Wal-mart To Pay More Than $33 Million For Overtime Violations

Feb 28 2007

It sometimes seems Wal-Mart can’t stay out of the news.  The Associated Press has reported that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay more than $33 million in back wages to thousands of employees after turning itself in to the U.S. Labor Department for paying too little in overtime over the past five years, according to an agreement announced Thursday by the Labor Department.

A related news story may be viewed at:
http://news.lp.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/01-25-2007/a6a800077d6f1aeb.html

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