Pleasantville is a small city in Missouri, near St. Louis and several other larg
ID: 468370 • Letter: P
Question
Pleasantville is a small city in Missouri, near St. Louis and several other larger cities. Pleasantville has a policy that all employees of the City of Pleasantville must be residents of Pleasantville. The City of Pleasantville advertises in the local newspaper for a new sanitation worker, and the advertisement specifies that only residents of Pleasantville will be considered for the position. Steven, who is a resident of St. Louis, applies for the position and his application is rejected and someone else is hired. Is this a violation of the Civil Rights Act? Is this an example of disparate treatment? Why, or why not? Is this an example of disparate impact? Why, or why not?
Explanation / Answer
Yes there is a violation of the Civil Rights Act. The employee claiming for discrimination under the allegation of disparate treatment must prove that the discrimination was predicated upon treatment and people are entitled for employment despite the race nation or sex its and Steven needed protection for employment discrimination
Employer can adopt a legitimate policy intending that the policy will discriminate, so intent or lack of intent is really not determinative when it comes to the question of whether or not there has been discrimination.
Employment policy is that only citizens of the city Pleasantville will be offered jobs by the city – seems to be a reasonable policy. A city should be able to give its citizens priority in city jobs. Means if person is good with his skill and abilities then company can provide local citizenship to him.
But throughout policy it seemingly legitimate, may still be discriminatory. There have been several cases involving policies like this policy. In several of those cases, most of the citizens of the city having that policy were of one race even though the surrounding areas were composed of people of many races, so the city’s policy had the effect or impact of limiting city employees to the race that predominated in the city.