Wal-Mart told to pay employees for California law violation
23 Dec '05
1 min read
In a major judgement, the world's largest retailer Wal-Mart has been ordered by the Oakland jury to pay its 116,000 past and present employees $172 million for violations of a California law that requires meal breaks for employees.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc was found failing to follow the California law that requires employers to provide 30-minute unpaid lunch breaks to employees putting in at least six hours per shift.
Wal-Mart legal eagles argued that workers did not demand their penalty wages on a timely basis.
This win will be effective for the period January 1, 2001, through May 6, 2005, according to the Alameda County Superior Court jurors who ruled in favor of the group of employees employed in Wal-Mart's California stores during the said period.
While employees were happy at the verdict, media reported that Wal-Mart disagreed with the ruling and would go back to court with an appeal.
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