Walmart Must Face Suit Claiming Failure to Accommodate Schedule

Discrimination

The Maine Human Rights Commission and a Walmart Stores East LP employee with an intellectual disability adequately alleged that the company unlawfully failed to reasonably accommodate his need for a modified, predictable work schedule, a district court ruled.

A reasonable jury could determine that Walmart didn’t a provide “forward-looking assurance” that Michael Morin will have the work schedule he has requested, Chief Judge Jon D. Levy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine said in an opinion Wednesday that denied a motion to dismiss.

It is premature to conclude

Walmart must pay pharmacist $27.5M for denying her breaks, overtime pay

Wrongful Termination

The District Court of Central California on Oct. 20 awarded $27.5 million to Afrouz Nikmanesh, PharmD, after she filed a class-action lawsuit against Walmart, her former employer.

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The pharmacist originally filed the case in Orange County Superior Court in 2015. It was later moved to the District Court of Central California, according to Courthouse News Service.

In her complaint, Dr. Nikmanesh said Walmart denied her breaks and overtime wages, gave her inaccurate wage statements and terminated her employment wrongfully. She also said the retail giant forced her to study for and take an immunization certification exam but did not compensate her for this off-the-clock work.

During her time as a Walmart pharmacist, Dr. Nikmanesh drew attention to noncompliance issues, claiming the pharmacy charged Medicare patients above the Medi-Cal reimbursement rate and did not provide eligible beneficiaries with their Medicare discounts. She also said Walmart did not