According to the EEOC, since the terminal's opening in 1986, Holland failed to hire any female drivers (except for one it hired and fired before she completed her first route). The EEOC also uncovered that a significant number of qualified women with extensive truck driving experience applied for positions with Holland over the years, yet none were hired even when the women's qualifications were equal or superior to those of male applicants.
So what does this egregious violation of the law cost this Title VII scofflaw? Millions? Tens of millions?
How about $490,000 in cash plus $120,000 in scholarships to Holland's truck drive apprentice program. That's it.
Holland's parent company, Yellow Corporation, is a $5.2B business. Holland itself generates $2.6B in annual revenue. $610,000 is a drop in the bucket. It's not remotely material to Holland's bottom line.
The EEOC also secured a consent decree that requires Holland to revise its anti-discrimination policy and to conduct annual anti-discrimination training. Unless and until, however, the agency makes companies like this one feel some real economic pain for their flagrant violations of employees' rights, these employers will continue to feel little risk in continuing their discriminatory practices.