美国加利福尼亚州一地方法院 2005年12月22日作出判决,对被裁定非法剥夺员工用餐时间的沃尔玛集团处以1.72亿美元的罚款,其中1.15亿美元为惩罚性罚款,5730万美元将用作对员工的经济赔偿。沃尔玛员工控告沃尔玛集团在2001 年至2005年期间剥夺了加州186家连锁商店总计11.6万员工的午餐休息时间, 也没有为此提供补偿。根据加州法律, 工人在连续工作5小时后．雇主须给他 A California State District Court ordered a decision on December 22, 2005 to impose a fine of $ 172 million on the Wal-Mart Group, which was found to have illegally deprived employees of meal time, of which $ 115 million was a punitive fine and $ 57.3 million would be spent on staff Economic compensation. Wal-Mart employees have accused the Wal-Mart Group of depriving Wal-Mart of a total lunch time of 116,000 employees in 186 chain stores in California from 2001 to 2005, nor did they provide any compensation. Under California law, workers work five hours in a row. The employer must give him