AP: Wal-Mart Settles in Overtime Case

Wal-Mart Watch executive director David Nassar issued a statement on the issue. Let’s take a look:

Today’s announcement is just the latest is a disturbing pattern of Wal-Mart’s disregard for the law. It’s yet another example of how Wal-Mart fails to live up to its legal and moral responsibilities as the world’s largest private employer.

I’m not taking that from it at all. Isn’t this just the opposite? Wal-Mart turned itself in and corrected the problem. What more do you want?

Wal-Mart has a fiduciary obligation to its investors and shareholders to comply with labor regulations.

Something we agree on.

Its corporate policies consistently put the company at financial risk and call into question the judgment of its leadership.

I don’t think there is...scratch that...I know there is not sufficient evidence here to say Wal-Mart is guilty of some sort of diabolical scheme to screw over its employees. The article makes it out to be an error in the system. Granted, one wonders how one of the most successful companies in history could make such an oversight, and that does, in my opinion, give reason to question its leadership. Mr. Nassar’s comment is still unfair.

Wal-Mart only came forward because they were facing greater legal exposure on this matter on several other related lawsuits.

What difference does it make why Wal-Mart did it? It did the right thing, whatever the reasoning.

The fact that the current administrator of the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division, Paul DeCamp, has done extensive legal work for Wal-Mart is a stark reminder of why so many organizations opposed DeCamp’s nomination last year.

What exactly are you trying to say?

As an employee of Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart based it’s overtime on hours worked over 80 hours a pay period (2 weeks), not 40 hours a week.  I thought any idiot knew that anything over 40 hours became overtime.

This is a very disturbing case, especially for those of us familiar with Wal*Mart and their fanatical record keeping via electronic time clocks.

A typical associate is regularly held to < .01 compliance to scheduled hours.
That’s right, 1/100th of one hour accuracy, or within < 6/10ths of one minute.

Typically every Thursday a report is generated as to what employees are > 32.00 hours, and thus held not in compliance.
Stores produce lists, some called ‘Shame Lists’, which show each employee and their nearing potential for overtime.

Employees are typically told to take extended lunches, in order to ‘burn up’ these potential overtime ‘clicks’.
Employees who are in violation of compliance, are subject to discipline.
Discipline may be enforced, for the >.01 overage.
Typically there is a rather mild threat for discipline, and usually only repeat offenders are actually disciplined for infractions.

What is inherently disturbing about this case, is that given this highly disciplined and fanatical approach to controlling overtime, that given there is logging from electronic time clocks which are directly tied into computer systems, there really seems no room for error.

So whence does the error come?
Which gives some credence to the criticism.
Either an employee is ‘in overtime’ or they are not.
We are talking highly sophisticated electronics and computer logs here, there should be no ‘wiggle room’ at all.

Mr. Simley can apologize all he wants to employees, but that will not quell the now discomfort some may feel as to the entire integrity of the entire Wal*Mart electronic time clock/payroll system.

How do you ‘flush’ overpayment of 215,000 employees ; “overpayments, which were at least $20 per worker”, with “highest award to an individual employee was about $39,000”, and come out with some ‘integrity’?

I used to work for Walmart back during this time so do I have money coming back to me?
Regards,
Kellie

Kellie-

Call 888-262-1559 toll-free (800-318-7442 for hearing impaired) or go to the following site and follow the directions:

https://www.dol.settlement.wal-mart.com/Atlas/login.html

Apparently I’m getting 31 cents.

cazar-

I, too, find this oversight (assuming that’s what it was) disturbing. I don’t know how you can underpay someone by $39,000 and someone not notice. Should employees be wary. Probably. However, we must credit Wal-Mart for doing this of its own accord, even if its motives are selfish.

can you believe we have another error found? The company just brushed it off like just another day.

Mr. Mandell stated that it is not unusual for companies to come to them with concerns about payroll violations.  Why are you trying to nail Wal-Mart?  Let’s check the records and see what other companies have done the exact same thing!  The difference is the size of the company!  That is why the numbers look much larger!

Perhaps Wal-Mart was actually guilty of underpaying employees. It’s tough to tell, these days, when even the “poor” have attorneys on speed dial. I really don’t believe Wal-Mart ever intentionally thought they could rip off thousands of employees, especially one for $39,000! There had to be some sort of glitch in the system. When you figure that Wal-Mart has 5,000 stores, 1.4 million employees and 50-60% annual turnover, plus a large number of underage people working for them, the logistics of keeping tract of time can sometimes be confusing. Even with a centralized time keeping database, it is possible for mistakes to be made.

