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Walmart Loses $224 Million Lawsuit For Stealing Lunch Breaks From 187,000 Workers

Read more @: Walmart Loses $224 Million Lawsuit For Stealing Lunch Breaks From 187,000 Workers

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A little bit of justice for these workers who had their wages taken straight from them all in name of greed and exploitation. :clap:[/INDENT]

And I thought the lawsuit involved certain salaried managerial employees in executive, administrative or professional roles ? :shock: Not to worry more Walmart stores will be closing their doors soon enough ! :roll:
 
Pun? That's what it is?

The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.


Um, right. This is why I don't read or post from far leaning partisan sites. I have to defend them by pretending their ignorance is intentional. Like you just did.

Someone is feeling really facetious today and really wants to argue simple semantics.
 
Awww, people actually had to work for a living. ****in' wah. :roll:

Has anyone ever actually witnessed a Walmart employee break a sweat? Anyone? No? Yeah, me neither. :roll: :roll:
 
Awww, people actually had to work for a living. ****in' wah. :roll:

Has anyone ever actually witnessed a Walmart employee break a sweat? Anyone? No? Yeah, me neither. :roll: :roll:

Awww Walmart had to follow labor law? Wah :roll:
 
Awww, people actually had to work for a living. ****in' wah. :roll:

Has anyone ever actually witnessed a Walmart employee break a sweat? Anyone? No? Yeah, me neither. :roll: :roll:
No company should require people to work off the clock. I doubt this was actually company policy but on the face of it I don't have a problem with the lawsuit, even though the only ones to really make out are the lawyers. Managers or employees who violate this rule should be retrained or terminated.
 
No company should require people to work off the clock. I doubt this was actually company policy but on the face of it I don't have a problem with the lawsuit, even though the only ones to really make out are the lawyers. Managers or employees who violate this rule should be retrained or terminated.
Loyal, effective employees should go the extra mile and be a team player.

These lazy whiners are then utterly mystified when they aren't paid a "living wage", or advanced into management positions.
 
Yep, stupid laws brought to you by Marxist's greatest heroes, unions. The bane of actual cost effective production.

:lamo Say it aint so! Paid lunch breaks are now Marxist! How awful!
 
:lamo Say it aint so! Paid lunch breaks are now Marxist! How awful!

Yes, they are.

Do you realize paid breaks aren't even required by law? I didn't, but apparently it's true. How did Walmart lose this suit?

https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/workhours/breaks

Federal law does not require lunch or coffee breaks. However, when employers do offer short breaks (usually lasting about 5 to 20 minutes), federal law considers the breaks as compensable work hours that would be included in the sum of hours worked during the work week and considered in determining if overtime was worked. Unauthorized extensions of authorized work breaks need not be counted as hours worked when the employer has expressly and unambiguously communicated to the employee that the authorized break may only last for a specific length of time, that any extension of the break is contrary to the employer's rules, and any extension of the break will be punished.

Bona fide meal periods (typically lasting at least 30 minutes), serve a different purpose than coffee or snack breaks and, thus, are not work time and are not compensable.
 
I'm not going to comment on the court case...it's already been discussed in other threads and, in any case, the Supreme's have made their decision.

But I do have to comment on that dumbass, spun article you posted. Not only is it full of crap that has nothing to do with the case, it is a prime example of someone who just doesn't like this particular company and using this case as an excuse to bring up every evil imagined about that company.

(It's kind of like the arguments I used to have with my ex-wife...first she would find something to complain about and then she would bring up every damned thing she ever complained about in the past...whether they were relevant or not...because she thought it somehow supporter her present complain.)

Furthermore, the headline betrays the writer's ignorance about exactly what the court case was about. It had nothing to do with "lunch breaks", which are not paid time at all...but were about workers not getting their paid breaks.

You know, TheDemSocialist, if you really wanted to talk about this issue you should have, at least, come up with a link to an article that was accurate and actually about the issue.

:hitsfan:

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Loyal, effective employees should go the extra mile and be a team player.

These lazy whiners are then utterly mystified when they aren't paid a "living wage", or advanced into management positions.
Hard to be loyal to a team if you're expected to work for free. Companies owe some measure of loyalty to its dedicated workers, and requiring people to work without compensation demonstrates disloyalty. It can't be a one way street.
 
