September 04, 2025
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.
January 13, 2025
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.
April 30, 2021
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.
April 29, 2021
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.