41 CFR § 60-20.3 - Sex as a bona fide occupational qualification.
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Identifier
/us/cfr/t41/s60-20.3
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
60 — Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal Employment Opportunity, Department of Labor
Authority
Sec. 201, E.O. 11246, 30 FR 12319, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 339 as amended by E.O. 11375, 32 FR 14303, 3 CFR 1966-1970 Comp., p. 684; E.O. 12086, 43 FR 46501, 3 CFR 1978 Comp., p. 230; E.O. 13279, 6... Sec. 201, E.O. 11246, 30 FR 12319, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 339 as amended by E.O. 11375, 32 FR 14303, 3 CFR 1966-1970 Comp., p. 684; E.O. 12086, 43 FR 46501, 3 CFR 1978 Comp., p. 230; E.O. 13279, 67 FR 77141, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 258; and E.O. 13672, 79 FR 42971.
# 60-20.3 Sex as a bona fide occupational qualification.Contractors may not hire and employ employees on the basis of sex unless sex is a *bona fide* occupational qualification (BFOQ) reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the contractor's particular business or enterprise.