2020 Georgia Code
Title 45 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 19 - Labor Practices
Article 2 - Fair Employment Practices
§ 45-19-34. Hiring, Employing, or Selecting for Training Programs When Religion or National Origin a Bona Fide Occupational Qualification

Universal Citation: GA Code § 45-19-34 (2020)

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.

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

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 A.L.R.5th 349.

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