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Walmart Employees Awarded $78 Million

A jury determined that Walmart must pay $78 million USD because they broke labor laws when they refused to let employees to take rest breaks and required them to work off the clock. The suit was brought on behalf of 187,000 current and former employees of Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club. These employees expressed frustration about being required to put in hours for which they were not paid. Dolores Hummel, a former employee said she supported the lawsuit because it was essential to “show how we were treated working at Wal-Mart – working off the clock and not getting paid.

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