I am certain that Wal-Mart did not underpay on purpose. I can only assume that they did underpay by accident and so they must now pay the lawyers, I mean, the cost.

I just got done watching one of those LAW OFFICE commercials, you know the ones I’m talking about, they are the ones that start out with “Have you used...?” The one I just saw wanted everyone who has ever used certain medications, to ‘Call Now!!!’ and this perticular ad claimed, “The Drug companies have lots of money, you may be entitled to a share of it”.  This is the START of a class action suit, why, because they have “Lot’s of Money” and you are entitled to it!!

I even saw one that started, “Did you lose money in the stock market”, who hasn’t?  Maybe I DESERVE my money back for speculating and not winning!!

Wow,
I just found out that I am getting $1.89 from Wal*Mart.  I am so excited. I am planning on buying a bag of Sam’s Choice potato chips.

I am sure it was a mistake but it does bother me that there are so many mistakes. Is this company being run by qualified people?

I See the Pro Wal-Marters Are Still Among Us

Penny in Chillicothe-- you MUST be new here.  Apparently you haven’t read through this website and others like it, very thoroughly.  You ask the question… “Why are you trying to nail Wal-Mart?” How many reasons do you require?  I get so tired of lame defenses of Wal-Mart by people who say, “other companies have done the exact same thing!” Try telling that to the state trooper the next time you get nailed for going 15-20 over the speed limit… “but officer, all the other drivers out here were speeding too!”

I also get tired of the lame Red Herrings “Bob-in keeps posting to take the focus off Wal-Mart.  Let’s try to stay more focused.  What do law office commercials and drug companies have to do with the rampant incompetency within the highest ranks of Wal-Mart management?

Ellis W: “I am certain that Wal-Mart did not underpay on purpose. I can only assume that they did underpay by accident...”

Which is it?  Are you certain, or do you assume?  For someone who keeps bragging about his superior “logic,” you don’t show it.  Where is all your “proof” that this was simply an “accident.”

Scott in OH:  “Is this company being run by qualified people?” Many people have been asking this question for a long time!

Lastly, I had the “good fortune” to be following a couple of Wal-Mart trucks down the highway this past week.  They both said the same thing on the back end: “We Sell for Less--Always.” Will this BS never stop?  The sad thing is… the general public out there buys it!  Wal-Mart was exposed for this blatant lie when it had to change its store receipts some time ago from reading: “Always the lowest price-- Always,” to “Always low prices-- Always.” There is a not too subtle difference.  I wonder how much it will cost Wal-Mart to be more truthful on the back of all their trucks in the fleet?

Here’s the glitch:

Law states that the overtime must be paid based on ‘regular pay.’ Regular pay is calculated by dividing total compensation during the 40 hour work week by hours worked.  So, if an associate was making $10 per hour, but recieved a $800 stakeholders bonus in March, by law that bonus should have been divided out into their hours worked that week and added to their pay rate used to calculate overtime.  This would constitute the ‘regular rate’ So if someone worked 50 hours in the above example, their overtime should have been calculated at $30/ hour, not their $10/hour pay rate. 

Wal-Mart was mistakenly calculating overtime at the associates normal hourly wage, not the legally defined ‘regular rate’.  This is what caused overpayments to 215,000 people, and underpayments to 87,000 people. 

People, this is a simple mistake.  Wal-Mart found the mistake, reported themselves, and fixed the mistake, and then went much further than the law required to make sure the situation was resolved.

Screwy, you didn’t mention me. Have I gotten so moderate in my stance toward Wal-Mart that I no longer belong with Bob, “Ellis,” and the rest?

Which is it?  Are you certain, or do you assume?  For someone who keeps bragging about his superior “logic,” you don’t show it.  Where is all your “proof” that this was simply an “accident.”

In truth, there isn’t enough evidence to say either way. There was a time when I believed that Wal-Mart was too smart for something like this to happen by accident, but now I’m not so sure. There seems to be a lot of incompetence in Bentonville these days. Do I think it was intentional? No. If it was, Wal-Mart wouldn’t have come clean and it definitely wouldn’t have paid all of those they didn’t have to. They only had to pay those that were underpaid $20 or more in the last 2 years.

