18 CFR 1317.505
§ 1317.505 Employment criteria.
United States · 18 CFR — Conservation of Power and Water Resources · Status: effective
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- 18 CFR 1317.505, § 1317.505 Employment criteria, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/72711
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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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.