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Nbadan
12-23-2005, 03:13 AM
California Jury Awards $207 Million to Wal-Mart Workers Who Claim They Were Denied Lunch Breaks

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A California jury on Thursday awarded $207 million to thousands of employees at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. who claimed they were illegally denied lunch breaks.

The world's largest retailer was ordered to pay $57 million in general damages and $150 million in punitive damages to about 116,000 current and former California employees for violating a 2001 state law that requires employers to give 30-minute, unpaid lunch breaks to employees who work at least six hours.

Yahoo News (http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/051222/wal_mart_lunch_breaks.html?.v=2)

$207 million :lol

Walmart had sales of $18 billion last year and a net income of $10 billion.
mikejones99
12-23-2005, 04:04 AM
Lawyers are making Walmart raise prices now goddam it.
Mr. Ash
12-23-2005, 10:21 AM
Walmart had sales of $18 billion last year and a net income of $10 billion.

Their revenue (sales) from the last 12 months was actually $305b.

I'm guessing the award was fairly close to Walmart's profits in California that year - not sure why you consider that "peanuts".
TheMrPeanut
12-23-2005, 10:48 AM
Nothing wrong with peanuts.
Mr. Peabody
12-23-2005, 10:56 AM
Lawyers are making Walmart raise prices now goddam it.

Lawyers are making Walmart treat their employees with more respect now goddam it.
FromWayDowntown
12-23-2005, 11:51 AM
Lawyers are making Walmart treat their employees with more respect now goddam it.

And make Walmart comply with California law, goddam it.
Crookshanks
12-23-2005, 11:52 AM
violating a 2001 state law that requires employers to give 30-minute, unpaid lunch breaks to employees who work at least six hours.

That must be a state law - because I work part-time for HEB and we only get a 15-minute break when we work 6 hours. And sometimes our breaks are an hour late if it gets real busy.
SA210
12-23-2005, 01:06 PM
I used to work for Chachos when I was a teen and they only had 12 hour shifts with NO break at all, and u know how bussy Chachos is. I don't know if they still do that, but it wasn't against the law here though.

It should be a law, even though I personally didn't need a break once I got into management. But some ppl do.