Civil Rights
Dec. 24, 2016
Settlement a good sign for LGBT employees
In an important victory for same-sex couples, Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a class action challenging Wal-Mart's former policy of categorically denying equal health insurance benefits to employees married to same-sex spouses.
Shannon Minter
National Center for Lesbian RightsIn an important victory for same-sex couples, Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a class action challenging Wal-Mart's former policy of categorically denying equal health insurance benefits to employees married to same-sex spouses. Wal-Mart enforced that discriminatory policy until Jan. 1, 2014, when it began treating all of its married employees equally. Before that date, however, the company refused to recognize same-sex marriages, causing hundreds of employees across the ...
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