WAL-MART: New Employment System Triggering Shutdown

After the optimized organizational structure was accused of disguised layoffs,

The new comprehensive working hours system in China has led some employees to stop working and fight.

The staff of WAL-MART Nanchang region told the media that after seeing the payroll in July, WAL-MART found that the attendance bonus and meal supplement were incorporated into the basic salary, which equals the implementation of the hourly wage. This is a major change project of the labor contract, which requires the two sides to negotiate to change. WAL-MART has been forced to execute without the consent of the staff, so the employees choose to stop working and safeguard their rights.

Unlike the previous alleged layoffs in disguised form, WAL-MART chose to respond positively.

In an exclusive interview in July 14th, WAL-MART Asia president and CEO, ScottPrice, said that for WAL-MART, it is necessary to ensure that customers receive services and ensure the development of their employees. The new comprehensive working hour system is designed to better activate the working hours of employees and enhance the income of some employees.

Dispute between new and old working hours

It is learned that, thanks to the new comprehensive working hour system in WAL-MART China, replacing the previous standard man hour system, Chengdu, Nanchang, Harbin and Shenzhen all have WAL-MART employees to stop working.

"WAL-MART's comprehensive working hour system equals to turning employees into hourly workers. This is WAL-MART's desire to save manpower costs, but it does not consider employees' feelings.

Our standard working hours were broken.

And our rest time has also been disrupted.

Employees reflect that under the new system, employees work 4~11 hours a day by the supervisor, and the employees have no autonomy.

It is reported that 5782 shops and 2039 stores in Bayi Plaza, Nanchang, were closed in July 1st and 2nd, 0209 shops in Sichuan, Chengdu and Yulin, 3409 stores in Shenzhen and 3422 stores in Heilongjiang and Harbin in July 4th, and the number of protesters in each store was dozens of people in July 4th.

The staff involved in the downtime revealed to the media that the salary structure adjustment was 200 yuan for the logistics worker and 120 yuan for the cash meal, which all entered the basic salary. The basic salary was raised from 1590 yuan to 1910 yuan. WAL-MART's annual general adjustment was mainly based on whether the basic wage reached the local minimum wage standard, and the minimum wage in Nanchang is currently 1530 yuan.

What is the difference between the original standard hour system and the new comprehensive working hour system?

The standard working hour system, also known as the standard working system, is defined by legislation to determine the length of working hours in a day and night, the number of days worked in a week, and the basic working hour system commonly required by employing units and ordinary workers.

The standard working hour system is the standard and foundation, and is the basis and reference standard for other special working hours.

The comprehensive working hour system refers to the period of weeks, months, seasons, years, etc., which calculates the working hours synthetically, but the average working hours and average working hours should be basically the same as the working hours of the statutory standard.

"For retailers, they need to serve customers all year round, while the working hours of employees are very fixed under the standard working system, but they may be short of manpower during peak hours such as holidays. Conversely, the working hours of employees who use flexible cycle are not necessarily fixed, but for retailers, they can balance peak hours and regular working hours, which is conducive to the development of enterprises.

So we can understand some employees' emotions.

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Expert Ding Haozhou analysis.

Acclimatized?

In the face of some employees' stoppage and confrontation, WAL-MART could not sit still.

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It has been 20 years since the beginning of a WAL-MART store and a Sam member store. Now we have 422 stores and 100 thousand employees in China. Our achievements are obvious to all.

After 20 years of development, China's labor force has also developed greatly. The previous human resources structure can not guarantee employees to work and live flexibly.

In the United States, sometimes a mother wants to work three or four hours a week, and other times can take care of the family.

Some people are willing to work more at peak hours to get more income, so a more flexible comprehensive working hour system is needed.

Beth said that the original manpower management system can not be so flexible, so the new comprehensive hours system was introduced to activate the working hours of employees.

In the view of beesside, the implementation of a flexible working system for employees can enable employees to choose and balance their work and life arrangements. At the same time, if there are some full-time employees in the new market, there will be opportunities to increase their income.

The original employees' income is fixed, but under the flexible system, employees can choose to work at peak hours to get more wages, and they can also ensure that customers get more and better services.

"We have around 2 million 400 thousand of the staff around the world. It is not possible to satisfy all employees.

As a matter of fact, our new flexible working hour system is a voluntary choice for employees. We will not force it. Behind the downtime of some employees, there are some inciting employees who are inciting rumors.

After a period of coordination, the new manpower system has been communicated with 95% of the staff.

The workers who had stopped work basically recovered.

Beth said.

Speaking of the future development of the Chinese market, Beth said that the Chinese market is the second most important market in the world after WAL-MART, which is second only to the US.

In the future, WAL-MART still has many investment plans in China, and its cooperation with Jingdong is also deepening.

"In the future, we will continue to invest in China. According to the plan, in 2015 ~2017, WAL-MART will increase 115 stores in China, and will increase investment in human resources and logistics system construction, and focus on building cross-border electricity providers."

"The profits of the retail industry, especially the stores, are decreasing year by year, and sometimes the profit after tax is only about 2%.

The labor cost of standard working hours is relatively fixed, and under the comprehensive working hour system, enterprises can control manpower expenditure.

As the cost of manpower is getting higher and higher, the comprehensive working hour system can indeed relieve the pressure of human cost. "

Ding Haozhou believes that a lot of people work abroad through flexible working hours overseas, but in the Chinese market, employees are still accustomed to fixed work and income, so WAL-MART needs to solve the problem of acclimatization.