Tillamook Cheese Company: Discrimination In Employment Act Of 1967

Tillamook Cheese Company is a cheese processor located in Corinth, Pennsylvania. Majority of their stay are no older than 35 and no younger than 25 making this a company who majority employs the younger generation. Also, Tillamook has an all-white cleaning crew. According to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) there may be a violation of these rights at Tillamook Cheese Company.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is an act, “to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the attorney General to institute suits to

As a condition of employment Tillamook requires their employees to have a high school diploma. So either there are no minorities that have high school diplomas or they don’t apply to work at this company. There are 75% whites who have high school diplomas and 25% of minorities. With those percentages there should be at least a small portion of minorities with a job at one of the largest cheese processors. I would assume that since majority of the white population have diplomas that they would consume much of this sector. However, there are 25% of minorities who also could be employed with this company. These percentages are important when determing discrimination because it gives us grounds to investigate if they are practicing unlawful employment practices. I don’t assume that Tillamook believes that out of 25% of minorities who have diplomas, none of them have the qualifications needed to clean. According to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an unlawful employment practice is, “to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his

The act requires that requires that an employer can’t discriminate against an employee over 40 years of age. Tillamook hires majority of young people ranging from the ages of 25-35. According to The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, it’s unlawful to “fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, condition, or privileges of employment because of such individuals age.” I don’t think Tillamook is in violation of age discrimination because they do hire different ages. However, majority of their workers are on the relatively younger. Since, they do hire employees of different ages, that’s not grounds for discrimination. For example, if I was to hire 20 employees and out of the 20 only 9 were over the age of 40. That is not evidences for discrimination. With that being said, it would be difficult for someone to sue under disparate treatment. This mean that they would have to prove under the disparate meaning “different” treatment that their employer intended to discriminate under one of the factors included in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. It’s more difficult to prove