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Walmart isn't the only one. McDonald's is totally skummy too. McDonald's has a “McResource” line that helps employees and their families enroll in various state and local assistance programs. That came out into the open when a recording turned up of the McResource line advocating that full-time employees sign up for food stamps and welfare.
While nearly 1/3 of the US population now gets SNAP benefits only 4% work at the minimum wage. It appears that you equate employers informing their employees of available federal/state benefits should now be accompanied by a requirement to pay them (or the gov't) more. As I have pointed out, and you continue to ignore, public assistance is based on family size, but wages are based on the work performed.
While citizen A can be paid $15K/year and not qualify for public assitance, citizen B can be paid $15K/year and qualify for publilc assistance, but that is not the fault of the employer in any way. Under your proposed "fairness" system citizen A can be employed (at minimum wage) without any penalty, yet employing citzen B (at the minimum wage) would incur a penalty. That is insane.