Bona fide occupational qualification (§ 2000e-2(e)(1))
EXCEPTION · 42usc2000e-2:bfoq
(formerly `variant bfoq`) Religion, sex, or national origin (never race or color) is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the business
Narrow statutory exception under § 2000e-2(e)(1) for religion, sex, or national origin (omitting race and color).
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in those certain instances where religion, sex, or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business or enterprise
Source: docroot/ir/usc/title42.jsonl#title42_sec2000e-2; Unicode character offsets [3135:3330] (end exclusive); SHA-256 7b026a9ac957c5491602d868578271db8730b4c98650f1a4007b2e7430194c8b.
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