Just because we love Walmart.horse so much, here’s a reminder that it exists.For more nearly a decade, Walmart has been fighting to avoid paying $151 million in damages to more than 187,000 current and former employees in Pennsylvania for regularly compelling them to work without proper compensation. And even though the state’s highest court recently affirmed that penalty, the retailer isn’t ready to hand over that money just yet. This case actually dates back to a class action filed in 2002, alleging that Walmart systematically and deliberately forced employees to work off the clock, through mandated break times, or through meal breaks. In its appeal of the 2006 jury verdict, Walmart claimed the case had been a “trial by formula,” which means that the plaintiffs didn’t present comprehensive data showing that each of the class members had been affected in the same way, but instead relied on the testimony and analysis of expert statisticians who reviewed Walmart time sheets and determined the extent to which workers were harmed. It’s effectively the same approach that Walmart used to break up the infamous Wal-Mart v.
Walmart Would Really Rather Not Pay That $151m That Court Says It Owes Employees
Chris Morran, The Consumerist
Thu, 03/26/2015 - 11:56am
Topics: it s u.s supreme court dukes speaking times leader wilkes-barre pa pennsylvania supremes scotus we 000 osha black friday long island walmart pennsylvania employees case class avoid money claims rep years lawsuit work decade reviewed million determined retailer break action trial breaks plaintiffs formula
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