Walmart Is Trying to Block Workers' Disability Benefits

If the Supreme Court rules in the retail giant's favor, it will be easier for companies to deny workers benefits.

—By Erika Eichelberger | Mon Nov. 4, 2013 3:00 AM PST

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.