More Regional Sex-Bias Lawsuits Target Wal-Mart
by October 4, 2012 3:04 pm 113 views
A complaint seeking class-action status for female employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was filed Thursday in a Florida federal court.
The suit — Love et al vs. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. — claims the world’s largest retailer discriminates against female employees by denying them raises and promotions. It represents current and former employees in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
The case is the fourth regional lawsuit filed against Wal-Mart since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned class-action status last year in a national suit that sought to represent up to 1.5 million women.
On Tuesday, attorneys for three Tennessee women filed suit in U.S. District Court in Nashville. The plaintiffs seek to represent thousands of current and former employees — with the exception of store managers and pharmacists — of Wal-Mart stores in Tennessee and parts of Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi.
The class includes women who have worked at Wal-Mart at any time since Dec. 26, 1998.
A judge in California recently rejected a motion by Wal-Mart to dismiss a case in that state, but has yet to rule on the plaintiffs’ request to be certified as a statewide class.
In October 2011, a similar suit was filed in Texas.