Turns out, a recent settlement between Wal-Mart and Minnesota over wage-and-hour violations was just the tip of the iceberg for the retailer.

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New York City will pay a settlement to a former private school librarian who was wrongly imprisoned for 30 hours because of an e-mail mix-up where he worked.

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An employee was fired just before she was about to file a formal complaint that her supervisor was asking her to run personal errands. Now the employer has to pay the fired worker.

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Tags: breach of contract, personal errands, settlement