> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 9:04 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Wal-Mart New Health Plan > > Last night NPR had a more detailed article about this. The memo also > included getting rid of any disabled employee by putting them in jobs > that they could not do, and firing those with potentially disabling > chronic diseases. Not a standard practice, and potentially illegal.
Um...not in the one I read. Even the utterly biased "WalMartWatch.com" didn't mention anything like this. Here's the full memo from that site: http://walmartwatch.com/docs/Susan_Chambers_Memo_to_Wal-Mart_Board.pdf I don't see anything like the statements you heard in there. I may have missed something... but I can assure you IF something like that was in there it was not at all major theme. But I just don't see anything like that in there at all. The closest I found was in the area of encouraging a "healthy workforce" by ensuring that all positions had some physical activity involved (the specific suggestion was that cart collection duties should be shared amongst cashiers). There was no reference to employees that couldn't actually perform such labor due to disability and the statement was clearly made in the spirit of fostering physical activity as part of the work day in order to promote healthier employees.. Overall I found the memo to be tedious (what 12 page corporate memo isn't?) but well-balanced between employee satisfaction, cost and corporate image without shying away from ugly facts. Now I'm not a huge WalMart fan by any means... but I simply don't see anything "wrong" with the contents or suggestions in the memo when applied to their business. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178545 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
