Walmart Changes Disabled Workers Reassignment Policy After Settling Discrimination Lawsuit
The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), claims the retail giant failed to provide longtime employee Veronica Resendez with sufficient options after she developed stenosis of the spine and could no longer perform her role as sales associate at a Walmart store in Augusta, Maine. Walmart allegedly said the only positions that could accommodate her disability were fitting room associate and people greeter, but no such roles were available at the Augusta store....