In September 2005, the Seattle office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The complaint alleged that the defendant discriminated against the claimant by harassing him and retaliating against him by discharging him for his complaint because of his race (black). The parties entered into a settlement agreement, and the court dismissed the case in February 2007.

The two year settlement agreement required the defendant to pay the claimant $125,000 in damages and backpay, provide training for salaried managers and hourly associates, maintain policies to prevent race harassment, race discrimination, and refrain from discrimination, expunge the claimant's record, institute policies to promote manager accountability, post notice, and give the EEOC reports every six months. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2009.

Kevin Wilemon - 06/25/2007
- 06/10/2017


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