LAS VEGAS - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has received final approval of a settlement in which it will pay between $65 million and $85 million to resolve wage-and-hour violations alleged by millions of workers.
A Nevada district court judge in Las Vegas issued final approval of the settlement Monday. It covers 39 class action lawsuits across multiple states against the world's largest retailer.
Last December, the Bentonville, Ark.-based company said it would pay as much as $640 million to settle 63 lawsuits over wage- and-hour violations, ending years of dispute. The agreement ended the vast majority of such cases against Wal-Mart, but each settlement still had to be approved by a trial court.
The lawsuits claimed the company failed to compensate workers for off-the-clock work and overtime, altered employee time records and prevented employees from taking breaks for rest and lunch. Settlements have been approved separately over the past several months in Minnesota, Washington and Iowa.
Wal-Mart has said many of the lawsuits were filed years ago and the allegations are not representative of the company Wal-Mart is today.
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