PORTLAND, Ore. -- A federal jury here last month found WalMart Stores Inc. guilty of forcing more than 400 employees in 18 stores to work unpaid overtime.
The decision, which covered current and former employees, found that over a five-year period that ended in 1999 the discounter violated federal and state laws by pressuring associates to log out after working 40 hours but to continue working off the clock.
The Oregon lawsuit was the first of 40 legal actions against Wal-Mart over its wage policies to go to trial.
A separate trial to be held later this year will determine what damages the retailer must pay the affected employees.
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