In November 2003, a handful of Wal-Mart employees who had been laid off learned they could soon be hired back - but possibly at lower wages and without benefits. That's small consolation for Sandra Davies, 46, a dismissed Wal-Mart cashier. She's single and said she lives paycheck to paycheck to support herself and her 16-year-old son. If Wal-Mart does bring her back, as a new or seasonal worker, the store won't need to pay benefits for several months. If workers are brought back and paid $2 less per hour without benefits, the company is probably saving $5 an hour, Brad Shefrin, an employment attorney, said.
source: Denver Post, 11/12/03
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