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Griggs v. Duke Power Co. Ruling
The Supreme Court's decision in Griggs v. Duke Power Co. established a key principle under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act: employers cannot use job requirements, such as a high school diploma, if they disproportionately disadvantage a specific racial group and are not proven to be essential for performing the job.
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A city's sanitation department implements a new requirement that all applicants for waste collection jobs must pass a written general intelligence test. This new policy results in a significantly lower percentage of applicants from a particular racial minority group being hired compared to other groups. The department has not conducted any studies to prove that a high score on this test correlates with an employee's ability to perform the essential duties of the job, such as operating machinery
Evaluating a Hiring Policy