This doesn't jibe with the corporate press accounts of where AmeriKa works (and shops).
"Wal-Mart faces $54m tab in Minn. settlement; Retailer accused of violating wage, hour policies" by Associated Press | December 10, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said yesterday it will pay up to $54.25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the discount giant cut workers' break time and didn't prevent employees from working off the clock in Minnesota. The class includes about 100,000 current and former hourly workers who were employed at Wal-Mart Stores and Sam's Clubs in Minnesota from Sept. 11, 1998, through Nov. 14, 2008....
In July, a Dakota County judge ruled against Wal-Mart in the lawsuit, saying the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer violated state labor laws 2 million times by cutting worker break time and "willfully" not stopping managers from having employees work off the clock....
Wal-Mart faced 76 similar class-action lawsuits in courts across the country as of March 31, the company said in its most recent 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In Pennsylvania, workers won a $78.5 million judgment in 2006 for working off the clock and through rest breaks, and the company was hit with a $172 million verdict in California in 2005 for illegally denying lunch breaks.
Gee, seems like a MANAGEMENT PRACTICE, doesn't it?
Unfortunately, I will never gain the pleasure of working at a Wal-Mart; my town told 'em to take a hike!
