January 07, 2021
Walmart cashiers in California failed to establish that the retail giant violated a $65 million settlement in which it had agreed to provide seating for certain workers pursuant to a provision in the Golden State's wage laws, a federal judge in the state has ruled.
August 12, 2020
Walmart is violating a $65 million settlement by offering "virtually no seats" to California cashiers despite promising to do so two years ago, according to a motion for sanctions filed by the workers on Tuesday.
December 07, 2018
A California federal judge on Thursday preliminarily approved Walmart Inc.'s revised $65 million settlement that would resolve a Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit alleging the retail giant violated California's suitable seating statute by failing to provide cashiers with seats, according to the court docket.
November 29, 2018
Walmart Inc. and a group of workers who alleged that the company violated California's suitable seating law have revised their $65 million deal after a federal judge questioned a provision letting the retailer take back provided stools after two years, according to a new agreement filed Wednesday.
October 24, 2018
A California federal judge on Wednesday held up approval of Walmart Inc.'s $65 million deal to end a class action over its failure to give seats to cashiers, saying a provision allowing the retailer to remove the stools without notice after two years seems to give Walmart "total authority" with no oversight.
October 11, 2018
Walmart Inc. has agreed to pay $65 million to end a long-running class action over its allegedly not giving cashiers seats, according to a motion on Wednesday asking a California federal judge to approve a deal that might rank as the largest ever settlement struck under the state's Private Attorneys General Act.
July 16, 2018
A suit seeking to make Walmart let a class of 80,000 cashiers in the Golden State sit on stools will go to trial this fall after a California federal judge dismissed dueling motions for judgment, ruling that a jury should decide whether the workers should have seats.
April 27, 2018
A California federal judge on Friday issued sanctions against Walmart Inc. blocking part of its expert testimony in a suit by a class of 80,000 cashiers who claim the retail giant fails to provide them with state law-required seating, also denying its bid to decertify the class.
April 26, 2018
Walmart Inc. urged a California federal court Thursday not to strike key evidence in its defense against claims it failed to provide state-mandated seating to a certified class of 80,000 cashiers, saying its discovery delay wasn't intentional, and the sanction would be "essentially gutting our expert testimony."
April 09, 2018
A class of nearly 80,000 Walmart cashiers in litigation claiming they should be allowed to sit on the job under California law doubled down on their request to strike the retailer’s expert reports, saying it’s an appropriate punishment for the “gamesmanship” the company showed by overwhelming them with evidence late in the proceedings.