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Amid efforts to improve employee satisfaction, Walmart is reportedly planning to take a slew of new approaches to raise workers’ spirits.

Those approaches include warming store temperatures, bringing in a new music soundtrack and implementing a more lenient dress code.

NBC News reports, “Starting July 1, workers at the nation's largest private employer will now be able to wear khaki or black denim, in addition to the slacks of the same color allowed before.”

Those engaging in more rigorous work – such as unloading merchandise or working in the garden area – will have the option of wearing T-shirts and blue jeans.

Walmart – which employs more than 1.2 million workers in the U.S. – also plans to adjust its store thermostats to 75 degrees Fahrenheit, meaning temperatures will rise one degree in the east and central regions, while it will drop one degree in the west.

The temperature change addresses worker complaints that the store is either too warm or too cold, depending on which region in the U.S. they live in.

“Walmart is also bringing back what is known as ‘Walmart radio’ which provides a greater variety of songs playing in stores. It had discontinued that service about nine years ago,” CNN Money further explains.

The changes were announced Wednesday at a pep rally for U.S. workers, which took place at the University of Arkansas near its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Lundberg said the rebirth of Walmart radio got “the biggest applause,” explaining, "Most stores now play CDs over the public address system, and while shoppers probably don't notice, the employees kept hearing the same songs again and again and again during their shift and during their work week."

News of the impending changes comes nearly four months after Walmart announced it would hike its employees’ wages to at least $9 an hour — well above federal minimum wage — and then eventually $10 an hour. Some workers, however, are continuing to ask for a minimum $15 an hour wage.