Wal-Mart Overtime Trial Begins
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Testimony opened today in the Wal-Mart
unpaid overtime damages trial in Portland, Oregon, with a federal
judge overruling repeated objections from the attorney for the
retail giant.
However, the judge later warned a witness to answer the
attorney`s questions. Today`s testimony follows a 2002 decision by
a federal jury in Portland that found Wal-Mart guilty of violating
state and federal labor laws. It was the first such ruling in the
nation after Wal-Mart had settled similar lawsuits alleging unpaid
overtime before the complaints could go to trial.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
