August 16, 2022
The Seventh Circuit refused Tuesday to revive a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing Walmart of violating federal law by allowing light-duty work for employees hurt on the job but not for pregnant workers.
March 31, 2022
The Seventh Circuit suggested Thursday that Walmart seemed legally justified in giving lighter-duty options to workers with on-the-job injuries but not to pregnant employees, a policy the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says was discriminatory.
January 12, 2022
A district court was right to throw out a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pregnancy bias suit that challenged Walmart's former policy of granting light-duty work to injured workers, because that approach didn't single out pregnant workers for mistreatment, the retail giant told the Seventh Circuit.
October 06, 2021
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission called on the Seventh Circuit to reinstate its pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against Walmart, arguing pregnant workers were illegally excluded from the retailer's nationwide light-duty policy.