Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 45 - Public Welfare last revised: May 13, 2024
§ 86.55 - Job classification and structure.

A recipient shall not:

(a) Classify a job as being for males or for females;

(b) Maintain or establish separate lines of progression, seniority lists, career ladders, or tenure systems based on sex; or

(c) Maintain or establish separate lines of progression, seniority systems, career ladders, or tenure systems for similar jobs, position descriptions, or job requirements which classify persons on the basis of sex, unless sex is a bona-fide occupational qualification for the positions in question as set forth in § 86.61.

(Secs. 901, 902, Education Amendments of 1972, 86 Stat. 373, 374; 20 U.S.C. 1681,1682,June,1975; 40 FR 39506, Aug. 28, 1975]
authority: 20 U.S.C. 1681 through 1688; Pub. L. 100-259, 102 Stat. 28 (Mar. 22, 1988)
source: 40 FR 24137, June 4, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 45 CFR 86.55