Last week, amidst a deluge of criticism about Walmart's poverty-level wages, the retail giant announced promotions for 25,000 of its roughly 1.3 million US employees. But although Walmart has raised pay for some of its employees, it is simultaneously fighting to convince the Supreme Court to allow it to more easily avoid paying disability benefits.
this is a pattern, i live in DC there was a shopping center not a good mile from me with stores i frequently patronized, walmart want to build store on that lot, our city council withheld okay in lieu of walmart having to pay employees a fair wage, they refused now w don't have those favorite stores or any stores it's despicable to not build because they wold have to fairly compensate their workers.
When Heimeshoff started working for Walmart, she signed a contract saying that if she were ever denied disability benefits, she could only sue the company for wrongful denial of benefits if she did so within three years of filing her disability claim.Last month, the Supreme Court heard arguments inHeimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a case brought by Julie Heimeshoff, a Walmart employee who sued the company and its insurance provider in 2010 for refusing to pay her disability benefits. Heimeshoff worked at Walmart for nearly 20 years, most recently as a public relations manager. About ten years ago, she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, lupus, and other chronic pain problems, and in June 2005, the pain became so severe that she had to stop working. Heimeshoff applied for disability benefits and, after a long internal review, her claim was denied. She sued over the denial of benefits less than three years later. That was within the statute of limitations—or so she thought.
But the US government and consumer lawyers say that Walmart's contract is bunk, because established law stipulates that the clock doesn't start ticking on those three years until an employee's claim for benefits is improperly denied. A ruling in Walmart's favor could make it more difficult for millions of workers—not just people who work for Walmart—to obtain disability benefits.
example of "too big to give a damn", they feel they have billions you don't and they have a battery of lawyers, you maybe a public legal aid, you lose. goodwill and image mean nothing when Americans flock for the deal and this lady and others are not even a thought, that is what emboldens big business to walk all over us with no fear of losing revenue, so why should they cave, obviously the "LAW" is on their side and you can die on a gurney in the hospital because you have no or substandard health care, she needs to check ObamaCares.
