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A federal agency accused a popular gas station chain of discriminating against Black, Native American and multiracial applicants in its hiring practices.
The Sheetz criminal screening process disproportionately screened out applicants from those legally protected groups, the lawsuit announced by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday alleged. The gas station chain screens and rejects applicants who have criminal records, the EEOC said.
Those employment practices violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in the workplace, the suit said.
Criminal records have been a barrier
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