Fred Business News - A judge has ruled against Wal-Mart in a class-action lawsuit, saying the discount retailer violated state labor laws 2 million times by cutting worker break time and forcing employees to work off the clock.
Dakota County Judge Robert King Jr. ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Monday to pay $6.5 million in compensatory damages, but Wal-Mart could end up paying much more than that after a jury in October considers civil penalties and punitive damages.
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