Truck driver qualifications expert witnesses may testify and write reports on trucking and transportation rules and regulations, federal motor vehicle safety standards, the Department of Transportation, as well as related issues. In a recent case, the EEOC reports:
New Prime, Inc., one the nation’s largest trucking companies, violated federal law by discriminating against female truck driver applicants when it required that they be trained by female trainers only, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it September 22.
According to the EEOC’s suit, this policy resulted in qualified female applicants being placed on a waiting list due to a lack of female trainers, thus delaying or denying them employment, while New Prime provided training for male applicants without similar delay.
The EEOC specifically charged that New Prime’s policy discriminated against Deanne Roberts, who filed an EEOC charge in 2009, and all similarly situated female truck driver applicants from 2003 to the present. The EEOC anticipates that New Prime will contend that it established this policy to reduce claims of sexual harassment of female trainees.
Read more: http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/9-22-11.cfm.