In Minnesota, Current and former Wal-Mart workers recently won a class action lawsuit for back wages. Any Minnesota worker who worked there between September 11, 1998 and November 14, 2008 is covered by the settlemen. A Dakota County judge ruled that Wal-Mart violated Minnesota's wage-and-hour labor laws over 2 million times.
"The Walmart wage and hour class action lawsuit alleged that hourly employees were required to work off-the-clock during training sessions and that they were denied full rest and meal breaks as required by labor laws.
According to Bloomberg News, Wal-Mart has faced at least 70 similar wage law lawsuits involving similar accusations of unpaid work, rest breaks and meal breaks. In 2006, a jury awarded $78 million in Pennsylvania and in 2005, a verdict of $172 million was returned in California." (AboutLawuits.com)