In July 1999, the St. Louis District Office of the EEOC (with participation from the Kansas City Area Office) brought this suit against Swift Transportation Co., Inc., a nationwide truck carrier, in the U.S. District Court for the U.S. District of Kansas. We do not have a copy of the complaint. However, according to an EEOC press release, the complaint alleged that the defendant paid the charging parties, female driver managers, less than males in the same positions in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss the complaint in September 1999 which was denied in November. After several scheduling orders, the parties participated in an unsuccessful settlement conference in February 2000. Following additional discovery, the defendant filed a motion for summary judgment in August 2000. The motion was granted in part and denied in part in November 2000. Shortly after in early December, the parties settled through a consent decree. We do not have a copy of the decree.

According to the EEOC press release, the decree required the defendant to: develop a policy providing the factors to be relied upon in setting salaries and raises, post a notice of the decree, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, increase the salaries of female employees to an equal level as males, and pay $450,000 to be divided among six charging parties.

Justin Kanter - 07/26/2007


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