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EEOC Sues Walmart for Disability Discrimination

Federal Agency Charges That Store Managers Refused to Accommodate Employee’s Hearing, Speech and Cognitive Disabilities and Fired Her - NEW YORK – A Walmart Supercenter in Farmingdale, New York violated federal law by...more

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EEOC Sues Walmart for Disability Discrimination

Retailer Based Continued Employment on an Unlawful Qualification Standard, Federal Agency Charges - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Walmart, Inc. and Walmart Stores Arkansas, LLC, a multi­national retailer, violated federal law when...more

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Walmart Refused to Provide Qualified Interpreters for Deaf Employees, EEOC Charges in Suit

Overnight Stockers Forced to Resign After Being Denied Reasonable Accommodations - ST. LOUIS – Multinational retailer Walmart violated federal law when it failed to provide effective means of communication to two employees...more

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EEOC Sues Walmart for Disability Discrimination

Store Managers Refused to Accommodate Employee’s Seizure Disorder and Fired Her, Federal Agency Charges - PHOENIX – A Walmart store in Bullhead City, Arizona violated federal law by failing to provide a reasonable...more

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EEOC Sues Walmart for Disability Discrimination

Henderson Store Refused to Accommodate Employee and Fired Her Because of a Disability, Federal Agency Charges - RALEIGH, N.C. – Wal-Mart Stores East, LP violated federal law when it refused to excuse an employee’s...more

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EEOC Sues Walmart for Disability Discrimination

Statesville Store Refused to Accommodate Deli Worker and Fired Her Because of a Disability, Federal Agency Charges - CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Wal-Mart Stores East, LP violated federal law when it refused to excuse an employee’s...more

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EEOC Sues Walmart for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

Hope Mills Store Refused to Allow Employee with Hand-Wrist Condition to Work and Then Fired Her Because of Her Disability, Federal Agency Charges - RALEIGH, N.C. – Wal-Mart Stores East, LP violated federal law when it...more

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Jury Awards Over $125 Million in EEOC Disability Discrimination Case Against Walmart

Retailer Fired Woman with Down Syndrome - CHICAGO – An eight-member jury in Green Bay, Wisconsin returned a verdict of $125,150,000 in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on three claims of...more

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EEOC Sues Walmart for Disability Discrimination

Decatur Store Refused to Accommodate Deaf Applicant During Hiring Process Federal Agency Charges - DECATUR, Ill. – Walmart violated federal law by failing to provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for an...more

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Walmart to Pay $80,000 and Implement Nationwide Change in Policy to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Giant Retailer Refused to Accommodate Disabled Employee with Reassignment to a Nearby Store, Federal Agency Charged - BANGOR, Maine - Walmart Inc. will pay $80,000 and implement nationwide changes to its disability...more

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Jury Awards $5.2 Million Against Walmart in EEOC Disability Discrimination Case

Jury Finds Retail Giant Suspended and Failed to Accommodate Longtime Deaf Employee With Visual Impairment - MADISON, Wis. - Late yesterday, a jury determined that Walmart violated federal law when it refused to...more

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Walmart Stores East, LP to Pay $10,000 to Resolve EEOC Discrimination Finding

Indianapolis Store Forced Out Employee With Disability After Refusing Accommodation, Federal Agency Charged - INDIANAPOLIS - Walmart Stores East, LP will pay $10,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability charge...more

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EEOC Sues Walmart Stores East for Disability Discrimination

D.C. Store Violated Federal Law by Failing to Provide Reasonable Accommodations to Deaf Employees, Federal Agency Charges - WASHINGTON - Walmart Stores East, LP violated federal disability discrimination law by denying...more

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EEOC Sues Walmart For Disability Harassment

Giant Retailer Refused to Accommodate Disabled Employee by Reassigning Her to a Nearby Store, Federal Agency Charges - BANGOR, Maine - Walmart, Inc. violated federal law by failing to reassign a long-term employee to a...more

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EEOC Sues Walmart for Disability Discrimination

Retail Giant Suspended and Failed to Accommodate Longtime Deaf Employee With Visual Impairment, Federal Agency Charges - MADISON, Wis. - Wal-Mart violated federal law when it failed to accommodate a longtime employee...more

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EEOC Sues Walmart for Discriminating Against Employee with Intellectual Disability

Retail Giant Refused to Make a Simple Accommodation for a Longtime Employee, Federal Agency Charges - MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Walmart violated federal law when it failed to accommodate and fired a longtime employee because of...more

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Wal-Mart to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Giant Retailer Unlawfully Denied Accommodations to and Harassed Cancer Survivor at Illinois Store, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay a former employee $75,000 to settle a disability...more

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Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: November 2016 #3

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Last week, the EEOC released its 2016 Annual Performance and Accountability Report. In fiscal year 2016, which ended September 30, the agency won $482.1 million for workers and resolved 97,443 charges—6.5 % more than it...more

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Walmart Discrimination Case Makes Headline

Last month Walmart was hit, in headline making fashion, with a massive $31.2 million verdict in a New Hampshire disability and gender discrimination case. What makes this verdict particularly news-worthy is not only its...more

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Eye-Popping Verdict For “The Little Guy” Against Wal-Mart

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Last week, a federal jury (after only 3 hours of deliberation) awarded a Walmart female pharmacist... wait for it... $31 MILLION! Maureen McPadden, a 13-year Wal-Mart pharmacist, brought an action alleging retaliatory...more

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Wal-Mart to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC Age and Disability Discrimination Suit

Keller Store Manager Was Harassed and Fired Because of His Age and Denied Accommodation for His Diabetes, Federal Agency Charged - DALLAS - Wal-Mart Stores of Texas, L.L.C. (Wal-Mart) has agreed to pay $150,000 and...more

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Wal-Mart Stores East Will Pay $72,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Retailer Refused to Reasonably Accommodate Applicant With End-Stage Renal Disease, Federal Agency Charged - BALTIMORE - Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P., will pay $72,500 and provide significant equitable relief to settle a...more

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EEOC Sues Wal-Mart Stores East for Disability Discrimination

Cockeysville Store Refused to Accommodate Applicant With End-Stage Renal Disease, Federal Agency Says - BALTIMORE - Wal-Mart Stores East, LP violated federal law when it refused to employ an individual with end-stage...more

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EEOC Sues Wal-Mart for Age and Disability Discrimination

Keller Store Manager Harassed and Then Fired Because of His Age; Also Denied a Reasonable Accommodation for His Diabetes, Federal Agency Charges - DALLAS - Wal-Mart Stores of Texas, LLC discriminated against a store...more

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Fenwick Employment Brief - June 2013

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In Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, the United States Supreme Court affirmed an arbitral decision allowing the plaintiff to proceed with classwide arbitration even in the absence of express language to that effect in the...more

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