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Why Wages are Rising in the U.S.—and Four Ways Your Company Can Keep Up

Velocity Global

COVID-19 brought on historic unemployment in early 2020, with more than 20 million Americans losing their jobs in the first nine weeks of the pandemic. When the pandemic began in Q1 2020, many low-wage workers —such as those in restaurants, retail stores, hotels, and movie theaters—were the first to lose their jobs.

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How Four of the World’s Largest Employers Manage Their International Workforces

Velocity Global

This approach helps Walmart deliver consistency across the world while providing local HR leaders the flexibility to accommodate their workers’ unique needs. Spurred by a dramatic increase in e-commerce while much of the world went into lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon’s workforce grew to one million in 2020.