Walmart to allow any worker concerned about coronavirus to stay home ‘without penalty’

Associated Press
Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:46:10 -0400

Walmart is enacting an emergency leave policy for its 1.4 million hourly US workers that allows them to take time off without penalty if they fear the spread of a new virus. The nation’s largest private employer said Tuesday that a worker at its store in Cynthiana, Ken., tested positive for the COVID-19, the disease...