Walmart Can’t Shake Pregnant Workers’ Nationwide Bias Claims (1)

A pair of Walmart employees who allege the retailer discriminated against them and other female workers across the country based on pregnancy can continue to pursue their class job bias claims, a federal judge ruled.

In a ruling that may be instructive for other large, multistate businesses, Judge Michael J. Reagan March 29 rejected Walmart’s contention that it couldn’t be forced to face in Illinois federal court one of the women’s charges because the company doesn’t have the sort of “affiliations” with Illinois that make it subject to the jurisdiction of courts in the state. Because Walmart is incorporated in ...