Internal Wal-Mart Letter Suggests More Part-Timers, Less Unhealthy, Old Employees To Lower Health Costs…

Internal Wal-Mart Letter Suggests More Part-Timers, Less Unhealthy, Old Employees To Lower Health Costs…

An internal memo sent to Wal-Mart's board of directors proposes numerous ways to hold down spending on health care and other benefits while seeking to minimize damage to the retailer's reputation. Among the recommendations are hiring more part-time workers and discouraging unhealthy people from working at Wal-Mart.

In the memorandum, M. Susan Chambers, Wal-Mart's executive vice president for benefits, also recommends reducing 401(k) contributions and wooing younger, and presumably healthier, workers by offering education benefits. The memo voices concern that workers with seven years' seniority earn more than workers with one year's seniority, but are no more productive.

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