Why do I think Wal-Mart did it? To avoid another lawsuit and the accompanying bad press and expenses. Besides, if they lost in court, they could have been ordered to pay up to twice the amount they owed each associate. They got off easy and that’s why they did it.

Does that change the fact that this was the right thing to do? No. It was right of them to turn themselves in, compensate the associates (especially those who were not legally entitled to back pay), not to pursue repayment from those they overpaid (though that, too, might have been out of fear of bad press), and to correct the problem. They issued an apology, even if their denial of any wrongdoing in the settlement makes the words seem empty. Short of turning back the clock, I don’t know what else they could do.

“Is this company being run by qualified people?” Many people have been asking this question for a long time!

So true!

They both said the same thing on the back end: “We Sell for Less--Always.” Will this BS never stop?  The sad thing is… the general public out there buys it!

As a rule, this seems true from my perspective. I keep meaning to conduct my own basket study with a real shopping list (the things I normally buy) for my blog, but never get around to get. Richard K was going to do one, too; I don’t know what came of it.

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WHEN SAM WALTON WAS ALIVE, HE LOOKED OUT FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE. HE STRIVED TO MAKE THE PRICES THE LOWEST THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE. BUT SINCE HIS DEATH, THE COMPANY HAS BECOME A CONGLOMERATE, JUST A BUSINESS RUN BY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LINE THEIR OWN POCKETS INSTEAD OF TAKING CARE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES. WALMART USED TO BE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. IN RECENT PAST, THEY’VE BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF MAKING PEOPLE WORK OFF THE CLOCK & SEXIST PAY PRACTICES. THEY’VE ALSO RESTRUCTURED THEIR PAY SCALES, WHICH SOME EMPLOYEES GOT RAISES FOR THEIR POSITIONS AND SOME GOT PAY CUTS, WHILE DOING AWAY WITH SOME POSITIONS AND FORCING THE EMPLOYEES THAT HOLD THOSE POSITIONS TO MAKE A DECISION OF GOING INTO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WITH A POSSIBLE PAY CUT.

ALOT OF DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE BY THE HIGHER-UPS IN WALMART, ALOT OF THEM NOT IN THE INTEREST OF THE EMPLOYEES OR THE PUBLIC (SUCH AS DOING AWAY WITH LAY-A-WAY), BUT IN THE INTEREST OF HOW THEY, THE HIGHER-UPS, CAN MAKE MORE MONEY.

I’M SURE THAT THIS UNDERPAYMENT OF WAGES WAS AN OVERSIGHT AT ONE TIME, AND I’M SURE THAT IT WAS PROBABLY KNOW BEFORE THIS THAT IT WAS HAPPENING. BUT I TOTALLY AGREE THAT THEY CAME FORWARD ON THEIR OWN MAINLY TO AVOID ANOTHER LAW SUIT, WHICH WOULD HAVE COST THEM A WHOLE LOT MORE THEN THE REPAYMENT OF WAGES.

ALL I CAN SAY IS “SAM WALTON HAS TURNED OVER IN HIS GRAVE MANY TIME IN RECENT YEARS” BECAUSE OF THE WAY HIS COMPANY IS BEING RUN.

Screwedby,

Well, good to have you back, haven’t heard from you in awhile.  One thing I’ve been meaning to ask you, ‘When are we going to see that $5.00 a gallon gas you predicted would be here by the end of last year’?  It’s $1.99 a gallon here.

“I also get tired of the lame Red Herrings “Bob-in keeps posting to take the focus off Wal-Mart.  Let’s try to stay more focused.  What do law office commercials and drug companies have to do with the rampant incompetency within the highest ranks of Wal-Mart management?”

You may call them ‘red herrings’, but they are relevant to Wal-Mart, in how they show how class action cases get started and why.  If any other smaller company was the target of some these class action suits, the ambulance chasers wouldn’t touch them with a 10 foot pole, but mention ‘deep pockets’ and it’s like drawing flies to honey, with the gleam in their eyes of ‘big bucks’, whether they deserve it or not or whether it even happened or not.

As for this payroll mistake thing, where I worked, they made many mistakes on payroll, because the records and checks were processed by a payroll processing company (ADP), it was not because the company was trying to screw the employees, and we only had about 600 employees, not 1.4 million!!  Mistakes happen, I’ll bet you have even made 1 or 2 yourself, right?  Multiply your mistakes by 1.4 million and see what you get!!!

