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Starbucks is closing 34 stores across New York City as part of a nationwide downsizing effort, affecting several high-traffic locations and resulting in layoffs, with affected employees offered transfers or severance packages.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling making it easier for workers to sue employers for discrimination if they’re forced to transfer jobs within an organization, impacting HR departments across the country. The decision lowers the bar for how much harm employees must prove to bring a discrimination case, requiring HR to apply a new level of scrutiny and forethought to employee-related decisions, carefully documenting their decision making and broadening the scope of their responsibilities. This ruling also means that HR leaders will have to work directly with more employees than ever before and extend beyond unwanted job transfers to other personnel decisions, demanding even more strategy and clarity from HR departments moving forward.
Walmart is closing four stores in Chicago due to lack of profitability, with annual losses nearly doubling in the past five years. The stores will close by April 16, but employees are eligible to transfer to another Walmart or Sam's Club store. Walmart had already announced plans to close 10 stores and two experimental "pickup" locations across several states, including Illinois, due to not meeting financial expectations.
Walmart has announced the closure of four stores in Chicago due to lack of profitability, affecting employees and communities. Despite efforts to improve business performance, the stores have collectively lost tens of millions of dollars a year since the first store opened 17 years ago. Pharmacies at the locations will remain open for up to 30 days, and employees will have the opportunity to transfer to other Walmart or Sam's Club locations. Mayor Lori Lightfoot expressed disappointment and concerns about the impact on residents. Four Chicago stores will remain open.
Walmart is closing four underperforming stores in Chicago due to millions in annual losses, with the stores' pharmacies remaining open for up to 30 days. The company's eight Chicago stores have not been profitable since the first opened 17 years ago, resulting in "tens of millions of dollars a year" in losses. All employees at the four stores are eligible to transfer to other Walmart locations and will be paid through August 11. Walmart will keep its other four Chicago stores open.