The Eighth Circuit recently ruled that Dial Corp. did not show a business necessity for strength testing of women in the hiring process. The suit was filed on behalf of 52 women who were denied employment at a meat processing plant in Iowa because they failed to pass the strength test. The EEOC filed the suit on behalf of the plaintiffs and provided evidence that fewer women were hired after the testing was implemented. The Eighth Circuit approved the 2005 verdict of $3.4 million in back pay and compensatory damages. Dial argued that the test was necessary to help reduce workplace injuries.