Supreme Court blocks huge class-action suit against Wal-Mart
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Clifford Armion
le 21/06/2011
Activer le mode zenDavid G. Savage
"Reporting from Washington Women and minorities who think they are underpaid will find it nearly impossible to band together to sue employers for discrimination under a Supreme Court ruling against 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees in the most important job-bias case in a decade. "Only if there is proof a company has a policy of paying less to women or minorities can the employees get together in a class-action suit, the court said in an opinion Monday by Justice Antonin Scalia. Statistics showing that a company's female workers earn far less and get fewer promotions than men will not suffice, the court said. "The decision is the latest in a series of major rulings favoring business under the stewardship of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr." Read on...Pour citer cette ressource :
Supreme Court blocks huge class-action suit against Wal-Mart, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), juin 2011. Consulté le 12/03/2025. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/supreme-court-blocks-huge-class-action-suit-against-wal-mart