(See Appendix I.). For Deaf/Hard of Hearing callers: The first female police officer. R's bus drivers were 65% White male, 32% Black male, 2% Hispanic, and 1% Asian (Chinese). It is changeable, it is controllable within age and medical limits, and it is not a trait peculiar to In Commission Decision No. Rawlinson, supra, however, agreed with the Commission's position and used national statistics to find that minimum height and weight requirements were discriminatory and that unsupported assertions about strength were inadequate to Share sensitive Air Lines Inc., 430 F. Supp. This means that, except in rare instances, charging parties attempting to challenge height and weight requirements do not have to show an adverse impact on their protected group or class by use of actual applicant flow or selection data. In contrast to the consistently held position of the Commission, some pre-Dothard v. Rawlinson, When such charges are presented, the charging party should be apprised that courts have The Supreme Court in Dothard v. The policy is not applied to sales agents or pursers for first class passengers who are all male. Policy on height and weight requirements Printer-friendly version Next ISBN -7778-5903-3 Approved by the OHRC: June 19, 1996 (Please note: minor revisions were made in December 2009 to address legislative amendments resulting from the Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2006, which came into effect on June 30, 2008.) resultant disproportionate exclusion of females from consideration for employment establishes a prima facie case of sex discrimination. Selection Procedures at 29 C.F.R. Reference can be made to general principles of adverse impact analysis and analogies can be drawn to court cases. CP, a female who passed the wall, but not the sandbag requirement, filed a charge alleging sex discrimination 1982), vacating in part panel opinion in, 648 F.2d 1223, 26 EPD 31,921 (9th Cir. groups was not justified as a business necessity or validated in accordance with Commission guidelines. a. escalating numbers of officer resignations. Part of that requirement would entail a showing that the charging party's protected group weighs more on average than other groups and is therefore disproportionately excluded from employment. 58. Example - R had a hiring policy that precluded hiring overweight persons as receptionists. R imposed this minimum weight requirement upon the assumption that only persons 150 lbs. (1) Disparate Treatment Analysis - The disparate treatment analysis is typically applicable where the respondent has a height or weight requirement, but it is only enforced against one protected The height/weight standards can be found below. (i) If there are documents get copies. of a disproportionate number of women and to a lesser extent other protected groups based on sex, national origin, or race. 1981). Under that rule, which was adopted in the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP) at 29 C.F.R. Find your nearest EEOC office (i) Use of National Statistics - In dealing with height and weight requirements it may not in many cases be appropriate to rely upon an actual applicant flow analysis to determine if women requirements for males and females violates the Act. 1607, there is a substantial difference and In Commission Decision No. Dillmann is 1.615 meters tall - 1.5 centimeters too short. Once in the service, reservists must meet height, weight and body fat standards. the issue is non-CDP, and the Office of Legal Counsel, Guidance Division should be contacted.). Additionally, the respondent failed to establish a business necessity to the respondent was to show that the requirements constituted a business necessity with a manifest relationship to the employment in question. (Whether or not adverse impact can be found in this situation is Answer (1 of 8): There used to be. exclude Black applicants, while liberally granting exceptions to White applicants. Title VII, 29 CFR Part 1604, 29 CFR Part 1605, Employers, Employees, Applicants, Attorneys and Practitioners, EEOC Staff, Commissioner Charges and Directed Investigations, Office of Civil Rights, Diversity and Inclusion, Management Directives & Federal Sector Guidance, Federal Sector Alternative Dispute Resolution, Advance Data from Vital Health Statistics, No. for the safe and efficient operation of its business. accorded Black males versus Black females); and 621.1(b)(2)(i) (where appropriate use of national statistics is discussed).). (iv) Dothard v. Rawlinson - In Dothard v. Rawlinson, 433 U.S. 321, 14 EPD 7632 (1977), the Supreme Court was faced with a challenge by a rejected female applicant for a Correctional City of East Cleveland, 363 F. Supp. The number of Hispanic females in the employer's workforce was double their representation in the relevant labor market, and there was no For instance, in U.S. v. Lee Way Motor Freight Inc., 7 EPD 9066 (D.C. Okla. 1973), the respondent, a trucking company, strictly applied its height and weight requirements for driver Many height statutes for employees such as police officers, state troopers, firefighters, correctional counselors, flight attendants, and pilots contain height ranges, e.g., 5'6" to 6'5". And, the Court in Dothard accordingly suggested that "[i]f the job-related quality that the [respondents] identify is bona fide, their purpose The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) combine the above and add a height/weight requirement. whether Black or Hispanic females can establish that they as a class weigh proportionally more than White females must remain non-CDP. 1607. (See 621.1(b)(2)(iv) for a more detailed 1607; and 610, Adverse Impact in the Selection Process, which is forthcoming.). statutes. ), In Example 1 above, weight, in the sense of females as a class being more frequently overweight than males, is a mutable characteristic. Dothard v. Rawlinson, 433 U.S. 321, 14 EPD 7632 (1977); citing Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 401 U.S. 424, 3 EPD 8137 (1971). necessity without which the business could not safely and efficiently be performed. men must be disproportionately excluded from employment by a maximum height requirement, in the same manner as women are disproportionately excluded from employment by a minimum height requirement. CP, a female stewardess who was disciplined for being overweight, filed a charge alleging that she was being discriminated against Over a two-year period 1 male and 15 females were discharged for failing to maintain the proper weight. 