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Labor/Employment

May 6, 2015

Judge gives initial go ahead for Wal-Mart warehouse worker settlement

Settlement forces Wal-Mart distribution subcontractor to pay $21 million toward Riverside County workers and their lawyers.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - In what may be the most high profile in a slew of recent "joint employer"
lawsuits, a federal judge Monday gave the initial nod to a $21 million settlement
a class of Riverside County warehouse workers reached with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and
its distribution subcontractor.


U.S. District Judge Chr...

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