Alice is the president and CEO of Happy Company, a business which is subject to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. She is a big fan of the TV show “Dancing with the Stars.” In order to have interests similar to hers, she has instructed the hiring manager to give each applicant a quiz on this TV show and not to hire anyone who failed the quiz. As it turned out more than 75% of female applicants passed this quiz and less than 25% of male applicants passed the quiz. All applicants who failed the quiz were not offered jobs. If this practice were challenged in court it would probably be ruled that:
A. This is illegal since this hiring practice has a disparate impact on a protected class.
B. This is illegal since it violates the public policy exception to the at will doctrine.
C. This is illegal since the 1964 law requires that job applicants be hired solely on the basis of their qualifications to do the job.
D. This is legal since liking or not liking a TV show is not a protected class under the 1964 law
E. This is legal since gender (sex) is not a protected class under the 1964 law.
Answer: A. This is illegal since this hiring practice has a disparate impact on a protected class.
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