Labor relations

With more than 2.3 million employees worldwide, Walmart has faced a series of lawsuits and issues related to its workforce. These problems relate to low wages , poor working conditions , inadequate health care and problems related to anti-union policies. In November 2013, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it had found that in 13 US states, Wal-Mart had pressured employees not to participate in Monday's strike. Black Six and illegally disciplined workers who participated in the strike. Critics point out Walmart's high score in sales rates as evidence of a dissatisfied workforce, although other factors may be involved. About 70 percent of the company's employees quit within the first year. Despite this turnover rate, the company can still influence the unemployment rate. This was found in an Oklahoma State University study, which states, "walmart account management was found to have significantly reduced black relative unemployment in counties that had it, but only limited impact on relative income after the effects of other socioeconomic variables were taken into account."

Walmart is the largest privately held company in the United States, employing nearly five times as many people as IBM, the second largest employer. Walmart employs more African-Americans than any other private employer in the United States.
Walmart rebranded their Associate Education Benefits to Live Better U in March 2019. Live Better U supports associate education at all levels and includes a $1-a-day college program , free and discounted secondary education for higher education programs through a partnership with Guild Education.
In April 2019, Walmart Inc. announced plans to expand the use of robots in stores to improve and monitor inventory, mopping floors and unloading trucks, part of the company's efforts to reduce labor costs.

In June 2019, Walmart Inc. announced an expansion of educational benefits to recruit high school students. Offers include flexible work schedules, free SAT and ACT prep courses, up to seven free college credit hours, and free college degrees in three fields from six nonprofit colleges.

Gender

In 2007, a gender discrimination lawsuit, Dukes sued Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , was filed against Walmart Listing, alleging that female employees were discriminated against in matters related to wages and promotions. A collective action suit has been sought, which will be the largest suit in the nation's history, comprising 1.5 million past and present employees.On June 20, 2011, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Wal-Mart, saying that the plaintiffs did not have enough in common to form a class.The Court unanimously ruled that because the circumstances of the plaintiffs were subject to change, the class action could not proceed as presented, and furthermore, in a 5–4 decision that it could not proceed as any type of class action.Several plaintiffs, including the lead plaintiff, Betty Dukes, expressed intent to file individual discrimination lawsuits.

According to a consultant hired by plaintiffs in a GENDER discrimination lawsuit, in 2001, Wal-Mart's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission records showed that female employees made up 65% of the paid workforce. hourly wages of Wal-Mart, but only 33 percent of its management.Only 35 percent of its store managers are women, compared with 57 percent at similar retailers.Wal-Mart says the comparison with other retailers is unfair, because it categorizes employees differently; If divisional directors were included in the total, women would make up 60 percent of the management ranks. Others criticized the lawsuit as having no basis in law and an abuse of the class action mechanism.In 2007, Wal-Mart was ranked by the National Association of Women CEOs as one of the 35 companies run by women.