Two setbacks, one win for Wal-Mart in wage suits
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State appellate courts in Missouri and New Mexico on Tuesday upheld decisions to grant class-action status to lawsuits alleging Wal-Mart Stores Inc. deprived hourly workers of wages, requiring them to work "off the clock" before or after shifts.
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The largest sexual discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history moved forward against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Tuesday when a federal appeals court approved class-action status for a group of women who claim the retailer was biased in pay and promotion.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. female workers who are seeking billions of dollars for what they allege are discriminatory pay and promotion practices should be
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When can workers sue against acts of retaliation by employers? Two cases slated for hearing this week may help clarify.
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A case alleging Wal-Mart Stores Inc . illegally docked workers' wages and refused to pay overtime to tens of thousands of employees in Massachusetts goes to trial next month, but a judge recently ruled that the workers couldn't sue over missed meal breaks.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited workers' ability to sue for pay discrimination, ruling against a Goodyear employee who earned thousands of dollars less than her male counterparts but waited too long to complain.
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The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. WMT.N, will pay $135,540 to settle charges it  violated child labor laws in three states, The New York Times  reported on Saturday.
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NEW YORK, September 23  - A Mississippi resident has flied a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores (WMT.NYS) alleging that the retail giant discriminates against African-Americans seeking jobs as truck drivers with the company.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Tuesday  reported a 26 percent drop in quarterly profit -- its first  earnings decline in more than 10 years -- because of a charge  for selling its German stores to a rival, but it maintained its  full-year profit forecast.
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Costco Wholesale Corp. was sued  on Tuesday for keeping women out of top management posts in a  case filed by the same lawyers leading a record-setting sex  discrimination case against Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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A lawsuit is filed on behalf of bummed-out New York customers.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unsettled the retail industry yesterday, reporting a sales decline for the first time in 10 years and warning that its holiday sales would be disappointing. The discounter's news, coupled with a jump in unemployment benefit claims, raised concerns about the strength of the retailing sector at a critical time of the year.
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In the latest salvo in a long-running battle between Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and organized labor, the company said yesterday it will close a Canadian store where about 200 workers were close to winning the first-ever union contract from the world's largest retailer.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited workers' ability to sue employers for pay discrimination that results from decisions made years earlier.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's biggest retailer, struck a $1 billion deal to take over a Chinese rival by 2010, challenging Carrefour  as the largest operator of super-centers in booming China.
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Business & money: Senior Wal-Mart executive fired for breaching ethics policies turns the tables on her former employer.
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Lawyers leading a record-setting sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart Stores said on Tuesday they filed a lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , claiming the company kept women out of top ...