The company has been slapped with a civil rights complaint alleging the candy manufacturer is engaging in discriminatory hiring and training practices.
America First Legal notified the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, DC, via letter on Wednesday requesting an investigation into the company claiming “strong reasons to believe that Mars is intentionally and systemically violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by unlawfully conditioning hiring, promotion, and training on race, color, national origin, and/or sex.”
According to Fox News, the AFL argued Mars is violating Title VII in the complaint citing the company as having a goal to “achieve gender balance across one hundred percent of its leadership teams” and to ensure “leadership teams and Associate representation...reflect the race and ethnicities of the labor force in the markets in which it operates.”
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The AFL also noted that Mars’ “Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity” statement demonstrates “how deeply unlawful discrimination is embedded in Mars’s employment and contracting practices” and claimed training opportunities are discriminatory because “leadership development training” and “mentorship circles” only apply to women.
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“Mars discriminatory hiring and training programs are patently illegal and deeply harmful. Discrimination against job applicants or employees based on immutable characteristics such as race, color, national origin, or sex ‘generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds.’”
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The AFL told the outlet, “With $45 billion in sales in 2022, Mars is a world-bestriding corporate behemoth and one of the largest food companies in the world. No one should be above the law, and Mars should be held to account for its unlawful discrimination. American First Legal will keep fighting to preserve our Constitution and to protect equal opportunity for all Americans.”
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A statement from James Rogers, America First Legal Senior Counsel, sums up the situation. “Mars brands - M&Ms, 3 Musketeers, Wrigley’s, Lifesavers, and so many others - have been a part of American’s lives for generations. It is sad that, like so many other woke corporations, Mars has degenerated into a sad parody of the great company it once was. Mars needs to stop trying to socially engineer the country. It must abandon its illegal and sordid bigotry, which only contributes further to the growing division and hatred in our country. We hope that the EEOC acts quickly on our complaint to investigate Mars to end its dangerous and destructive discrimination and go back to focusing on making chocolate.”
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