Question: The article Could college recruitment programs be considered illegal?, noted that many firms, including the accounting giant PwC, rely heavily on recruiting at colleges and
The article "Could college recruitment programs be considered illegal?," noted that many firms, including the accounting giant PwC, rely heavily on recruiting at colleges and universities, with the aim of hiring recent graduates who have up-to-date skills and knowledge in the relevant areas, and who are just starting or early in their careers. However, a class- action discrimination lawsuit has recently been filed against PwC, charging that the firm's near-exclusive reliance on campus recruiting for entry-level accountant positions, its explicit emphasis on attracting and retaining Millennials, and its mandatory early retirement policy that requires partners to retire by age 60, produce against candidates who, and therefore violates the both disparate treatment and disparate impact; are lower class; Civil Rights Act O disparate impact; are over 40 years of age; ADEA (Age Discrimination in Employment Act) O disparate treatment; have disabilities: ADA disparate impact are racial minorities: Civil Rights Act o disparate treatment; are racial minorities: Civil Rights Act O 2 3 (hp) The article "Could college recruitment programs be considered illegal?," noted that many firms, including the accounting giant PwC, rely heavily on recruiting at colleges and universities, with the aim of hiring recent graduates who have up-to-date skills and knowledge in the relevant areas, and who are just starting or early in their careers. However, a class- action discrimination lawsuit has recently been filed against PwC, charging that the firm's near-exclusive reliance on campus recruiting for entry-level accountant positions, its explicit emphasis on attracting and retaining Millennials, and its mandatory early retirement policy that requires partners to retire by age 60, produce against candidates who, and therefore violates the both disparate treatment and disparate impact; are lower class; Civil Rights Act O disparate impact; are over 40 years of age; ADEA (Age Discrimination in Employment Act) O disparate treatment; have disabilities: ADA disparate impact are racial minorities: Civil Rights Act o disparate treatment; are racial minorities: Civil Rights Act O 2 3 (hp)