Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced today that it will pay $6.8 million to settle thirteen lawsuits filed in eleven states by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The suits stem from charges ranging from refusal to hire deaf workers in Arizona, sexual harassment of female employees in Alabama, and asking potential hires questions about disabilities on application forms---a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Multiple EEOC lawsuits charging age, sex, and race-based discrimination are still pending against Wal-Mart according to EEOC sources.
See "Wal-Mart to Settle 13 EEOC Bias Suits", Bloomberg News Staff, Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2001