Both current as well as former female employees of Wal-Mart have banned together to file charges of promotion and pay discrimination. A total of 1,975 women are involved.
The charges come after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling back in June of last year. That national class-action lawsuit of Dukes Vs. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., was eventually reversed.
Even though the class certification was reversed b the Supreme Court, filing charges with the FCC automatically means that their right to sue because of discrimination is protected.
The group of women are being represented by Brad Seligman and Joseph Sellers. Seligman works on behalf of the Impact Fund while Sellers is an attorney for Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC.
Women in five southern states who wished to join in on the lawsuit had until Jan. 27, 212 to file their claim with the FCC. For all other states involved, the deadline was pushed back to May 25, 2012. In the end, all but two states were included in the filings, which involved every retail Wal-Mart region within the U.S.
Any additional women that wish to be included in these charges still have an additional 300 days from the filing deadline. For women in the five southern states (Georgia, Alabama North Carolina, Arkansas and Mississippi), their deadline has only been extended 180 days.
