Walmart sued by EEOC over treatment of job applicant at Ochelata distribution facility

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims Walmart Stores East LP violated federal law when it declined a job applicant at its Ochelata distribution center a chance to take a prehiring physical assessment test and did not hire her.

According to a lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court in Tulsa, Emily Hayman, born with her right arm ending at the elbow, applied for a freight handler position in March 2018.

She had warehouse experience such as lifting and moving ceramic toilets weighing up to 200 pounds without the use of a prosthetic, documents claim. Hayman interviewed for the position and watched a video demonstrating the physical assessment test. When asked whether she needed an accommodation to take the assessment, Hayman declined, but Walmart did not allow her to take the assessment without a prosthetic, records show.

Hayman doesn’t use or own a prosthetic, according to the lawsuit.

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