Consumer Law
Walmart Faces a New Lawsuit Over Disability Discrimination
Walmart faces a lawsuit as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a case against the company for alleged disability discrimination and retaliation.
Based on a press release, the EEOC claimed that the company violated federal law when it refused to provide reasonable accommodation to an employee. Days after, the company fired her when the employee made an internal ethics complaint of disability discrimination.
The EEOC’s lawsuit stated that in April 2019, an employee who worked as a warehouse unloader for Walmart’s Hope Mills in North Carolina experienced severe pain due to a neurological disability that affected her right hand and wrist.
