April 28, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it's turning to the Tenth Circuit to challenge a trial court's rejection of a $300,000 settlement with Walmart, a deal that aimed to close a case accusing the company of discriminating against deaf employees.
October 06, 2025
Walmart has agreed just days before a trial was set to start in Kansas federal court to pay two deaf workers $300,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the retail giant said it couldn't afford to provide the employees with on-the-job interpreters.
September 08, 2023
Two deaf Walmart employees were left out of important safety discussions and saw their requests for written instructions ignored after the retail giant said it couldn't afford to provide them proper sign language interpreters, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday in a suit.