A legal foundation is seeking a civil rights investigation of candy and snack maker The Hershey Co., which the group says has been engaging in unlawful and discriminatory hiring practices.
America First Legal Foundation (AFL) sent a letter (pdf) dated March 28 to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), asking for an inquiry into individual or systemic discrimination at Hershey. It pointed to the Pennsylvania-based company’s stated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan to build a workforce with specific percentages of immutable characteristics, such as gender.
