Tuesday, March 02, 2010

 

Wal-Mart Reaches Deal

KENTUCKY....
Under a deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to settle a nine-year old sex-discrimination lawsuit, Wal-Mart Stores will pay nearly $12 million and change it's hiring practices. The lawsuit, filed in 2001, alleged Wal-Mart illegally based hiring decisions on gender, bypassing women for jobs at its London regional distribution center warehouse, while hiring 18 to 25-year-old men instead of women and routinely telling applicants that order-filling positions were not suitable for women. Wal-Mart denied the charges. The settlement approved covers all hires at the London warehouse between 1998 and 2005. The $12 million payment will be split among a yet-to-be determined number of claimants, who will receive $8.4 million in back pay, with another $3.2 million in compensatory damages. Anyone receiving $100,000 or more will not be eligible for hire under the settlement terms. Wal-Mart will also pay $250,000 in administration costs related to the settlement.





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