Jury Orders Wal-Mart to Pay Up

[Mrs Behavin]

Wal-Mart will have to "roll back" some of its cash and give it to its employees. The retail giant must pay at least $78-million for forcing employees to work through their breaks, and off the clock.
The class action suit was brought by Pennsylvania employees who worked for either Wal-Mart or Sam`s Club from March 1998 through May of this year.
Wal-Mart faces a slew of similar suits around the country.
The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company employs over 46,000 people in the natural state.

KARK News

 

[lemon]

now where the hell is the owned smiley and the lmao off one

 

[TheOriginalJames]

and these people actually did it? If Meijer or ingram had forced me to work through my breaks off the clock I would have told them to fuck off.

But my breaks were paid anyway.

 

[Peter Parka]

In England I believe this company goes by the name of ASDA which is where I do most of my shopping and is one of the best and cheapest supermarkets imo. The've recently started a new policy where under 18s get the same minimum pay as the over 18s.(The minimum pay law over here is higher for over 18s.) I don't really agree with this as under 18s don't have to pay tax so in effect the're getting paid more than over 18s who also have a lot more bills to pay than them, in general.

 

[Haus]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

i got a paper in the mail saying if i wanted to be apart of the Class action lawsuit. and i dint turn it in. mother F'er

walmart was my first job when i was 16 years old. i worked there for 3 months. damn.

 

[elluko]

My friend had to work there on Thanksgiving!

 

[Haus]

but im kind of glad i dint turn it in. they never did that to me. i never had to work on lunch break ever. i worked full time cause i started there right before i dropped out so i could get full time and if i worked 9 hours i HAD to take an 1 hour for lunch and if i worked 8 hours i had a choice if i wanted to take either a 30 minute lunch break or an hour. it was my choice. and i even got 2 paid 15 minutes breaks. i liked working there at the time. it was a great Job for a 16 year old.

 

[elluko]

Ill call him up and see if he got any money.

 

[Haus]

i think it was just a Pennsylvania class action lawsuit. im sure other will turn out the same

 

[lemon]

well, walmart aint really gonna feel anything - they will just hike prices up, and then the other stores, if any are left, will start to see some more business.