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Title: Wal-Mart Settles 63 Lawsuits Over Wages [USA]
Visit: Wal-Mart Settles 63 Lawsuits Over Wages [USA]
Author:
Steven Greenhouse & Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times
Dated:
23 Dec 2008
Wal-Mart said...that it would pay at least $352 million, and possibly far more, to settle lawsuits across the country claiming that it forced employees to work off the clock. Several lawyers described it as the largest settlement ever for lawsuits over wage violations...Union critics of Wal-Mart…saw the settlement as proof of their view that the company achieves its low prices in part by cheating workers. But the company rejected that characterization, saying it had already corrected wage practices...The dozens of wage-and-hour suits against Wal-Mart accused the company and its managers of various illegal tactics. Those included forcing employees to work unpaid off the clock, erasing hours from time cards and preventing workers from taking lunch and other breaks...
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