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Walmart has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a suit that alleged the
chain discriminated against gay employees.
The class-action suit, which was announced Friday, claimed that Walmart
denied spousal health insurance benefits to same-sex employees between 2011
and 2013. Jacqueline Cote filed the complaint in July 2015 on behalf of
other Walmart employees whose same-sex spouses were also denied health
insurance.
It was not immediately known how many current and former Walmart employees
would be affected by the settlement.
Walmart said it expects "no more than a few thousand" people to be eligible
for the settlement.
Cote said she's happy the case has been settled.
"I'm pleased that Walmart was willing to resolve this issue for me and other
associates who are married to someone of the same sex," Cote said in a
statement. "It's a relief to bring this chapter of my life to a close."
Sally Welborn, Walmart's senior vice president of Global Benefits, said, "We
're happy both sides could come together to reach a resolution."
Walmart began offering insurance benefits to same-sex couples at the start
of 2014 after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. |
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