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Article

15 Apr 2011

Author:
Miguel Bustillo, Wall Street Journal

Wal-Mart Settles Slur Suit [USA]

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $440,000 to settle a lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of Mexican immigrant workers at a California Sam's Club who claimed they were harassed about their national origin by a Mexican-American colleague. The EEOC lawsuit claimed that at least nine employees of Mexican descent, along with another worker married to a Mexican, endured ethnic slurs and derogatory remarks by a colleague...Wal-Mart acknowledged the incidents in question but characterized them as an anomaly involving a single employee..."Sam's Club has strong policies against discrimination and harassment," said Wal-Mart spokesman Greg Rossiter.