Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer chain, has agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit.
On behalf of Travis Woods, a night maintenance supervisor at a Lewiston, Idaho, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed the lawsuit , claiming he endured two years of racial harassment in the form of epithets and graffiti and was then fired after he complained to managers.
Wal-mart also agreed to train managers, supervisors and employees about prohibited racial harassment. It will also reports its handling of discrimination and harassment complaints for two years.
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