Wal-Mart ruling makes discrimination easier

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:45:00 +0000

On Monday, the Supreme Court sounded the death knell for Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the class action lawsuit accusing Wal-Mart of paying and promoting women less than similarly- or less-qualified men. To protect corporations from having to do more to prevent gender discrimination than pop a few politically correct paragraphs into the employee handbook, the Supreme Court resorted to a belabored procedural argument that incentivizes corporations to do as little as possible to prevent discrimination. The five-justice majority did not rule on whether or not Wal-Mart actually discriminates against women -- they didn't let the case get that far. Instead, they shut it down by changing the rules of engagement.

Salon.com > Piper Hoffman

Wal-Mart ruling makes discrimination easier