Monthly Archives: December 2016

Walmart Refuses to Admit Wrongdoing in Discrimination Lawsuit

Lawsuit comes to a close

Popular super center, Walmart, plans to settle a 2015 discrimination lawsuit, which focuses on the fact that until 2014, employees were denied health benefits for their same-sex spouses. The lawsuit was originally filed in Massachusetts, and on December 3, the opposing parties decided to settle in the US District Court of Massachusetts.
A Massachusetts Walmart employee, Jacqueline Cote, initiated the lawsuit, after facing consistent rejection of medical coverage for her wife, who was undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer.

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VM Admissions Scandals Widen

Traffic jam

Back on September 18, 2015, U.S. Environmental authorities disclosed that VM installed software on about 500,000 diesel-powered vehicles in order to give the appearance of the vehicles being emission friendly.  However, at that time, it was deemed illegal and subsequently, VM admitted to installing this software on 11 million vehicles.

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