29 C.F.R. § 1607.9

No assumption of validity

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A. Unacceptable substitutes for evidence of validity. Under no circumstances will the general reputation of a test or other selection procedures, its author or its publisher, or casual reports of its validity be accepted in lieu of evidence of validity. Specifically ruled out are: assumptions of validity based on a procedure's name or descriptive labels; all forms of promotional literature; data bearing on the frequency of a procedure's usage; testimonial statements and credentials of sellers, users, or consultants; and other nonempirical or anecdotal accounts of selection practices or selection outcomes.

B. Encouragement of professional supervision. Professional supervision of selection activities is encouraged but is not a substitute for documented evidence of validity. The enforcement agencies will take into account the fact that a thorough job analysis was conducted and that careful development and use of a selection procedure in accordance with professional standards enhance the probability that the selection procedure is valid for the job.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases, 1972–2012 · leading case: Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody, 422 U.S. 405 (1975).
Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody, 422 U.S. 405 (1975). · cites it 2× “29 CFR § 1607.9 . Whether such circumstances now obtain is a matter best decided, in the first instance, by the District Court.”
M.O.C.H.A. Soc'y, Inc. v. City of Buffalo, 689 F.3d 263 (2d Cir. 2012). · cites it 2× “24 similar and that familiar “intelligence tests are always valid”); 29 C.F.R. § 1607.9 (A) (prohibiting employer from using promotional examination based on “nonempirical or anecdotal accounts of selection practices or selection outcomes”).”
5 Fair empl.prac.cas. 587, 5 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8460 United States of Am. v. Georgia Power Co., Charles King v. Georgia Power Co., 474 F.2d 906 (5th Cir. 1973). “” [ 29 C.F.R. § 1607.9 ] There was no evidence in this *915 record that Georgia Power had ever attempted to satisfy these provisions.”
Williams v. Ford Motor Co., 187 F.3d 533 (6th Cir. 1999). · cites it 2× “” 29 C.F.R. § 1607.9 (A). “Professional supervision of selection activities is encouraged but is not a substitute for documented evidence of validity.”
22 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1073, 22 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,871 Joyce Harless v. Robert Duck, 619 F.2d 611 (6th Cir. 1980). “For these reasons, the examination cannot be a valid interim test under 29 C.F.R. § 1607.9 . 8 . A female police officer, hired in 1972 and later assigned to recruiting, testified that many women did not want to become “policewomen” because of the separate entry level…”
Friend v. Leidinger, 446 F. Supp. 361 (E.D. Va. 1977). “14 ), 29 C.F.R. § 1607.9 . Mr. Sutton testified that a predictive validity study would be done as soon as a sufficient sample of firemen who had taken the test and had been hired had been gathered.”
Jesse Douglas v. Robert E. Hampton, Chairman of Civil Serv. Comm'n, 512 F.2d 976 (D.C. Cir. 1975). “The FSEE has been used since 1955, and we have no doubt that after nearly 20 years the best evidence of job relatedness is empirical validity.”
Walls v. Mississippi State Dep't of Pub. Welfare, 730 F.2d 306 (5th Cir. 1984). · cites it 4× “On appeal, the state Department re-urges an immunity defense to the back-pay claim, which was raised in the trial court; it was not passed upon by the district court, probably because the court felt that consideration of this issue properly awaited determination in the damages…”
Buckner v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 339 F. Supp. 1108 (N.D. Ala. 1972). “29 C.F.R. § 1607.9 . The fact that the tests have been used since 1965, though prior to validation studies, is of some support to the company rather than the plaintiffs.”
Easterling v. State of Connecticut, 783 F. Supp. 2d 323 (D. Conn. 2011). “See 29 C.F.R. § 1607.9 . 3. Whether the DOC Has Shown That the Cut Times in the 1.”
Bazile v. City of Houston, 858 F. Supp. 2d 718 (S.D. Tex. 2012). “29 C.F.R. § 1607.9 (A). Even assuming that cognitive skills are a valid prediction of some aspects of job performance, Dr.”
Morrow v. Dillard, 412 F. Supp. 494 (S.D. Miss. 1976). “29 C.F.R. 1607.9. In conducting the study, the department should give great deference to the EEOC’s Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, 29 C.”
— 29 C.F.R. § 1607.9(A) — 1 case
— 29 C.F.R. § 1607.9(B) — 1 case
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