1.4M Walmart Employees Offered College Tuition Benefits

With unemployment low and companies looking for new ways to retain employees, Walmart announced that it will heavily subsidize college tuition costs for any of its 1.4 million U.S. employees.[1]

The workers will only have to pay a dollar a day for the courses they take to earn a business degree. Courses can be taken online or in person at one of three colleges — the University of Florida, Brandman University, or Bellevue University.

Earlier this year, Walmart increased its entry-level pay from $9.00 per hour to $11.00.

CNBC notes that this program is being introduced as companies "face a tighter labor market, and competition for the best talent is intensifying." Walmart is far from alone in seeking to offer employees a better deal. "Chains like Starbucks and Chipotle have started offering similar education perks to get workers to stick around." [2]

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1. The New York Times, "Walmart Says It Will Pay for Its Workers to Earn College Degrees," May 30, 2018
2. CNBC, "Walmart unveils a new employee perk: College tuition," May 30, 2018

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