Cortez V. Wal-Mart Stores Summary

In the Cortez v. Wal-Mart Stores case, the legal issues are Robert Cortez was not promoted to a general manager position over the years he worked at Sam’s Club due to his age. He moved around to different stores to help out and had a lot of experience, but was always overlooked because of his age. He felt he was not being treated fairly and many people newer to the company were getting the position, but he was never offered one. He was only 48 and had been an assistant manager in many locations, but never promoted to general manager. This was his goal he had set for his career. His age should have never held him back or been a factor.
“The jury found that Sam’s Club had violated the ADEA and awarded damages to Cortez” (Walsh, 2016 ). The jury saw that Cortez was in the right and was not being treated fairly. Cortez deserved a chance no matter what his age was in my opinion. Sam’s Club liked it when he moved around for them, but not enough to offer him a general manager’s position. This is not fair to anyone at any company.
The prima facie issue comes into light with the coaching issue due to the age remark. The two pieces of evidence together make a good case and how Cortez was discriminated against from the start of his career. He was moving around to different locations to get more qualifications under his belt to get

Each case is different and should be handled in a certain way. Performance issues could be handled by a verbal warning first. If this does not work then a written warning should be issued to the employee. Last, if the employee does not respond to the previous warnings they should have a conversation with the employee to see what is going on. It could be a simple issue that can be resolved with a quick fix or a change of the schedule or co-workers. Many people have issues going on in their personal lives no one never knows about. So a kind word can go a long