Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed against Starbucks, claiming the international coffee chain has violated federal and state anti-discrimination laws.

Missouri accused Starbucks of tying executive pay to the company’s achieving racial and gender-based hiring quotas.

Starbucks was sued on Tuesday by the U.S. state of Missouri, which accused the coffee chain of using a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as a pretext to illegally discriminate on the basis of race.

U.S. state of Missouri accused the coffee chain of using a commitment to DEI as a pretext to systemically discriminate based on race, gender and sexual orientation

A lawsuit filed by Missouri’s Republican attorney general claims Starbucks is unlawfully using diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices that ultimately discriminate against its employees. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court,

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a lawsuit against Starbucks on Tuesday, alleging the company utilizes illegal "race-based hiring practices."