Reference no: EM133097174

You are a Human Resource Management Specialist. The city of Rockville hired you as a consultant to review their employee selection process. The City of Rockville administers a test twice a year for all persons interested in becoming firefighters. For the past four years, only males were passing the physical portion of the examination. A year ago, both the written exam and the physical part of the examination were revised. This written portion of the revised exam was administered on June 6th, and the physical portion of the exam was performed on June 8th. Two thousand persons were taking both sections of the exam. Out of the 2,000 applicants, 285 were females. Of the 285 female applicants, 122 passed the written portion of the exam, and 1,715 males who took the written part of the exam, 1,680 died. After taking the physical portion of the exam, 29 females scored high enough to be placed on the eligibility list, while 1,500 males were recognized on the list. Even though 29 women were eligible, their score was too low to be hired compared to the males. From this group of applicants, 50 people were hired, none of which were women.

1. Discussed whether the City of Rockville was involved in overt discrimination based on Title VII in their employee selection process.

2. Research and discuss whether the City of Rockville followed the EEOC Guidelines for determining the proper use of tests and other selection procedures.