Wal-Mart ordered to pay $78M (CNNMoney.com) {PA case, overtime}

[eppur_se_muova]

Pennsylvania jury issues judgment after finding the discount retailer violated labor laws by forcing employees to work during off-hours and breaks.

October 13 2006: 3:46 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -- A Pennsylvania jury said on Friday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, must pay $78.47 million in damages to current and former Pennsylvania employees for forcing them to work "off the clock" or during rest breaks.

On Thursday, a state jury in Philadelphia found in favor of Michelle Braun and Dolores Hummel, formerly employed by Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, saying the company violated Pennsylvania labor laws by failing to pay employees for their work.

The jury found in Wal-Mart's favor on the charge that it denied workers meal breaks.

In December a California jury ruled that Wal-Mart (down $0.01 to $48.31, Charts), based in Bentonville, Arkansas, should pay $172 million in damages and compensation to about 116,000 current and former employees for denying meal breaks.
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more: http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/13/news/companies/walmart_labor.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes

on edit: added link :blush: and cleaned up format

[Broken_Hero]

1. Very good...

keep taxing them like this, and eventually, some day Walmart will put an end to this sort of treatment.

[Moderator]

2. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2559149