April 23, 2021
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.
April 20, 2021
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.
February 19, 2021
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.
October 26, 2020
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.
October 04, 2019
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.
March 25, 2019
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.
January 29, 2019
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.
September 21, 2018
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.