Wal-mart sucks as an employer.
I am glad to be out of that hole.

Someone, I never did complete that unscientific “basket study” for goods.  All it takes is free time and like most other people that is a rare commodity with work, wife and 2 kids.  I still want to do it and I even got a bug up my bottom the other day when I compared sales flyers for 2 different grocery stores in my area.  But I am also an avid shopper at not only Walmart but many other stores and IMHO Walmart may not always be the lowest price but for MOST comparable items I can buy they are a lower price and I have a very nice store with friendly associates.

Let’s see if I have time to grab 20-25 items and compare.  It will probably be something that will hit me when I have some time.

BTW, on this payroll issue, I second Bob that payroll and other accounting issues are not relegated to just Walmart.  I am helping a company right now with their payroll and 401k YTD closings and they have made TONS of mistakes and I can assure you they are not intentional.  With today’s laws and paper requirements the task can be daunting for any company.

-Richard K

YOUR “BASKET STUDIES” ARE A JOKE”

All this talk about doing your “scientific” basket studies to compare Wal-Mart prices makes me laugh!  You can’t even get around to doing 1 shopping comparison.  Like this would “prove” anything anyway.

Prices always fluctuate.  What’s on sale this week at one place may not be the next week as so forth.  One retailer may have passed on a cost increase on a given item while the other hasn’t done it yet.  All your so-called basket “study” would be is a snap shot in time.  Try doing the same study with the same items every week for a 6 month period.  Then we will really see how much money Wal-Mart is saving you.  Oh yeah… and don’t grab for all those name-brand items that are right at eye level for the average woman shopper who stands about 5’5”.  Look at those items on the top shelves and the bottom shelves as well.

But why should the rest of us trust the validity of any such “comparison” that was done by a die-hard Wal-Mart Shopper.  I suspect you will find exactly what you WANT to find.

No hurry, Richard. When I have the time, I never remember to do it until it’s too late to make a meaningful comparison. Screwed has a point about these “studies”; they don’t prove much. That doesn’t mean they aren’t instructive.

I second Bob that payroll and other accounting issues are not relegated to just Walmart.

Apparently it is not uncommon for companies to go to the Department of Labor like Wal-Mart did and surely these errors can happen anywhere. Sometimes, though, I find it astonishing that a company as successful as Wal-Mart and also so highly criticized and often sued could let this go on for so long. There are times that Wal-Mart seems surprisingly inept. This is one of those times.

Revisiting Another Topic Thread...

Sorry for being a little off topic on this thread.  I wanted to go back and revisit the topic about Wal-Mart being required to pay fees by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.  It’s already moved way down the list.

As usual, I noticed Nick (Ellis W) was the first to throw in his “two cents.”

He stated, “I am not an evironmental lawyer.” Correct us all Nick if we are under any faulty assumptions, but you aren’t ANY kind of lawyer, are you?  In fact, you failed to get into law school, but are more than willing to blog here to try to impress us with your pseudo legal opinions.

I enjoyed reading how both Chris and Cazar once again put you in your place.  Chris convincingly demonstrated his knowledge in this area was superior to yours.

Ken V was also correct in his advice to Chris when he said, “you’ll find you’re wasting your time trying to convince Ellis that Wal-Mart is liable for or guilty of anything.”

I really thing that Wal-Mart know about it and came forward before they got called on it, just think they have the largest computers next to the pentagon, it was not to long ago that they hired some one to stay abreast of all the different state labor laws.

30,milliom dollars think what a Company can do with that money in a year,they did not pay any tax on this is the IRS going to fine them for that you and I do,they did not pay they share of FICA for the employee’s I might believe it if it was just few cents and dollars,but a $39,000 mistake come
on.

It use to be that any bonus checks would be sent on a separate check now to save paper they but it on the weekly check it has nothing to do with the hours worked

My husband has worked for Wal-Mart for 6 years now and I can tell you that Wal-Mart has made numerous mistakes on my husbands pay checks. From shorting him whole days to miscalculating vacation,personal and sick time. When you catch these problems and go to have them fixed the production is amazing, sometimes it takes weeks. Then if they do owe you money they pay you in cash. Not a check with the proper taxes and deductions taken out, that is just shady dealing if you ask me.

My advice to all other Wal-Mart employees is to look carefully at every pay stub, don’t just assume that they have it right because you know what happens when we assume.

