Wal-Mart is the nation's largest company, and the world's largest retailer with 3,400 stores in the United States and more opening every month. The company employs over a million people. Although more than two-thirds of its hourly employees are women, they hold only one-third of store management jobs, and less than 15% of store manager positions. In light of this imbalance, a class-action lawsuit is currently pending against Wal-Mart charging the company with sex discrimination, in violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The lawsuit specifically contends that Wal-Mart pays women less than men in comparable positions, despite having higher performance ratings and greater seniority, and issues promotions to women less often and after a longer wait than their male counterparts. Over 100 current and former Wal-Mart female employees have submitted sworn declarations detailing the company's discriminatory practices. In charging widespread discrimination, the women cite testimony and documents revealing that senior Wal-Mart managers use and endorse the use of demeaning stereotypes of women in the workplace, and that the company maintains a strong corporate culture which includes gender stereotyping and uniformity.
Lopez, Hodes, Milman & Skikos is a leader in the pending Wal-Mart litigation, currently representing over 100 current and former female employees. We continue to evaluate new cases and plan to actively litigate this case and represent clients, either within the class action or independently. We have successfully litigated various employment discrimination cases against many major Fortune 500 corporations, and this case against Wal-Mart has the potential to be the largest ever of such cases. Contact us if you feel you have a claim.
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