Halifax Walmart still paying shifted employees as closure continues from death in oven [Video]

Walmart Canada says employees will continue to be paid for shifts amid the store closure in Halifax due to a worker being found dead inside of a bakery oven.

A spokesperson for the big-box store said associates that had shifts scheduled during the store closure will be paid. However, the spokesperson noted they “will consider other alternate work arrangements in the event the store remains closed for a longer-than-anticipated period of time.”

On Saturday night, the body of a 19-year-old woman was discovered inside of a walk-in oven in the bakery department at a Walmart on Mumford Road in Halifax.

Halifax Regional Police have remained tight-lipped on the details surrounding how it happened and have not released much information from the investigation.

Police told Global News on Wednesday their officers are no longer at the scene but that other agencies may still be there, such as the province’s labour department.

Nova Scotia’s medical examiner is working …