Walmart Slips EEOC Suit Alleging Mistreatment of Deaf Workers

A federal judge tossed out of court an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit charging Walmart with failing to accommodate a pair of deaf workers in the District of Columbia.

Stopping employers from discriminating against employees or job applicants with hearing difficulties has long been a litigation focus of the federal enforcement agency. Other companies that have been sued by the EEOC for allegedly failing to accommodate or otherwise showing bias against deaf or hearing-impaired workers include Safeway Inc., Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, McDonald’s, the Cheesecake Factory, and FedEx Ground ...