Convenience store chain with hundreds of outlets in 6 states hit with discrimination lawsuit

AP ^ | 04 18 2024 | MICHAEL RUBINKAM

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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.

President Joe Biden stopped by a Sheetz for snacks this week while campaigning in Pennsylvania.

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.

Sheetz said Thursday that it “does not tolerate discrimination of any kind.”

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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.

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deemed to have failed a criminal background check,

You either pass or fail. Not "deemed".

[Ex-Con777]

There are millions of jobs that require criminal background checks. Nearly every job tied to a fed gov contract requires them. Money grubbing whores are trying to play the legal lottery.

My guess is they will venue shop and file in Philadelphia which is known for big jury awards in ridiculous cases.

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