America First Legal Accuses Hershey of Racial and Sex Discrimination While Hiring
By law, employers may not discriminate against an employee or potential employee because of their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. But America First Legal Foundation (AFL) says the Pennsylvania-based chocolate and snack maker The Hershey Company publicly admits to such discrimination.
AFL, a legal firm that fights policies that erode the principles upheld in the founding documents of the United States, sent a letter (pdf) to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on March 28 asking for an inquiry into individual or systemic discrimination at Hershey, pointing to its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) plan to build a workforce with specific percentages of immutable characteristics, such as gender….