{"id":495,"date":"2018-06-14T11:28:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T11:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/elizabethtatelaw\/?p=495"},"modified":"2019-08-06T07:28:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T07:28:16","slug":"wal-mart-settles-retaliation-lawsuit-by-transgender-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethtatelaw.com\/wal-mart-settles-retaliation-lawsuit-by-transgender-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"Wal-Mart settles retaliation lawsuit by transgender worker"},"content":{"rendered":"
It is illegal for Arizona employers to retaliate against employees who report discrimination. However, many companies continue to be accused of engaging in such behavior. For example, on June 6, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced that it had settled a lawsuit filed by a former transgender employee who worked at one of the company’s Sam’s Club stores. The employee claimed that she was wrongfully terminated after reporting incidents of harassment to her supervisors.<\/p>\n
According to the lawsuit, the employee began working at a Kannapolis, North Carolina, Sam’s Club store in March 2004. In 2008, she began presenting as a woman while at work. In March 2015, she was fired from her position. She claimed this action was in retaliation for her complaining to supervisors about harassment by her co-workers. Examples of this harassment included co-workers calling her “sir,” “it” and “shim.” She further alleged that she was fired because her managers believed she suffered from “gender dysphoria.” The lawsuit accused Wal-Mart of violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Wal-Mart said that the company believes it has strong anti-discrimination policies in place. However, the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, which represented the employee, said that companies need to have strong anti-discrimination policies and enforce them. The terms of the settlement were not made public. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in the Middle District of North Carolina.<\/p>\n
As this case demonstrates, employees faced with workplace discrimination<\/a> may be able to obtain a settlement by taking legal action against their employer. An employment attorney might review an employee’s case and explain how to properly document incidents of discrimination for the purposes of a lawsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is illegal for Arizona employers to retaliate against employees who report discrimination. However, many companies continue to be accused of engaging in such behavior. For example, on June 6, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced that it had settled a lawsuit filed by a former transgender employee who worked at one of the company’s Sam’s Club … Continue reading Wal-Mart settles retaliation lawsuit by transgender worker<\/span>