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Tim Rowe Case Summary

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Tim Rowe owns his own trucking company and has always hired his employees based on three criteria. They must have a high school diploma, pass a short paper and pencil test that they must score at least a 70 on and have a valid driver’s license if they are applying for the position of a driver. Tim was notified recently that 2 equal employment complaints had been filed against him and his firm. The complaints are from a woman that alleges the test does not measure a person’s ability to drive and is not a valid predictor of job success and the other is from a minority man that alleges that a high school diploma requirement is not related to his ability to do that particular job and that it unfairly discriminates against minorities as a whole. …show more content…

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 all prohibit the use of discriminatory employment tests and selection procedures. A fair selection process consists of judging people on their ability to do the job and not on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, genetic information or disability. Since Tim is the owner of the company he has the right to use any legal hiring methods he chooses to find the best person(s) for the job and the requirements are defined by him. The criteria are said to be applied to all applicants and not just a specific group of people and all applicants are held to the same hiring standard. To further evaluate the selection procedure I would need for Tim to provide information to help show that no discrimination has taken place and that it truly is standard for all applicants. Tim would need to submit copies of policies he has in place and provide files of employees for review of the test scores and ratings when it came to the selection process. Interviews would need to be conducted with randomly selected employees to provide first-hand witness account to what goes on in the office and confidentiality needs to be maintained so that no retaliation

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