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Wal-Mart Sued for Age and Disability Discrimination by EEOC [USA]
Wal-Mart Stores of Texas, LLC discriminated against a store manager by subjecting him to harassment, unequal treatment and discharge because of his age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit… The EEOC's suit also alleges that...Moorman [the plaintiff] reported the harassment to Wal-Mart's human resources department...[and] not only did Wal-Mart fail to take any corrective action, but the harassment...increased, and the store ultimately fired Moorman because of his age. The suit also alleges that Wal-Mart unlawfully refused Moorman's request for a reasonable accommodation for his disability. Following his [diabetes] diagnosis and on the advice of his doctor, Moorman...requested reassignment...Wal-Mart refused to consider his request for reassignment, eventually rejecting his request without any dialogue or consideration...The EEOC filed suit...after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process...