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• Regular or Protected?

• Full-time or part-time?

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      Hourly associates

      PTO gives you control over your time away and flexibility in how you use it. Take time when you choose for just about anything: holidays, family time, personal needs, and when you’re sick and miss work. Plus if you don’t use all your PTO this year, some rolls over to the new year and the rest turns into cash!


      For full-time associates, PTO works together with short-term disability coverage to support you when you need extended time off due to your own serious medical condition. And depending on your needs, a paid or unpaid leave of absence can cover you if you need to be away for a longer time.


      These pages offer a quick summary. For complete details, please see the PTO policies for your work location:

      Usually you can plan your time away, but sometimes you can’t. That’s why all Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Supply Chain hourly field associates (plus hourly Home Office, Corporate, and Global Tech associates in some locations) have two kinds of PTO—regular PTO and Protected PTO.

      Use Regular PTO for just about anything, anytime—as long as you make a request and get approval before you take off. You can also use regular PTO to be paid for an absence, but it won’t help you avoid attendance points like Protected PTO.

      Use Protected PTO when you’re out sick, need to care for family, have transportation issues, or when anything else comes up that keeps you away. Even if you use it at the last minute, it’ll protect you from attendance points due to an unplanned absence as long as you’ve got enough Protected PTO to cover the time away. For more information about how Protected PTO works, see below:
      •    Field Walmart, Sam's Club, Supply Chain
      •    Corporate and Home Office

      Need more time due to a chronic medical condition?
      If you have a chronic or long-term medical condition, or are caring for a family member with such a condition, you should request an intermittent Leave of Absence (LOA) through mySedgwick.com or by calling Sedgwick at 800-492-5678. If your leave is approved, you will not receive occurrences for absences which are covered by the approved intermittent LOA, even if you don’t use Protected PTO to be paid for them. If you are missing work due to your own medical condition and are not eligible for an intermittent leave, or you’ve used up all of your intermittent LOA time, you may still qualify for leave as an accommodation, which you can request by calling 855-489-1600.

      The longer you’re here, the more you earn.


      You earn PTO with every hour you work, and even when you use PTO. The more years you work for the Company, the faster you earn it. If you have access to Protected PTO where you work, you earn both regular and Protected PTO at the same time, except temporary associates who earn Protected PTO only.


      The amount you earn depends on whether you’re full-time, part-time, or temporary. City and state rules also affect how much PTO you can earn. Please see the PTO policies for rate charts specific to your work location.

      PTO gives you choice and flexibility.

      PTO gives you control over your time away and flexibility in how you use it. Request time off for just about anything: holidays, family time, sickness, or personal needs.


      How much PTO can you use?

      On February 1, the first day of the PTO plan year, you’ll have a certain number of PTO days available for use—an Annual PTO amount, plus any days you’ve carried over from the previous plan year. Unused PTO from the previous plan year may affect how much PTO you receive for the new plan year. See the PTO policy for details about PTO carryover.


      PTO also works with other time-off programs like short-term disability, leave of absence, and parental and family care pay. Together, they offer support when you or a family member has a serious medical condition or for the birth, adoption, or foster placement of your child.


      Questions about how to use your time? Go to Using PTO.

      For all the fine print, please see the PTO policy.


      The longer you’re here, the more you earn.


      The Annual PTO amount you get on Feb. 1 is based on the years of service you will celebrate during the plan year and your weekly work schedule (5, 4, or 3 days a week).






      Service Years5 Day Workweek4 Day Workweek2 Day Workweek
      PTO DaysPTO DaysPTO Days
      1211713
      2231814
      3-5262116
      6-9312519
      10-14342720
      15+362922

      Service Years

      5 Day Workweek

      4 Day Workweek

      2 Day Workweek


      PTO Days

      PTO Days

      PTO Days



      1

      21

      17

      13


      2

      23

      18

      14


      3-5

      26

      21

      16


      6-9

      31

      25

      19


      10-14

      34

      27

      20


      15+

      36

      29

      22


      Note: In your first year, your initial grant of PTO days is prorated based on your month of hire.


      Optical/Vision


      • Salaried Associate Doctors of Optometry receive annual PTO in days based on the years of service celebrated during the plan year and weekly work schedule (Five, four, or three days a week).  See chart above.


      Walmart Health


      • Salaried nurse practitioners receive annual PTO in days and based on a five-day schedule.  See chart above.


      Salaried pharmacists

      Salaried pharmacists receive PTO based on biweekly hours (also known as Base Hours) in hours.


