According to the New York Times , top executives at Wal-Mart have been aware of "extensive violations" of child-labour laws and labour regulations for more than three years and didn't act to prevent further violations.
     An internal audit in July 2000 (kept under court seal) found that, in one week, thousands of Wal-Mart employees at 128 stores in the U.S. worked through meal or other break times. There were also more than 1,000 incidents of minors working for more hours than allowed by law.

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