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

  1. September 04, 2025

    Walmart Can't Escape Trial In EEOC Deaf Applicant Bias Suit

    An Illinois federal judge said Thursday that a jury needs to probe a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming Walmart failed to find a sign language interpreter to interview a deaf job applicant, finding it's unclear who was at fault for the accommodation breakdown.

  2. January 13, 2025

    Walmart Says Deaf Applicant Could Have Provided Interpreter

    Walmart urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it never called back a deaf job applicant after he said he needed an American Sign Language interpreter, arguing that he's responsible for the breakdown in communication.

  3. April 30, 2021

    EEOC Weekly Recap: Virus Hearing, Pay Data Limits Nixed

    U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission leadership questioned experts about workplace-related vaccine issues at a virtual hearing held to inform the agency's COVID-19 strategy, and the workplace bias watchdog rolled back Trump-era restrictions to the agency's pay and demographic data collection and sharing policies. Here's a look back at the EEOC's week.

  4. April 29, 2021

    EEOC Says Walmart Violated ADA By Ghosting Deaf Applicant

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission slapped Walmart with a disability bias suit, claiming the retail giant gave a prospective employee the cold shoulder after promising to provide an American Sign Language interpreter.