With a couple of new ideas regarding software design, Carol and Ray start a partnership that, with business success, 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 manufactur¬ers, but needs to double the number of its employees to fulfill those con¬tracts. Is Pacific subject to federal antidiscrimination laws? If so, what should it consider in hiring new employees?