the knowledge that
it is yet another legal violation to
retaliate against employees that take a
stand against workplace wage violations.
It is
unlikely that Walmart has committed to
changing their employee relations practices
with this recent step towards giving their
employees a more livable wage. Their motives
for increasing their wages are questionable
and their business model lends itself
towards employees being victimized by wage
theft.
At
Hepworth, Gershbaum & Roth, PLLC, our New
York wage theft attorneys help victims
recover the compensation they deserve. You
can schedule a free initial consultation by
calling us at 212-545-1199 or you can
contact us online.
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