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Employee Grievances, Lawsuits, and Court Filings Against U.S. Retail Employers

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Class Action and Individual Employee Grievances, Lawsuits, Legal Actions, Court Filings and Settlements in the U.S. Retail Industry

With 14 million employees in the U.S. retail industry, it's reasonable to expect that some of those retail employees would have grievances against their retail employers that would evolve into legal actions. By examining the details of these retail employee lawsuits, court filings and the retail employers' settlements and court awards, some bad employment and workplace practices of individual retailers begin to reveal themselves and some common employment trends in the retail industry begin to emerge.

Click through the photo gallery below to read the surprising and unusual details of employee lawsuits against some of the world's largest retail chains, and calculate the settlements, court awards, and legal fees paid by retailers which are, of course, eventually passed on to retail customers.
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Costco Gender Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit For 700 Female Employees Dollar General Employee Files Lawsuit Claiming Malicious and Reckless ConductDollar Tree Assistant Managers Class Action Lawsuit For Unpaid Wages & Overtime EEOC Helps Employee Sue Burger King Over Right to Wear Skirt Two Years Later
Wal-Mart Settles ADA Lawsuit, Pays $50,000 to Ex-employee with Cerebral PalsyHallmark Employee Ordered to Arbitrate - Employee Medical Leave Lawsuit StoppedChrysler Employee Wins Record $3.5 Million in Racial Discrimination LawsuitMcDonald's Employee Lawsuit - High School Employee Sues After Boss Beating
Best Buy Employee Lawsuit - Employees Sue and Win Wages for Security SearchesMichael's Craft Stores Employee Lawsuit - Michael's Employee Awarded MillionsWhataburger Employee Lawsuit - Whataburger Employee Claims Wrongful Termination
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