a requirement for applicants to be hired as order fillers at Walmart’s grocery distribution centers nationwide, and

that the PAT disproportionately excluded female applicants from jobs as grocery order fillers. In September 2020,

Walmart and the EEOC agreed to a consent decree, which requires Walmart to cease all physical ability testing that

had been used for purposes of hiring grocery distribution center order fillers. The decree also required Walmart to

pay $20 million into a settlement fund to pay lost wages to women across the country who were denied grocery

order filler positions because of the testing.

Investigating the Female/Male Earnings Gap

As a result of changes in law and culture, women began to enter the paid workforce in substantial numbers in

the mid- to late-twentieth century. As of February 2022, 56.0% of women aged 20 and over held jobs, while

67.6% of men aged 20 and over did. Moreover, along with entering the workforce, women began to ratchet up
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