Wal-Mart Settles $54.25 million Labor Action

wmlogo Wal Mart Settles $54.25 million Labor ActionWal-Mart has just settled a lengthy 10 year class action for $54.25 million that alleged the company cut employee break and worker times in Minnesota. Last July, a Dakota County Judge ruled in favor of a suit concluding Wal-Mart broke labor laws 2 million times for the same reasons, though the company later appealed. This isn’t the first time Wal-Mart has faced similar actions. In 2005 in California, it was slapped with a $172 million suit that alleged the company denied lunch breaks. Later in 2006, Wal-Mart was slapped with yet another suit, a $78.5 million class action alleging workers were forced to work during their breaks.


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