      Salaried health care professionals

      Bi-weekly Hours
      Years of Service90848079a7269a6459a5648

      PTO Grant in Hours
      0*-1189176168166151145134124118101
      1189176168166151145134124118101
      2207193184182166159147136129110
      3-5234218208205187179166153146125
      6-9279260248245223214198183174149
      10-14306286272269245235218201190163
      15+324302288284259248230212202173
      Years of Service
      Bi-weekly Hours90


      Bi-weekly HoursPTO Grant in Hours

      0*-1
      Bi-weekly Hours189

      1
      Bi-weekly Hours189

      2
      Bi-weekly Hours207

      3-5
      Bi-weekly Hours234

      6-9
      Bi-weekly Hours279

      10-14
      Bi-weekly Hours306

      15+
      Bi-weekly Hours324



      *Pro-rated based on month of hire Sam’s Club Only

      Hourly California salaried equivalent pharmacists with management benefits

      If you are an hourly California salaried equivalent pharmacist with management benefits, you’ll receive 80 hours of PTO as a new hire. At the beginning of each plan year, your PTO balance is topped up to 80 hours if the unused PTO balance you carry over from the previous plan year is less than 80 hours. Then, you’ll earn additional PTO hours based on service hours you log (e.g., worked hours, PTO used, and benefit hours like bereavement, jury duty, and parental pay, but not disability pay or workers’ compensation) up to the maximum for your service years.






      PTOProtected PTOTotal
      Years of ServiceRateTime to earn 1 hourMax hours/yearRateTime to earn 1 hourMax hours/yearTime to earn 1 hourMax hours/year
      0*-10.08076912.38168n/an/an/a12.38168
      20.08846211.30184n/an/an/a11.30184
      3-50.10000010.00208n/an/an/a10.00208
      6-90.1192310.39248n/an/an/a9.39248
      10-140.1307697.65272n/an/an/a7.65272
      15+0.1384627.22288n/an/an/a7.22288


      PTO

      Protected PTO

      Total


      Years of Service

      Rate

      Time to earn 1 hour

      Max hours/year


      0*-1

      0.080769

      12.38

      168


      2

      0.088462

      11.30

      184


      3-5

      0.100000

      10.00

      208


      6-9

      0.119231

      0.39

      248


      10-14

      0.130769

      7.65

      272


      15+

      0.138462

      7.22

      288


      *Prorated based on month of hire


      Walmart Health Centers and Optical and Vision

      • Salaried medical professionals including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists, behavioral health providers, audiologists receive PTO in days and based on a five-day schedule.
      • Salaried Associate Doctors of Optometry receive PTO in days as described in the “How much PTO you’ll receive” section.

      OTR Driver associates


      PTO gives you choice and flexibility.

      With PTO, you have control over your time off and flexibility in how you use it. Take time off for just about anything: holidays, family time and personal needs, as well as unexpected time off when “life happens.” PTO you don’t use during the year will either roll over or turn into cash.


      PTO also works with other time-off programs like short-term disability, leaves of absence, and parental and family care pay. Together, they offer support when you or a family member has a serious medical condition or for the birth, adoption, or foster placement of your child.


      Questions about how to use your time? Go to Using PTO.

      For all the fine print, please see the PTO policy.


      The longer you’re here, the more you earn.

      You earn PTO with every service hour you log, including on-duty hours driving and not driving, plus benefit hours. And the more years you work for Walmart, the faster you earn it.


      Full-time OTR Drivers




      Years of ServicePTO Hours you could earn*Max PTO days/year
      0-1125 hours = 1 PTO day earned21 days
      2112 hours = 1 PTO day earned23 days
      3-5100 hours = 1 PTO day earned26 days
      6-983 hours = 1 PTO day earned31 days
      10-1477 hours = 1 PTO day earned34 days
      15-1972 hours = 1 PTO day earned36 days
      20+63 hours = 1 PTO day earned41 days

      Years of Service

      PTO Hours you could earn*

      Max PTO days/year


      0-1

      125 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      21 days


      2

      112 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      23 days


      3-5

      100 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      26 days


      6-9

      83 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      31 days


      10-14

      77 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      34 days


      15-19

      72 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      36 days


      20+

      63 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      41 days


      *Prorated based on month of hire


      Part-time OTR Drivers




      Years of ServicePTO Hours you could earn*Max PTO days/year
      0-1330 hours = 1 PTO day earned6 days
      2200 hours = 1 PTO day earned13 days
      3-5200 hours = 1 PTO day earned13 days
      6-9200 hours = 1 PTO day earned13 days
      10-14200 hours = 1 PTO day earned13 days
      15-19200 hours = 1 PTO day earned13 days
      20+140 hours = 1 PTO day earned18 days

      Years of Service

      PTO Hours you could earn*

      Max PTO days/year


      0-1

      330 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      6 days


      2

      200 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      13 days


      3-5

      200 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      13 days


      6-9

      200 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      13 days


      10-14

      200 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      13 days


      15-19

      200 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      13 days


      20+

      140 hours = 1 PTO day earned

      18 days


      *Prorated based on month of hire

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