71-1418, CCH EEOC Decisions (1973) 6223. excluded from hostess positions because of their physical measurements. In Commission Decision No. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. height requirement a business necessity. These jobs include police officers, state troopers, flight attendants, lifeguards, firefighters, correctional officers, and even production workers and lab A slightly smaller range is not acceptable. CPs, 604.) Prohibited disparate treatment can also occur where maximum weight limitations are imposed on females in exclusively female job categories such as flight attendants but not on male employees such as directors of passenger service who perform Experts from Military.com explain that males can weigh a maximum of 141 pounds at 60 inches, 191 pounds at 70 inches . national statistical pool, the EOS should consult 610, Adverse Impact in the Selection Process. Using a different standard for females as opposed to males was found to violate the Act. Therefore, absent a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason, discrimination can result from the imposition of different maximum height standards or no maximum height This was sufficient to establish a The Court found that imposition Example (2) - Police Department - The application to female job applicants of minimum size requirements by police departments has also been found to be discriminatory. Such charges might have the following form. This was adequate to meet the charging parties' burden of establishing a prima facie case. The Court So I turned my interests into Emergency Medical Services. CPs argue that the standard charts fail for that reason to consider that Black females have a different body structure, physiology, and different proportional height/weight measurements than White females. The physical strength requirements discussed here involve situations where Therefore, imposing different In the early 1900s, policewomen were often called _____ and were employed to bring order and assistance to the lives of women and children. 1976), "under no set of facts can plaintiff recover on the legal theory she urgesbecause weight is neither an immutable characteristic nor a (See Example 4 below and Commission Decisions in 621.5(e).) constitute a business necessity defense. Example (4) - Full Processing Indicated - CPs, Black female applicants for jobs at R's bank, allege that R discriminated against them by denying them employment because they exceeded the maximum weight limit allowed by R prohibited sex discrimination. Therefore, The Aviation Class 1 limits include: a minimum height of 163cm and maximum of 193cm, a sitting height maximum of 100cm and a buttock-to-knee limit of 67cm. Here are the requirements to become a commissioned Officer: Age: At least 17, but under 31 in the year of commissioning as an Officer. protected groups were disproportionately excluded from consideration. Examples 2 and 4 above processing should continue. As the above examples suggest, charges could be framed based on disparate treatment or adverse impact involving a maximum height requirement, and the Commission would have jurisdiction over the matter of the charge. 71-2643, CCH EEOC Decisions (1973) 6286; and Commission Decision No. In Dothard v. Rawlinson, supra and Meadows v. Ford Motor Co., 62 FRD 98, 5 EPD 8468 (D.C. Ky. 1973), the respondent was unable to show the existence of a valid relationship between its minimum weight requirement and R felt that overweight males were more acceptable to its customers than overweight females. CP, a female flight attendant discharged because of the policy, filed a charge alleging adverse impact based on sex. (See the examples in 621.3(a), above.). HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HEIGHT AND WEIGHT CHART Exceptions are granted for an applicant whose height and weight is proportioned, or an applicant with a muscular or athletic build. (See 621.1(b)(2)(i), above.) exclusion from employment based on their protected status and being overweight. (ii) If there are witnesses get their statements. Example (2) - R, an airline, has a maximum weight policy under which violators are disciplined and can be discharged. ), In other instances, instead of relying upon minimum proportional height/weight standards as a measure of strength, the respondents have abolished height and weight standards and have installed in their place physical ability tests. CP, an overweight Black female file clerk, applied and was rejected for a vacant receptionist position. But on Tuesday, a court in . and 28% of all men, that she was being discriminated against because of her sex. Counselor position at a prison, who failed to meet the minimum 120 lb. discrimination because weight in the sense of being over or under weight is neither an immutable characteristic nor a constitutionally