Walmart Faces New Legal Battle From Old Pay Bias Claims

Walmart Inc. has managed to toss out allegations of pay discrimination brought by potentially thousands of women over the last decade, even garnering a U.S. Supreme Court win in 2011. Now the retail giant is being hit with a new round of individual pay bias lawsuits, alleging the same claims, as lawyers and former class members take another stab at having the merits of their cases heard.

Since February 2019, at least 13 individual lawsuits have been brought against Walmart, symbolizing a strategy shift by lawyers who represent the employees making the allegations. More are on the way, according to ...