law suite

I use to work at walmart back in 2001-2005 and I got a letter, saying that I have uncashed payroll check, and man am I glad, I am getting that check, now I was out on sick leave because i had cancer,walmart fired me becase, they said I wouldn't come back to work, I thought I have used up all of my, sick pay, and all of my vacation pay, I am getting a Check!!! WOW good for me!!!

I have heard about the class-action lawsuit that the associates claim that they were told to work off the clock and not given their 15 minute breaks. I am not going to say that there is no way that ever happened, but I feel that it may be a little exaggerated. It is the associates responsibilty to know when he/she came in to work, so it is their responsibility to know when they need to take their break. And I do know that there are times that a break is interrupted, but the associate is told in orientation class before they step foot on the salesfloor that if you are asked to complete a task while on break that after the task is complete you need to finish your break. And as to working off the clock that can easily be avoided by the associate informing the manager that he/she is of the clock. In most wal-mart stores there are over 300 associates, and their is no way that the managers can know each persons hours. I do believe that these allegations could've happened, but not to the extent that they say it has happened and could have been avoided.