Tia's tamale factory employs 50 workers to make and ship food products all over the United States. The factory is located in a county where 60 percent of the residents are identified as people belonging to a protected class. Tia must hire an additional supervisor and despite her best efforts, she gets only three applicants: Conchita, a 35-year-old female; Sancho, a 17-year-old male belonging to the protected class; and Maureen, a 48-year-old disabled woman.
Suppose, Conchita and Maureen are equally qualified, and Tia decides to choose Maureen owing to her additional years of work experience, this action would most likely to be:
permissible under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act because the applicants were treated equally.
prohibited under Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
a violation of Title VII because the other employees are primarily Hispanic.
permissible under Executive Order 11246.