- "The Labor Department ordered Wal-Mart to pay $4.8 million in back wages and damages to thousands of employees who were denied overtime charges, the latest in a string of embarrassments for the company over its business practices." http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/wal-mart-to-pay-48-million-in-back-wages/2012/05/01/giqaqqk5ut_story.html 56 comments business