SECTION 335:15-7-3. Discriminatory employee selection procedures

(a)   In investigating an employer's selection procedures (including those identified in (b) and (c) of this Section) for adverse impact on the basis of national origin, the Commission will apply its Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures contained in Subchapter 13 of this Chapter. Employers and other users of selection procedures should refer to the GESP for guidance on matters, such as adverse impact, validation and recordkeeping requirements for national origin groups.

(b)   Because height or weight requirements tend to exclude individuals on the basis of national origin, the user is expected to evaluate these selection procedures for adverse impact, regardless of whether the total selection process has an adverse impact based on national origin.

(c)   The Commission has found that the use of the following selection procedures may be discriminatory on the basis of national origin. Therefore, it will carefully investigate charges involving these selection procedures for both disparate treatment and adverse impact on the basis of national origin.

(1)   Fluency-in-English requirements, such as denying employment opportunities because of an individual's foreign accent, or inability to communicate well in English.

(2)   Training or education requirements which deny employment opportunities to an individual because of his or her foreign training or education, or which require an individual to be foreign trained or educated.