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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Wal-Mart Stores
Current Parent Company: Walmart
Penalty: $152,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: July 13, 2009
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Mega-Scandal: Wage Theft
Violation Description: meal/rest break violation
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: California Supreme Court
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: No. C-835687
Case Name: Savaglio v. Wal-Mart Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arkansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-discount stores
Source of Data: The dollar figures come from page 11 of Wal-Mart's 10-Q filing with the SEC for the quarter ending July 31, 2009; online at (click here)
Notes: Case focused on alleged violations of California regulations requiring meal and rest breaks. A state jury initially awarded the plaintiffs $172 million in damages in 2005. The company appealed the verdict but in 2009 agreed to pay a settlement of at least $77 million but as much as $152 million.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.