Walmart Faces EEOC Disability Bias Class Action Over Worker Test

Walmart Inc. and Walmart Stores Arkansas LLC are facing a proposed class action alleging discrimination against disabled employees after the workers did not pass an assessment test and were fired.

In a lawsuit filed on Sept. 11 in an Arkansas federal court, the EEOC claimed that Walmart’s “Pathways Graduation Assessment” test, which the multinational retailer required all entry-level associates to take as of 2017, “tended to screen out” disabled workers and led to their termination.

The commission said in its complaint that the PGA test wasn’t related to the workers’ job nor necessary for Walmart’s business. The company also failed ...