Yes, they are.
Really? How are paid lunch breaks "Marxist"? :lamo Do you think regulations that outlaw employers from forcing people to work off the clock is "Marxist" as well?

Do you realize paid breaks aren't even required by law? I didn't, but apparently it's true. How did Walmart lose this suit?

https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/workhours/breaks

From your quote: "Federal law considers the breaks as compensable work hours that would be included in the sum of hours worked during the work week and considered in determining if overtime was worked."

And, "Rest periods of short duration, usually 20 minutes or less, are common in industry (and promote the efficiency of the employee) and are customarily paid for as working time. These short periods must be counted as hours worked. " https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/workhours/breaks

"Makes the distinction between rest periods of 5 to 20 minutes and compensable waiting time or on-call time, all of which are paid work time." https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/workhours/breaks

Also forcing someone to skip their meal to work and not paying them is against the law as well. "The employee must be completely relieved from duty for the purpose of eating regular meals. The employee is not relieved if he/she is required to perform any duties, whether active or inactive, while eating." http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs22.pdf
 
Hard to be loyal to a team if you're expected to work for free. Companies owe some measure of loyalty to its dedicated workers, and requiring people to work without compensation demonstrates disloyalty. It can't be a one way street.

Oh gimme a break. Show aptitude, you'll advance. Whine about working through two ten minute breaks, you won't. Here's a thought. Hate your job? Find another one. I know, radical concept.
 
Oh gimme a break. Show aptitude, you'll advance. Whine about working through two ten minute breaks, you won't. Here's a thought. Hate your job? Find another one. I know, radical concept.
Way to miss the point. Its not about people whining about being forced to work off the clock, it's about the company allowing that or expecting it to happen. Want to lose good workers, keep ****ing them over.
 
Oh gimme a break. Show aptitude, you'll advance. Whine about working through two ten minute breaks, you won't. Here's a thought. Hate your job? Find another one. I know, radical concept.

Yea! If your employer is forcing you to work off the clock and thus you arent getting paid for that work that employee who is being ****ed just needs to show some more "aptitude!"
 
Yea! If your employer is forcing you to work off the clock and thus you arent getting paid for that work that employee who is being ****ed just needs to show some more "aptitude!"

Like I said, wah. That's why its called work. Don't like it, work somewhere else. ;)

I realize work is too much like work for some. Too bad.
 
Way to miss the point. Its not about people whining about being forced to work off the clock, it's about the company allowing that or expecting it to happen. Want to lose good workers, keep ****ing them over.

Yeah, I seriously doubt someone whining about working through two ten minute breaks is a "good worker". :roll:
 
Yeah, I seriously doubt someone whining about working through two ten minute breaks is a "good worker". :roll:
Next time you're interviewing someone for a position, be sure to mention to them they'll be expected to work without pay at times and let me know how that works out for you.
 
Like I said, wah. That's why its called work. Don't like it, work somewhere else. ;)
And you should be paid for work, no?

I realize work is too much like work for some. Too bad.
And you realize that you should be paid for work......
 
Next time you're interviewing someone for a position, be sure to mention to them they'll be expected to work without pay at times and let me know how that works out for you.
Gimme a break. What are we talking here? Two bucks worth of work in an eight hour shift? ****ing libs will sue for anything. :roll:
 
Gimme a break. What are we talking here? Two bucks worth of work in an eight hour shift? ****ing libs will sue for anything. :roll:
Except this time they're right. If I had a supervisor working for me that was requiring people to work off the clock, he would probably not be working for me for much longer.
 
Next time you're interviewing someone for a position, be sure to mention to them they'll be expected to work without pay at times and let me know how that works out for you.

Exempt employees are expected to work all sorts of hours. I have to often work on weekends to get things done before early Monday meetings. I don't get paid for it.

I think it depends on the position. Low level hourly people do expect to be paid for every minute they work.
 
Exempt employees are expected to work all sorts of hours. I have to often work on weekends to get things done before early Monday meetings. I don't get paid for it.

I think it depends on the position. Low level hourly people do expect to be paid for every minute they work.
Agreed. I was talking about hourly people.
 
And I'm sure the illegals were swiftly deported . :roll:

oh right, the fabled conservative who opposes illegal immigration but supports mega companies using illegals as their workforce instead of americans

or you just support wage theft and perhaps slavery?
 
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