Wal-Mart Increases Employee Bonuses

美国最大的零售商沃尔玛连锁公司(Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)周四向基层美国员工发放了总额9.336亿美元奖金，比上年增加了46.7%。沃尔玛称将向约100万名计时工人发放奖金；其美国员工人数去年增加了约33,800人，至145万人。Bloomberg News北卡罗来纳州的一家沃尔玛商店内，一名员工正帮助顾客挑选商品总部位于阿肯色州本顿维尔的沃尔玛在这次经济衰退期间始终表现强劲，销售额和收益均实现可观增长，而许多其他零售商却遭遇两位数的下滑。六个星期前出任沃尔玛首席执行长的杜克(Mike Duke)周四在给员工的备忘录中宣布上述奖金计划。沃尔玛称，包括红利奖金401(k)计划和商品折扣在内，今年总计将向员工发放创纪录的20亿美元奖励，比去年的18亿美元增加了约11%。沃尔玛宣布发奖金的一周多以前，国会两院都提出《雇员自主选择法》(Employee Free Choice Act)，这部法规将令员工加入工会更容易。沃尔玛一直以来都反对这部法规，并极力为此展开游说。沃尔玛称，周四宣布的奖金只是年度奖金计划的一部分。沃尔玛发言人摩尔(Daphne Moore)说，我们多年来一直有这样的激励计划，奖励员工的辛勤工作。平均每位合格员工的奖金为933.60美元，包括收银员和货柜员等。去年，沃尔玛发放了约18亿美元奖励，其中包括逾6.364亿美元奖金。2009年的奖励是基于3,657家美国沃尔玛连锁店和602家山姆会员店(Sam's Clubs)的业绩。沃尔玛在截止1月31日的财年净销售额为4,012亿美元，较上年增长7.2%。持续经营利润增长3%，至133亿美元，每股收益增长6%，至3.35美元。沃尔玛股票下午4点在纽约证交所综合交易时段下跌0.49美元，至49.95美元。Karen Talley相关阅读沃尔玛2月份同店销售额飙升 2009-03-06沃尔玛第四财季净利润下滑7.4% 2009-02-18沃尔玛新掌门寄望海外扩张推动增长 2009-02-02美零售业08年底表现惨淡  沃尔玛未能幸免 2009-01-09 本文涉及股票或公司document.write (truthmeter('2009年03月20日10:13', 'WMT'));沃尔玛连锁公司英文名称：Wal-Mart Stores Inc.总部地点：美国上市地点：纽约证交所股票代码：WMT


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. handed out $933.6 million in bonuses to its rank-and-file U.S. workers on Thursday, an increase of 46.7% compared to last year.The company, the largest retailer in the nation, said it will pay bonuses to about one million of its hourly workers. Its U.S. work force last year grew by about 33,800, to 1.45 million, the company said.The Bentonville, Ark.,-based company has been a strong performer throughout the recession, posting solid sales and earnings gains while many other retailers have been suffering double-digit percentage declines.Mike Duke, who took over as chief executive six weeks ago, announced the bonuses in a memo to employees Thursday.Including profit-sharing payments, 401(k) contributions and merchandise discounts, Wal-Mart says it is giving workers a record $2 billion this year, an increase of about 11% over last year's $1.8 billion total.The timing of the bonus announcement comes a little over a week after both houses of Congress introduced the Employee Free Choice Act, legislation that would make it easier for employees to unionize, something that Wal-Mart has long opposed and is lobbying hard against.Wal-Mart said the bonuses announced yesterday are simply part of an annual program. 'We have been rewarding our associates for their hard work with financial incentives like these for years,' said a spokeswoman, Daphne Moore.The bonus averages $933.60 for each qualified employee, ranging from cashiers to shelf stockers.Last year, Wal-Mart paid out about $1.8 billion in awards, including more than $636.4 million in bonuses.The 2009 awards are based on results at the 3,657 U.S. Wal-Marts and 602 Sam's Clubs.Wal-Mart reported $401.2 billion in net sales for its most recent fiscal year, which ended on Jan. 31, a gain of 7.2% from the prior year. Income from continuing operations increased 3% to $13.3 billion, and earnings per share rose 6% to $3.35.Shares of Wal-Mart fell 49 cents to $49.95 in 4 p.m. composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange.Karen Talley