Judge Approves $24M Walgreens Bias Settlement
A federal judge has approved a $24.4 million settlement by Walgreen Co. that resolves two race discrimination lawsuits, including one filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The suits claimed Walgreens failed to promote black employees into management positions and that minorities were paid less than similarly situated whites, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
The settlement resolves an EEOC suit filed last year and a 2005 class action filed by 14 current and former black employees. The cases were consolidated last year, the Associated Press reports.
The AP story says lawyers in the case will earn about $4.5 million in fees, while the Post-Dispatch puts lawyer fees at about $5.5 million. About 10,000 past and current workers at the drugstore chain will share the rest of the settlement money.
