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Work at Wal-Mart? You better break out your snow shovel early!

Now only delays from bona fide “blizzards” or “natural disasters” will be tolerated as legitimate reasons for tardiness.

Icy driveway? 3 feet of snow on the roads? Fuggehabowghit!

If you’re late by more than 10 minutes three or more times, you likely be forced to turn in your Blue Vest.

Ouch.

From the AP:

In the past, general bad weather would suffice as an authorized excuse; now it has to be a natural disaster like a hurricane or blizzard. Wal-Mart is now defining tardiness more rigidly as beginning work 10 minutes or more after the scheduled start time, which results in an incomplete shift. Three incomplete shifts add up to one unauthorized absence.

Also of note:

Documents furnished to The Associated Press by union-backed Wake Up Wal-Mart show that employees must call an 800 number to report all absences and tardiness by an hour before the scheduled start time. They also have to call their manager with the confirmation code they received when calling the hot line number. In the past, employees got permission directly from their store managers.