With a couple of new ideas regarding software design, Cara and Ray start a partnership that is successful and becomes Pacific Applications Company. The company grows to include a staff of twenty-one employees. Over time, Pacific develops a new computer operating system. The firm signs licensing contracts with several computer manufacturers, but needs to double the number of its employees to fulfill those contracts.

Is Pacific subject to federal antidiscrimination laws? If so, what should it consider in hiring new employees?