Human Resources

In February, Walmart announced a $1 billion investment in its U.S. workforce, including raising its minimum wage to $9 an hour, implementing new training programs and giving associates more control over their schedules.

Last week, Walmart stated it will begin paying all U.S. hourly workers at least $9 an hour by April, and $10 an hour by next February. The plan will result in raises for about 500,000 workers in the first half of the fiscal year and cost about $1 billion.

InformationWeek is following-up on its report on the IT hiring process with some messages from readers.

A new tool is expected to deliver real-time analytics about its workforce of more than 174,000 people in 90 countries.

Energizer is overhauling its Finance organization in preparation for the planned separationof the Household Products and Personal Care segments.Amidst news of the current CFOs planned departure, find out who will lead the finance team in the details of this leadership transition plan.

This follows Walmarts announcement in September to move 35,000 associates from temporary to part time and another 35,000 associates from part time to full time by the end of the year.

Weeklong festivities will feature 14,000 associates from all 27 countries and highlight the career opportunities at Walmart.

Accenture will provide Unilever with HR business process outsourcing services that benefit more than 130,000 Unilever employees in more than 100 countries and introduce a series of service improvements focused on enhancing the user experience.