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15 CFR 8a.505: a.505 Employment criteria.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 15—Commerce and Foreign Trade
- Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Commerce
- PART 8a—NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
- Subpart E—Discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Employment in Education Programs or Activities Prohibited
A recipient shall not administer or operate any test or other criterion for any employment opportunity that has a disproportionately adverse effect on persons on the basis of sex unless:
(a) Use of such test or other criterion is shown to predict validly successful performance in the position in question; and
(b) Alternative tests or criteria for such purpose, which do not have such disproportionately adverse effect, are shown to be unavailable.
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