Also, while Wal-Mart may have agreed to pay back all that money they under paid, they have decided to penalize the those worker who may have been over paid by holding back their raises (it really isn’t the employees fault that Wal-Mart can’t add) or so my husband was told at the meeting the other night, you probably won’t hear that bit in the news.

Also, while Wal-Mart may have agreed to pay back all that money they under paid, they have decided to penalize the those worker who may have been over paid by holding back their raises (it really isn’t the employees fault that Wal-Mart can’t add) or so my husband was told at the meeting the other night, you probably won’t hear that bit in the news.

We probably won’t hear it in the news because it’s fiction.

And so is this:

Then if they do owe you money they pay you in cash.

Tom Boese

Do you really want me to post pictures of your house, your address, your phone number, your work number and your divorce details? I have refrained from personal attacks but you insist on pushing the issues. Just like a child who pushes and pushes to see what he can get away with, you are acting without thought. At some point, the child is corrected. If you keep pushing, expect nothing less.

As for your pricing complaints, I guarantee that Wal-Mart will beat any competitor price on any item. All you have to do is bring in a copy of the price tag or the advertisement. I have done this and saved good money on items such as toothpaste, deodorant, etc. This is a fact.

Ex-Employee

How is it possible for Wal-Mart to make decisions based on money while screwing the public? That is, how can Wal-Mart earn money if the decisions they make are not in the interests of customers? Do you have to screw over your customers to make money? If it was that simple, there would be no such thing as customer service. Obviously Wal-Mart must do what is in the interest of their customers in order to make money. You can’t make money if you don’t please your customers.

Beenthere,

It is exactly because bonus checks used to be sent on a seperate check that Wal-Mart made this mistake.  The law states that bonus pay, or any other compensation, must be counted as part of an associates ‘regular rate’ of pay, and overtime must be 1.5 times that rate, not their actual normal rate of pay.

One reason they didn’t put bonus checks onto regular paychecks before is that it often pushed people into a higher tax bracket, and that pulled a big chunk out of their bonus. 

This issue is exactly what bugs me about people on this site.  You become a joke when all you do is attack attack attack.  Many more people would take you seriously if you could acknowledge that Wal-Mart makes mistakes, and in this case is going above and beyond to fix it.

Now that i have read all the above, i am confused, what do i beleave. well in most cases i beleave what i know to be fact, and not much more than that.

I shop mostely at walmart, but, keep a close eye on the prices at other stores. (i have 50 thousand hrs in retail)

In order to compare prices, just make your list go to walmart, and, then go to another store and check the same items, i have done that and as stated above, i do most of my shopping at walmart. i like saving money…

Other points made above about walmart dont make much since, walmart is only one company out of thousands in this country. mistakes are not good when everything you do is being watched by the whole country.

Between myself and five grownup kids i have seen many things done by other companies, most of which was on purpose. If you think walmart is the only one making mistakes, look around, you will find things that will make walmart look good, if compared.

The next time you order a pizza to be delivered, check how much delivery charge they stick on, and, ask the delivery person if they get that money. (it is there car and gas)

A daughter of mine worked for a hamburger place, that i wont mention, she was 16 years old and worked a lot of 8 and 10 hr shifts without getting any lunch break, i made her quit.
I could go on and on but i wont, it probably wouldnt do any good.
A lot of well known companies stay below the radar and get away with all kinds of wrongdoing.

Check around for yoursely, dont beleave what you read, beleave what you see, for yourself.

Nice “intelligent” response, Nick!

You REALLY have become a major disappointment to me, you big bag of air!  You’re not worthy of “debating” anyone who posts to this blog.

Seems like you are the one acting childish by making your threats.  I was still waiting for you to make good on your previousl threat.  Go for it and see where it gets you.  I’m s...s...soooo s...s...scared of you Nick!

“All this talk about doing your “scientific” basket studies to compare Wal-Mart prices makes me laugh!  You can’t even get around to doing 1 shopping comparison.  Like this would “prove” anything anyway.”

Wow ScrewedBy… you really can’t read can you.... or you just see what you want to see.  I know you never saw “scientific” come out of my words.  But what I can tell you, and this is a FACT, I shop often at Walmart, Safeway, Giant, Target and SuperFresh in area.  I can tell you HANDS DOWN that Walmart offers lower prices on almost everything I buy when comparing “apples to apples”.  The only way the Safeway’s and Giant’s of the world beat Walmart pricing is with a “select” list (read… loss leaders) of their weekly sale items.  In those cases I will be more than happy to shop at their store and buy large quantities of those “select” items.  It’s basic shopper savings 101 and I highly doubt I’m the only one who does it.

