Do we need any more proof for Wal-Mart?

Is any more proof necessary to point out the questionable business practices of Wal-Mart? Check out this recent settlement regarding lost hours and break times:

A Pennsylvania jury said on Friday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, must pay $78.47 million in damages to current and former Pennsylvania employees for forcing them to work “off the clock” or during rest breaks. On Thursday, a state jury in Philadelphia found in favor of Michelle Braun and Dolores Hummel, formerly employed by Wal-Mart, saying the company violated Pennsylvania labor laws by failing to pay employees for their work. After deliberating for about two hours, the jury found in Wal-Mart’s favor on the charge it denied workers meal breaks. It awarded about $2.5 million for off-the-clock working and about $76 million for lost rest breaks between March of 1998 and May of 2006.

$76 million for lost rest breaks?! See what you could have prevented Wal-Mart had you handed out those petty little 15-minute breaks. Look who’s laughing all the way to the bank now!