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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Walmart
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Penalty: $3,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: September 24, 2009
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Violation Description: Wal-Mart Stores agreed to pay $3 million in settlement of allegations it failed to comply with the Massachusetts Meal Break Law, requiring workers to work through their meal breaks, take meal breaks after they had worked over six hours, or spend less than thirty minutes on their meal breaks.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
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
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