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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP

  1. April 23, 2021

    EEOC Weekly Recap: Walmart Appeal, COVID Meeting On Tap

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it will ask the Seventh Circuit to eye whether Walmart's "light-duty" policy discriminates against pregnant women, and the agency announced it will set up a public hearing to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted workplace civil rights. Here's a look at the week that was at the EEOC.

  2. April 20, 2021

    EEOC Appeals Walmart Pregnancy Bias Case To 7th Circ.

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission wants the Seventh Circuit to weigh in on its pregnancy bias suit against Walmart after a Wisconsin federal judge ruled that the retailer's policy giving some employees easier work wasn't discriminatory.

  3. February 19, 2021

    Walmart Defeats EEOC's Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

    Walmart scored a win Friday in a pregnancy bias suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, convincing a Wisconsin federal judge that a nationwide policy that gave some employees lighter workloads didn't "intentionally" discriminate against pregnant women.

  4. October 26, 2020

    Walmart Says EEOC Is Overreaching In Pregnancy Bias Suit

    Walmart told a Wisconsin federal court on Friday that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hasn't proven that the retail giant "intentionally discriminated" against pregnant employees, defending its past policy for lighter-duty work, a point of contention in the agency's pregnancy bias lawsuit.

  5. October 04, 2019

    EEOC Urges Sanctions For Walmart In Pregnancy Bias Suit

    Walmart should be sanctioned and held in contempt for failing to give the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission "crucial" information in the agency's suit claiming the retail giant discriminated against pregnant women at a Wisconsin distribution center, the EEOC told a federal judge.

  6. March 25, 2019

    Walmart's False Response Deserves Sanctions, EEOC Says

    Walmart should be sanctioned for falsely asserting to a Wisconsin judge that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission didn't try to resolve a pregnancy discrimination charge before filing suit as it was legally required to do, the agency said Monday.

  7. January 29, 2019

    Walmart Must Face EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

    A Wisconsin federal judge on Tuesday found that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's allegations that Walmart denied pregnant employees' requests to perform fewer physical tasks during their shifts are sufficient at this stage to claim discrimination, rejecting the retailer's dismissal motion.

  8. September 21, 2018

    EEOC Says Walmart Discriminates Against Pregnant Workers

    Walmart discriminated against a class of women at a Wisconsin distribution center by denying their requests to take it easier at work during their pregnancies, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday in the latest suit challenging how the mega-retailer treats pregnant workers.