Select the best answer or answers. In Griggs v. Duke Power, the Supreme Court he

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Select the best answer or answers. In Griggs v. Duke Power, the Supreme Court held that: ___________

1. The Civil Rights Act requires the elimination of artificial, arbitrary, and unnecessary barriers to employment that operate invidiously to discriminate on the basis of race . . . and if an employment practice that operates to exclude a protected class cannot be shown to be related to job performance, it is prohibited, notwithstanding the employer's lack of discriminatory intent

2. The Civil Rights Act was not apposite to the claim

3. Residual discrimination arising from prior practices was insulated from remedial action
4. The black employees must be granted the jobs that they sought, even though it was clear that they would not perform them as well as whites

Explanation / Answer

Option A:

Reference: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/401/424/case.html

Duke Power company in 1950 implemented a policy that required Negros to work in only labour department. In 1955, the company added the requirement of diploma and test to qualify for higher paid jobs. Negro employees challenged the Duke Power Company the requirement of diploma and passing the test to qualify the job as these requirement is not intended to measure the ability to learn the job.

The reference mentioned above tells that the supreme court held the act that requires elimination of artificial, arbitrary, and unnecessary barriers to employment that operate invidiously to discriminate on the basis of race . . . and if an employment practice that operates to exclude a protected class cannot be shown to be related to job

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