Walmart Agrees To Pay $20M To Settle EEOC Claims Of Gender-Biased Hiring

Mealey's (September 11, 2020, 12:51 PM EDT) -- LONDON, Ky. — Walmart Inc. will pay $20 million and provide other relief, including ending its use of a pre-employment test, to settle a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing the retailer of companywide, gender-based hiring discrimination, according to a consent decree approved by a federal judge in Kentucky on Sept. 9 (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Walmart, Inc., No. 20-163, E.D. Ky.)....