Source: EEOC press release
FedEx Freight will pay $115,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC had charged in its lawsuit (EEOC v. FedEx Freight, Inc. 2:10-cv-01962-ECV), filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, that FedEx Freight’s employee relations manager passed over three qualified women for a human resources job at its Phoenix office and instead hired a man who was unqualified for the position. The job posting indicated an applicant must have both a bachelor’s degree and two years’ experience in human resources, but could substitute related experience for the bachelor’s degree.
Shunning the three women, all of whom were qualified for the position, FedEx Freight hired a male employee who had neither a bachelor’s degree nor two years of experience working in human resources. In contrast, all three female class members had at least two years’ human resources or related experience and/or a bachelor’s degree. In fact, one of the women not selected for the position previously held a human resources representative position with a sister company of FedEx Freight.
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