Walmart Hiring Background-Check Discrimination Class Action
Walmart · Hiring and criminal background-check practices · Ongoing Litigation
About this case
Applicants allege that Walmart used criminal background checks in a manner that disproportionately screened out Black and Latino job applicants, including rescinding conditional job offers after conducting background screenings. The federal court allowed new lead plaintiffs to proceed, authorized a revised complaint, and kept the proposed nationwide class action ongoing; no determination of liability or class certification has been made.
Case overview
- Defendant company
- Walmart
- Product or service
- Hiring and criminal background-check practices
- Court case number
- 2:21-cv-13827-BRM-AME
- Case status
- Ongoing Litigation
- Lawsuit type
- Employment
- Reported harm
- Discrimination
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Sources
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- Walmart Hiring Background-Check Discrimination Class Action
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