EEOC Fines Pepsi Beverages for Discrimination

Violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 EEOC has fined Pepsi Beverages over $3 million dollars for discriminating against African Americans in their hiring process. The EEOC states that Pepsi’s hiring process specifically their criminal background check policy created a disparate impact on black job candidates. Pepsi must also make significant changes to its criminal background check policies in their hiring process. Pepsi must also offer jobs to the victims of their former criminal background check policy if they still want to work there and are qualified for the employment positions. Another national company Dollar General is also under EEOC investigation for similar offenses. To learn more about these EEOC investigations and fines read recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2012-11-13-EEOC-&-Criminal-Histories-in-the-News.html