bona fide occupational qualification definition

• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Uaw, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Local 322, Allied Industrial Workers of America, Afl-Cio, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Johnson Controls, Inc., Defendant-Appellee., 886 F.2d 871 (7th Cir. 1989)

... of employees and their families from occupational health hazards and was responding to the increased... these policies may only be justified with a bona fide occupational qualification defense. In approa... prison, we considered how a specific definition of a business could permit a bona fide occupationa...

• Federal Circuits

• 'Weighting' for protection in Massachusetts: the myth of equal opportunity in employment.

..., genetic information, or ancestry, absent a bona fide occupational qualification. (19) While such p...(74) . 1. Definitions . Although sometimes used interchangeably, "overwe...

• Suffolk University Law Review
• Vol. 42 Nbr. 1, December 2008

• 33 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1700, 33 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,149 Lorraine Le Beau, Et Al., and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Appellants, v. Libbey-Owens-Ford Company, and Local 19, United Glass and Ceramic Workers, Appellees., 727 F.2d 141 (7th Cir. 1984)

... 703(e)) for employment where sex is "a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessa... moved the Court to reconsider the definition of the class. The Court, by order filed May 16, 19...

• Federal Circuits

• 20 CFR 652.8 - Administrative provisions.

... and reports that are uniform in definition, accessible to authorized Federal and State staff,..., except where the stated requirement is a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ). See, gener...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 20: Employees' Benefits

• Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC, 554 U.S. (2008)

... disability benefits on the ground that its bona fide benefit program provided disability benefits ... worked until normal retirement age by definition gives more constructive years of service to younge... this phrase had been used without qualification, the Court's interpretation of it might have been ... did not establish a bona fide occupational qualification defense. As a result, the Court held...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Connecticut Prohibits Gender Identity Or Expression Discrimination.

..., and labor unions, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification or need, from refu... or assigned sex at birth." This definition reflects the legislature's intent to broaden the a...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• 8 CFR 214.2 - Special requirements for admission, extension, and maintenance of status.

...(2) Definition of A-1 or A-2 dependent. For purposes of employmen... that the dependent possesses the qualifications for the position. (ii) The Department of State rev... a substantial amount of capital in a bona fide enterprise in the United States, as distinct ... stoppage of workers in the alien's occupational classification is in progress at the place where t...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 8: Aliens and Nationality

• Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States

The Department of Labor (the Department) is amending its regulations governing the certification of the employment of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal non-agricultural employment and the enforcement of the obligations applicable to employers of such nonimmigrant workers. This Final Rule revises the process by which employers obtain a temporary labor certification from the Department for use in petitioning the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status. We have also created new regulations to provide for increased worker protections for both United States (U.S.) and foreign workers.

... 655.44 and providing a new definition of full-time and a slightly modified definition of... will be reviewing them as evidence that a bona fide relationship exists between the agent and the... proposed to require that the job qualifications and requirements listed in the job order be bona f... notices, such as safety and health occupational notices, that the employer is required by law to p...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 10038, February 21, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• Wage and Hour Division

• Medicare Program:

...Scope (Sec. 423.2300) b. Definitions (Sec. 423.2305). (1) Applicable Beneficiary. (2) A...Special Needs Plans (FIDE SNPs) (Sec. 422.102) 3. Application of the Medicar..., we propose to add a definition for ``bona fide service fees'' to our regulations at Sec. 423...D sponsor qualifications. In the April 2011 final rule (76 FR 21432), we ad... Labor Statistics estimates from the Occupational Employment Statistics Survey). V. Regulatory Impac...

• FR, October 11, 2011
• Proposed rules
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• Attractiveness as Hiring Criteria: Savvy Business Practice or Racial Discrimination?

Introduction .II. Appearance Policies And Title VII .A. Disparate Treatment. 1. McDonnell Douglas Analysis.2. Mixed-Motive Analysis .B. Disparate Impact.C. Bona Fide Occupational Qualification. III. The Effect Attractiveness as On Hiring Minorities. A. Attractiveness: Social Psychology Effects . B. Influence of Race on Perceptions of Attractiveness.C. The Effect Hiring Policies Based on Attractiveness Might Have on the Hiring of Minorities.D. Other Relevant Influences on Customers .IV. How Can We Address This Problem? A. Create a Bona Fide Occupational Qualification Exception for Using Attractiveness as a Hiring Criterion for Attractiveness Enhancing Products .B. Local and State Laws Prohibiting Appearance Discrimination. V. Conclusion

... might argue that there is no universal definition of attractiveness, this practice negates that view...

• The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice
• Nbr. 8-2, October 2004