News tagged with 'Employment Law'

As the economy worsens, more employees are filing wrongful termination lawsuits, some labor lawyers note.  And employers are turning to insurance to shield themselves from the losses.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has settled 63 class action lawsuits that accused the world's largest retailer of wage violations for at least $352 million but no more than $640 million. The settlement ends pending actions in several state courts and in Nevada federal court.

100,000 current and former hourly workers joined a class-action against Wal-Mart, and on Tuesday the giant retailer agreed to settle with Minnesota employees. They will receive more than $54 million after Wal-Mart cut into worker's breaks and had them working off the clock, a violation of state labor laws.