Walmart’s $20 Million Sex Bias Pact With EEOC Approved by Judge

A federal judge approved Walmart Inc.'s agreement to pay the EEOC $20 million and end the company’s use of physical abilities testing for grocery order fillers at all U.S. distribution centers in order to settle the agency’s suit alleging the testing illegally screens out female applicants based on sex.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky signed an order Wednesday granting the parties’ joint motion for entry of their proposed consent decree. Walmart and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sought Judge Karen K. Caldwell’s blessing of the pact Aug. 3.

The $20 million will be distributed to ...