Wal-Mart ordered to pay $36.4 million in fees in off the clock case


Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has been ordered to pay $36.4 million in fees and legal expenses to attorneys representing Pennsylvania employees who worked off the clock at the world's largest retailer. The suit involved 187,000 workers, and the total value of the judgment is now up to $187.6 million.

My favorite part: According to The Wall Street Journal, "A Philadelphia jury last year rejected Wal-Mart's claim that some people chose to work through breaks or that a few minutes of extra work was insignificant."

Can't imagine why they rejected that one. If true, though, it would have made a great recruiting slogan for the company: "Wal-Mart: The job that's so much fun you'll want to skip your break and work off the clock!"

Fighting the suit in the courts has just prolonged the bad publicity for the company.

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