Atlantic International Partnership Headlines: Despite Setback, Plaintiffs to Pursue Wal-Mart Cases

Atlantic International Partnership Headlines: Despite Setback, Plaintiffs to Pursue WalMart Cases By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD http://www. nytimes. com/2011/06/21/business/21walmart. html?_r=1 Wal-Mart has spent 10 years fighting claims that it discriminated... More

Atlantic International Partnership Headlines: Despite Setback, Plaintiffs to Pursue WalMart Cases By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD http://www. nytimes. com/2011/06/21/business/21walmart. html?_r=1 Wal-Mart has spent 10 years fighting claims that it discriminated against female employees, and by many accounts, it has improved its hiring and promotion policies for women during those years. Monday’s Supreme Court victory for Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, may not mean the end to litigation over discrimination claims, however. Even though the company says it has substantially increased the percentages of women in managerial positions, the plaintiffs in the longstanding case said the company should expect several more years of challenges to its employment practices. The Supreme Court decision said that up to 1. 5 million women who worked at Wal-Mart did not have enough in common to constitute a class in a class-action suit. The decision did not address whether Wal-Mart had discriminated a Less