Question

Sweet Air Filtration Products Company, a major supplier of air filters sold throughout the United States, employs one hundred workers at its principal manufacturing plant. The plant is located in Thunder Bay, which has a population that is 50 percent white and 25 percent African American, with the balance Hispanic American, Asian American, and others. Sweet Air requires a high school diploma as a condition of employment for its cleaning crew. Three-fourths of the white population completed high school, compared with only one-fourth of those in the minority groups. Sweet Air has an all-white cleaning crew.

Has Sweet Air violated the Civil Rights Act? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

Many common laws , state and federal laws especially CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 1964 in ordinance with countries and municipalities collectively prohibits " discrimination by federal and state governments against public discrimination in private sector as it is directly constrained by constitution. "

It specifically mentions the places / areas where no small amount of discrimination is tolerated.

* Area

* recruiting

* hiring

* job evaluation

* promotion

* policies formulation

* training

* compensation

* disciplinary action

It also clearly specifies that in these areas discrimination is not observed on following criteria.

* Race

* Sex

* Pregnancy

* Religion

* National Origin

* Disability

* Age

* Affiliation

* Bankruptcy

* Citizenship

Thus in the given case , Sweet air Filteration Products Company chose to employ on the basis of dilpomma.

Since educational qualification is the basic criteria to employ any worker.

Thus it is not observed to any under prohibition / violation of civil rights act 1964