-Richard K

Screwed,

Basket studies are actually considered scientific by some.  But don’t take my word for it:
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm#Question_6

The problem with them lies in measuring similar goods over time.  How do we compare computers to computers 10 years ago?  Back then a Pentium 3 500 Mhz was the big deal.  Now we get a quad core chip for much less. 

There really aren’t problems in measuring baskets of goods between stores.  And this has been done many times in many studies.  It’s fairly well known that Wal-Mart is actually lower in prices on most items, and have been attributed to causing up to 25% lower prices in groceries when they open a supercenter in a new area. 

Try googling ‘walmart deflation’ if you don’t believe me.

I worked for Wal-Mart for 9 years. It was great for the first 8 years then Wal-Mart became money hungary animals. I am so glad i left in May of 2006. That was the best move I ever made. Wal-Mart sucks big time!

Walmart sucks big time.

I am more confused after reading this web site.  Was the mistake on the 40 hr vs 80 hr issue or the bonus’s added to our hourly pay issue?  Either way, how do we know if what they pay us is correct or if it is a band aid to fix another Wal Mart boo boo?  Is there a solid answer and is there a time frame and is there a formula that we can use that will help us feel a little more sure about the whole thing?  Also, all you nay sayers to Wal Mart, if it is so terrible to work for the wages that Wal Mart offers, don’t apply for and take the job, stupid!  No one has held a gun to any of our heads and forced us to take the job and if you want to get on a soap box about pay and fair compensation lets talk about our military men and women (been there) and the poor rate of pay and benefits that they and their families get to go to a fay off land and risk their lives daily to defend ours and otheres freedom and rights!

Fran,

“Walmart sucks big time. “

Very intelligent comments!!  You have added a lot to the discussion.  Wonder which side you are on?

It is exactly because bonus checks used to be sent on a seperate check that Wal-Mart made this mistake.  The law states that bonus pay, or any other compensation, must be counted as part of an associates ‘regular rate’ of pay, and overtime must be 1.5 times that rate, not their actual normal rate of pay.

One reason they didn’t put bonus checks onto regular paychecks before is that it often pushed people into a higher tax bracket, and that pulled a big chunk out of their bonus. 

Have you gotten a payroll check from Wal-Mart I have let me clear this up bonus have nothing to do with hourly rate
when Wal-Mart did the bonus check that is what it said on the check taxes taken out,when they change to adding it to your payroll it was 80 hours at 8.00 gross pay 640.00 then bonus added and whew up went the tax .
your payroll stub has gross wages bonus ,other I have had the other I change Departments and it took months to get the pay difference.

I check the site and I am getting $1.78 I never got a bonus check that year no one did we did not make the bonus Sales did not increase enough.

Wal-Mart has 1,4 million people if say they just make an error of .001 think of the money not only to associates put the taxes that is 30,million that they did not pay Federal Social Security Workmens Comp Federal Un-Employee State Un-Employment city and State payroll tax so it is much more than 30, million

The press says the $33 million backpay goes to the poorest paid. Let me tell you were it really goes… It goes to the hourlies who were in training for salaried management. Trainess work on an hourly basis 48 hours a week.
Out of 350 in my store there are about 25 getting from 25 cents to 96 cents. There is one trainee that gets $1,212.
This seems to be the norm in most stores. Believe me these are not the poorest paid....

Does this mean Elaine Chao gets a $25 WalMart giftcard or a free sweatshirt?

WalMart- We scam our employees and can make Bentonville ‘money loving slobs’ look like heroes all at the same time. God bless public relations.

i am a 26 years associate and when i work i work two hours on sunday night so if i work two hours over they take my sunday time off and only pay me straight time for the two hours that i worked over. the two hours on sunday is included in my regular hours on my schedual so why can’t i get overtime for any time that i work over.. they tell me that i have to have 40 regular hours well to me it is regular hours because it is posted that way on my schedual. i work the night shift and i work from sunday night through thursday night..... 40 hours…

if you were hired before sept 1991 your sunday hrs are time and one half period. hired after sept 1991 sunday hrs are $1.00 more hr called premium hrs.