Workers Hit McDonald’s With Class Action Over COVID-19 Safety May 20, 2020 By Tom Hals Five McDonald’s workers in Chicago filed a class action lawsuit against the chain on Tuesday, accusing it of failing to...
Companies Seek to Limit Legal Liability For Virus Infections April 29, 2020 By Anne D'Innocenzio and Eric Tucker As companies start planning their reopenings, business groups are pushing Congress to limit liability from potential lawsuits filed by workers...
Major Retailers Call on States to Adopt Uniform Reopening Plans April 27, 2020 By Naomi Nix and Ben Brody The top two trade groups representing major retailers such as Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and Best Buy Co. are calling...
Estate of Walmart Worker Who Died From COVID-19 Sues for Wrongful Death April 8, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner The family of a Walmart Inc employee in Illinois who died after contracting COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel...
Walmart Starts Temperature Checks For Staff in Safety Ramp-Up Against Coronavirus April 1, 2020 By Nandita Bose and Aishwarya Venugopal Walmart Inc said on Tuesday it would start taking the temperature of employees and provide them with masks as it...
Walmart Amps Up Its Virus Response for Workers March 31, 2020 By Matthew Boyle Walmart Inc. will provide masks and gloves for its workers and take their temperature before shifts, the latest moves by...
9th Circuit Affirms Jury’s $54M Award in Suit Against Walmart January 7, 2020 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court on Monday upheld a district court judgment that requires Walmart to pay $54.6 million in damages...
Viewpoint: The Wrong Way to Fight Porch Pirates December 6, 2019 By Sarah Halzack One consequence of America’s Cyber Monday shopping binge is the imminent arrival of $9.4 billion worth of merchandise on the...
Mexicans Sue Walmart Over Texas Shooting that Left Victims on Both Sides of Border November 21, 2019 Ten Mexican citizens have sued Walmart over the shooting at a store in the U.S. border town of El Paso,...
Walmart Alters Disability Reassignment Policy to Settle Suit November 18, 2019 AUGUSTA, Maine — Walmart has agreed to change its national policy for reassigning disabled workers to settle a lawsuit brought...