“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.”

So, you’re the one misrepresenting what the article says. It does not say that they were hiring more white workers who failed the background check.

If a higher % of black, multiracial and Native American applicants fail the criminal background check than white applicants, is it discriminatory for Sheetz to use the background check in hiring (assuming there is a static definition of passing/failing the background check)?


[Post edited by JMHoo at 04/22/2024 07:16AM]