Dated: 17 Apr 2008
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of a job applicant who claimed he wasn’t hired because he has cerebral palsy, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Thursday. Steven J. Bradley Jr. of Hardin in northwest Missouri applied for a job at a…store…in 2001… Bradley claimed he was questioned during an interview about his ability to work using his wheelchair… Ultimately, he was not hired. The EEOC lawsuit claimed the world’s biggest retailer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act… Wal-Mart agreed to provide ADA training to managers at its Richmond store…and inform several Kansas City-area job service agencies that the company seeks to employ qualified persons with disabilities.