O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 45-19-34 (2019)

Hiring, employing, or selecting for training programs when religion or national origin a bona fide occupational qualification

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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It is not an unlawful practice for an employer to hire and employ employees or to select an individual in any training program on the basis of religion or national origin in those certain instances where religion or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal functions of that particular employer’s responsibilities.

History

(Ga. L. 1978, p. 859, § 6; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1097, § 1.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 45A Am. Jur. 2d, Job Discrimination, § 256 et seq. C.J.S. - 14A C.J.S., Civil Rights, § 250.

ALR. - Judicial construction and application of state legislation prohibiting religious discrimination in employment, 37 ALR5th 349.

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