Say ‘goodbye’ to saying ‘hello’ at Wal-Mart 
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: February 1, 2012
Tags: greeters, Wal-Mart
In an effort to cut costs and maintain the right level of staffing during busy hours, Wal-Mart has removed greeters from its 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift. Over the past six months, the company has been reassigning these people to other positions, such as stocking shelves and manning cash registers.
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First new Wal-Mart bias suit filed
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: November 1, 2011
Tags: bias suit, job discrimination, SCOTUS, U.S. supreme court, Wal-Mart
The first of what promises to be many smaller-sized job discrimination class actions against Wal-Mart in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring a single massive class has been filed in California. Attorneys for the plaintiffs in Dukes v. Wal-Mart — using the same named plaintiffs …
Green light for Walmart in Greece
By The Associated Press
POSTED: August 5, 2011
Tags: Greece, groundbreaking, supercenter, Wal-Mart
GREECE — After a nearly four-year delay, Walmart is building a supercenter in an upstate New York suburb. A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for next Thursday in Greece.
Critics say Wal-Mart ruling makes it harder to fight biased policies
By Kimberly Atkins
POSTED: July 1, 2011
Tags: bias, discrimination, rule 23, sexism, Wal-Mart
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision barring certification of what would have been the largest job discrimination class action in history has spurred a debate among legal experts about the role of class actions not only as a tool for seeking monetary relief, but also as an instrument of systematic change.
Supreme Court limits Wal-Mart sex bias case
By The Associated Press
POSTED: June 20, 2011
Tags: class action, reversal, SCOTUS, sex discrimination lawsuit, U.S. supreme court, Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart on behalf of female employees in a decision that makes it harder to mount large-scale bias claims against the nation’s biggest companies.
Wal-Mart remains atop Fortune 500 list
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 5, 2011
Tags: businesses, Fortune 500, rankings, Wal-Mart
NEW YORK CITY — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. remains atop the Fortune 500 list even as it struggled to keep its U.S. customers coming in the door. The world’s largest retailer held onto the top spot for the second year in a row thanks to gains at its international stores.
Wal-Mart case hits possible block at U.S. Supreme Court
By The Associated Press
POSTED: March 29, 2011
Tags: lawsuit, SCOTUS, sex discrimination, Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to block a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart on behalf of at least a half-million women, and that could make it harder for other workers nationwide to bring class-action claims against large employers.
Court to take up huge sex bias claim vs. Wal-Mart
By The Associated Press
POSTED: March 28, 2011
Tags: class action, SCOTUS, sex discrimination, Title VII, Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Christine Kwapnoski hasn’t done too badly in nearly 25 years in the Wal-Mart family, making more than $60,000 a year in a job she enjoys most days. But Kwapnoski says she faced obstacles at Wal-Mart-owned Sam’s Club stores …
Future of class actions in High Court’s hands
By Kimberly Atkins
POSTED: March 9, 2011
Tags: class action lawsuits, female employees, SCOTUS, Wal-Mart
When the U.S. Supreme Court rules in the case Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes, it will not only decide whether more than 1.5 million female Wal-Mart workers can proceed as a class in a lawsuit alleging that the company systemically paid them less than male employees.
High Court to consider Wal-Mart sex bias suit
By The Associated Press
POSTED: December 6, 2010
Tags: class action, job discrimination, lawsuit, SCOTUS, sex bias, Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court will consider whether to keep alive the largest job discrimination case in U.S. history, a lawsuit against Wal-Mart that grew from a half-dozen women to a class action that could involve billions of dollars for more than a half million female workers.
Wal-Mart wants gender bias action rolled back
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: class action, Wal-Mart
(Dolan Media Newswires) — Retail giant Wal-Mart has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt what could be the mother of all employment gender bias class action lawsuits.
Wal-Mart asks court to overturn ruling in lawsuit
By The Associated Press
POSTED: August 25, 2010
Tags: class action suit, SCOTUS, Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has asked the Supreme Court to throw out a massive class action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination over pay for female workers. Wal-Mart is the world’s largest private employer …
