August 27, 2021
Roughly seven years after a Walmart contractor agreed to pay $21 million to resolve a proposed wage class action that also resolved claims against the retail giant, the case could be reopened because a California federal judge disclosed that she owned Walmart stock during a period when she oversaw the lawsuit.
May 14, 2014
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. contractor Schneider Logistics Transloading and Distribution Inc. has agreed to pay $21 million to resolve a proposed wages class action in a settlement that also resolves claims against Wal-Mart, according to a filing Tuesday in California federal court.
March 19, 2014
A California federal judge gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a $1.7 million settlement between staffing companies and workers in a proposed wage class action, despite opposition from Wal-Mart Stores East LP and another remaining defendant that were found to lack standing to challenge the deal.
February 18, 2014
Workers behind a proposed wage class action against Wal-Mart Stores East LP and others said in a California federal court on Friday that they agreed to accept a $1.7 million settlement — a sliver of the total damages the plaintiffs say they're entitled to in the case — with three staffing companies because of their distressed financial conditions.
January 15, 2014
A California federal court on Tuesday denied Wal-Mart Stores East LP's bid for a ruling that Wal-Mart wasn't a joint employer of warehouse workers in a proposed wage class action, despite Wal-Mart's claim that it lacked sufficient control over the workers to be their employer.
January 08, 2013
A California federal judge tentatively ruled Monday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. may be added as a defendant in a putative class action brought by warehouse workers employed by labor contractors in the retail giants' distribution centers.