Biggest lawsuit ever about discrepancy between men and women’s salaries
Here’s a case worth watching.
USA Today’s Jayne O’Donnell reports: Wal-Mart (WMT) asked the Supreme Court last week to dump a class-action lawsuit against it that the retailer says is the largest employment suit ever.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in April that Wal-Mart should face charges in court that it pays women less than men for the same jobs.
The lawsuit, which covers all female workers at Wal-Mart since 1998, could cost the company billions if it loses, says USA Today.
“The rights of millions of women are at stake.”
Female Wal-Mart employees, who lodged the original action, say women earn less and take longer to get promoted.
“It’s an extremely significant case,” says former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission general counsel Eric Dreiband, who is not involved in the lawsuit. “The rights of millions of women are at stake.”
Read more: USA Today.
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