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04/18/24 1:01:57 PM
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UnlikedMonkey
04/18/24 2:57:03 PM
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On Thursday, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a lawsuit against Sheetz, alleging the convenience store and gas chain of denying employment to a class of job application due to their race.
The U.S. EEOC alleges that Sheetz has a practice of screening all applicants for records of criminal conviction and then denying them employment based on said record. The EEOC's charge claims that Sheetz disproportionally screened out applicants who are black, Native American, and multiracial.
The lawsuit does not allege that Sheetz was motivated by race when making hiring decisions.
"Federal law mandates that employment practices causing a disparate impact because of race or other protected classifications must be shown by the employer to be necessary to ensure the safe and efficient performance of the particular jobs at issue," said EEOC Regional Attorney Debra M. Lawrence. "Even when such necessity is proven, the practice remains unlawful if there is an alternative practice available that is comparably effective in achieving the employer's goals but causes less discriminatory effect."
The alleged conduct, according to the EEOC, violates Title VII which prohibits facially neutral employment practices that "cause a discriminatory impact because of race when those practices are not job-related and consistent with business necessity or where alternative practices with less discriminatory impact are available."
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland following an attempt to reach a pre-litigation settlement.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/us-eeoc-sues-sheetz-for-alleged-discriminatory-practices/

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Bass
04/18/24 3:03:32 PM
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Sheetz fan boys in shambles. The time of Wawa is now.

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FolkenRawr
04/18/24 3:04:58 PM
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NinjaWarrior455
04/18/24 3:06:58 PM
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Wawa stays winning

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VeggetaX
04/18/24 3:07:47 PM
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Ohhhh snaps

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thronedfire2
04/18/24 3:09:24 PM
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I admit my legalese isnt the best, but it says right under the bold that the lawsuit doesnt allege that they were motivated by race when making hiring decisions. so..what are they actually suing for?

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Heineken14
04/18/24 3:09:29 PM
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More like... white Sheetz, m i rite?!/1

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CADE_FOSTER
04/18/24 3:11:30 PM
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thronedfire2
04/18/24 3:17:11 PM
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yeah that makes sense

i was confused a bit at first because all the jobs Ive worked at do hard background checks and any state level felony eliminates the person immediately

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famfam
04/18/24 3:20:50 PM
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it's illegal if they can't prove that the criteria is relevant to the person being able to do the job successfully and safely
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MaxEffingBemis
04/18/24 3:22:05 PM
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NinjaWarrior455 posted...
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Lukey_Bug
04/18/24 3:27:44 PM
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Bass posted...
Sheetz fan boys in shambles. The time of Wawa is now.


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04/18/24 3:30:38 PM
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radical_rhino
04/18/24 3:39:07 PM
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Hiring criminals makes the workplace unsafe. Should be an easy win for Sheetz. Lots of major employers dont hire people with felony convictions.

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Lukey_Bug
04/18/24 3:51:47 PM
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radical_rhino posted...
Hiring criminals makes the workplace unsafe. Should be an easy win for Sheetz. Lots of major employers dont hire people with felony convictions.

Yeah that's crap. Ive worked with non felons who are straight up psychopaths and excons who were some really nice people. Outta here with this bullshit

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Umbreon
04/18/24 3:58:24 PM
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Also isn't that illegal, depending on the scenario.

Like yeah obviously don't hire the child toucher as a teacher, but Sheetz is a fucking store. I bet they pay shit, they're not special enough to auto disqualify all felons.

(As an aside, it's pretty shitty that we make it so difficult for ex cons to get a job and pick up the pieces of their life. Almost as if someone profits from them being driven back to crime)

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cjsdowg
04/18/24 4:01:56 PM
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Sheetz is the best. Their fries are better then most fast food place. Besides McDonalds and Hookers. They have any meal that you want. Unlike Wawa that want to give you a damn old sandwich.

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ironman2009
04/18/24 4:03:31 PM
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Sheetz > Wawa

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ClayGuida
04/18/24 4:03:40 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1dnqKGuezo&ab_channel=SugeKnight187

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cjsdowg
04/18/24 4:04:51 PM
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May favorite living President shops there .

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/president-joe-biden-stops-at-sheetz-pittsburgh/

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Lukey_Bug
04/18/24 4:06:06 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
Sheetz is the best. Their fries are better then most fast food place. Besides McDonalds and Hookers. They have any meal that you want. Unlike Wawa that want to give you a damn old sandwich.

I take it you haven't been to a Wawa in about 15 years than. Ok

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Sheiky-Baby
04/18/24 4:06:58 PM
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Don't see a case here

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famfam
04/18/24 4:07:02 PM
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radical_rhino posted...
Hiring criminals makes the workplace unsafe. Should be an easy win for Sheetz. Lots of major employers dont hire people with felony convictions.

what do you base this on? For Sheetz to be allowed to do this, they'd have to prove that "criminals" wouldn't be able to do the job effectively and safely.
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sephiroth068
04/18/24 4:10:07 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
Sheetz is the best. Their fries are better then most fast food place. Besides McDonalds and Hookers. They have any meal that you want. Unlike Wawa that want to give you a damn old sandwich.
...surely you meant Hooters right?

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cjsdowg
04/18/24 4:11:24 PM
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sephiroth068 posted...
...surely you meant Hooters right?

LOL Where in the hell was my mind out. The T isn't even close to the K and they don't even sound alike. Like sometimes when words are close to each other I put the wrong one in. But I don't know how that happened at all.

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sephiroth068
04/18/24 4:18:26 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
LOL Where in the hell was my mind out. The T isn't even close to the K and they don't even sound alike. Like sometimes when words are close to each other I put the wrong one in. But I don't know how that happened at all.
LMAO, well it sure got a good laugh out of me


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AloneIBreak
04/18/24 5:50:54 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
I admit my legalese isnt the best, but it says right under the bold that the lawsuit doesnt allege that they were motivated by race when making hiring decisions. so..what are they actually suing for?
Disparate impact. The quoted part from the OP explains it right after the line about not being motivated by race.

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Jagr_68
04/18/24 5:53:04 PM
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Wawa gang rise up lfg!

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HeeathLivesOn
04/18/24 5:54:30 PM
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Sheetz > Wawa

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AloneIBreak
04/18/24 5:55:49 PM
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Theres a Wawa coming to my area soon where an old Hosss restaurant used to be. Cant wait to see if its good or if it sucks.

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thronedfire2
04/18/24 5:56:40 PM
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what's Wawa

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legendary_zell
04/18/24 6:17:15 PM
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To people saying there's no case here: you're very very likely wrong. The EEOC could lose due to a lack of evidence or a bad judge, but blanket criminal records bans are known to have an unjustified and illegal disparate impact based on race. It has to be a crime that's relatively recent, and relevant to the specific job. The policy can't be overbroad. This isn't just in employment, it's also in housing and other relevant civil rights laws.

I'm saying this as someone who has brought cases like this under both housing and employment laws.

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