The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants.
Sheetz Inc., which operates more than 700 stores in six states, discriminated against Black, Native American and multiracial job seekers by automatically weeding out applicants whom the company deemed to have failed a criminal background check, according to U.S. officials.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit in Baltimore against Altoona, Pennsylvania-based Sheetz and two subsidary companies, alleging the chain’s longstanding hiring practices have a disproportionate impact on minority applicants and thus run afoul of federal civil rights law.
Federal officials said they do not allege Sheetz was motivated by racial animus, but take issue with the way the chain uses criminal background checks to screen job seekers. The company was sued under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion and national origin.
The agency found that Black job applicants were deemed to have failed the company’s criminal history screening and were denied employment at a rate of 14.5%, while multiracial job seekers were turned away 13.5% of the time and Native Americans were denied at a rate of 13%.
By contrast, fewer than 8% of white applicants were refused employment because of a failed criminal background check, the EEOC’s lawsuit said.
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The Biden administration is also assuming the minorities are criminals more than white people.
FBI statistics actually say that’s true.
So Biden’s regime is trying to force U.S. companies to take undo risks in their hiring processes.
This will only hurt business and people.
@LoyalBobolinkRepublican2wks2W
Basing hiring decisions on political correctness instead of facts and data. It's almost like they're saying, "Hey, we know that FBI statistics show that minorities are more likely to commit crimes, but let's just pretend that's not true because it's not politically correct."
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Destroying business creates more governmental dependence wich promotes communist agenda with the destruction of free market.
@CapitolSardinesVeteran2wks2W
You are now required to hire criminals.
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