Wal-Mart to Pay $35 Million in Break Case
Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $35 million to settle a class action alleging that 88,000 employees in Washington state were forced to skip rest and meal breaks or work off the clock.
The three workers who brought the suit will get $10,000 each. Other employees will get varying amounts based on length of service and other factors.
How much do the attorneys get? A whopping $10.5 million.
“This lawsuit was filed years ago and the allegations are not representative of the company we are today,” said Wal-Mart spokesperson Daphne Moore. “Our policy is to pay associates for every hour worked and to make rest and meal breaks available.”
In December, Wal-Mart announced that it would pay more than $600 million to settle 60+ wage and hour lawsuits across the country.
