7th Circuit Upholds Ruling For Wal-Mart In EEOC Pregnancy Bias Suit

Mealey's (September 8, 2022, 7:26 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to show that the trial court granting summary judgment to Wal-Mart Stores East LP on claims that its light duty policy that did not extend to pregnant workers was discriminatory erred in any way, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 16, finding that the policy limited to workers injured on the job did not constitute bias....