protected category. She alleged in her class action suit that the minimum requirements For employment, an individual must complete the following in 3:52 or less: 1. In Commission Decision No. 192 192 See Amie M. Schuck, . Tex. and ability to comply, are consistent with accepted medical notions of good health, and exemptions are available for those medically unable to comply, the use of different standards does not result in prohibited discrimination. females than males since the average height for females is 63 inches, and the average height for males is 68.2 inches. Conceding that the CPs had established a prima facie case, R defended on CP, a 6'7" male, applied but was rejected for a police officer position because he is over the maximum height. Therefore, a national statistical pool, as opposed to an actual applicant pool, should be used for discriminated on the basis of sex because large numbers of females were automatically excluded from consideration. Height/Weight Standards: . This issue is non-CDP. disproportionate exclusion or adverse impact can, based on national statistics, constitute a prima facie case of discrimination. 701 et seq. However, some departments set a minimum age requirement of 20, with the condition that the candidate must be 21 when they were sworn in. 76-45 and 76-47 (cited above), statistical comparison data was not sufficiently developed or otherwise available from any source to enable the charging parties to show disproportionate (iii) Bottom Line - Under the bottom line concept which can be found in 4(C) of the UGESP, where height and weight requirements are a component of the selection procedure, even if considering all the components together there is no national origin, or establish that the height requirement constitutes a business necessity. 1979). d. improved educational opportunities. stronger. (b) Analyzing Height and Weight Charts, 621.2 Minimum Height Requirements, 621.3 Maximum Height Requirements, 621.4 Minimum Weight Requirements, 621.5 Maximum Weight Requirements, (d) Different Maximum Weight, Same Height and Standard Charts, 621.6 Physical Strength and Ability or Agility, (b) Physical Strength and Size Requirements, (c) Physical Ability or Agility Tests. employers, the actual applicant pool may not accurately reflect the qualified applicant pool. Weight requirements for Navy positions are enforced. 54 Although there are no Commission decisions dealing with disparate treatment in the discriminatory use of a minimum weight requirement, an analogy can be drawn to Commission Decision No. In this case, a 5'7" male is being treated differently because of his sex or national origin if he is excluded because of failure to meet the height requirement since a As long as some women can successfully perform the job, the respondent cannot successfully rely on the narrow BFOQ The defendants responded that height and weight requirements "have a relationship to strength, . resolve such charges and as a guide to drafting the LOD. Your are also quite skinny even for someone of your height. Disparate treatment occurs when a protected group or class member is treated less favorably than other similarly situated employees for reasons prohibited under Title VII. One had to be at least 5'8" to apply to be a cop. Realizing that large numbers of women, Hispanics, and Asians were automatically excluded by the 6' and 170 lbs. discrimination against him because of his sex (male) because of national statistics which show that women are on average shorter than men. The question of what would constitute an adequate business necessity defense so as to entitle the employer to maintain minimum height standards was not addressed by the Court in Dothard v. Rawlinson, supra. 884, 17 EPD 8462 (E.D. Applicants must be between 60 and 80 inches in height, and be between 18 and 39 years of age. principle is applicable to charges involving maximum height requirements. 14 (November 30, 1977). Donors must have a body weight of at least 45-50kg. A police department minimum height requirement of 67 inches was found in Dothard v. Rawlinson (cited below) to preclude consideration of more CP, Chinese and under 140 lbs., alleged that, while she According to R, individuals under 5'7" could not see properly or operate the controls of a bus. The respondent did not show the existence of a valid relationship between strength and weight. Example (2) - R, a fire department, replaced its minimum height/weight standards with a physical ability/agility test. In order to establish a prima facie case of adverse impact regarding use of maximum weight requirements, a protected group or class member would have to show disproportionate exclusion of his/her protected group or class because of 71-1529, CCH EEOC Decisions (1973) 6231; Commission weigh proportionately more as a class than White females. In Commission Decision No. CP alleged that the denial was based on her race, not on her height, because R hired other applicants under 5'8" tall. 131 M Street, NE were rejected for being overweight. weight requirement. is a minimum height/weight requirement, are applicants actually being rejected on the basis of physical strength. In Commission Decision No. These self-serving, subjective assertions did not constitute an adequate defense to the charge. 1132, 19 EPD 9267 (N.D. Ill. 1979). That court left open the question of whether discrimination can occur where women are forced to resort to "diuretics, diet pills, and crash dieting" to meet disparate weight requirements. Therefore, the BFOQ exception to the Act cannot be relied upon as the basis for automatically excluding all females where strength is females, not the males, to be "shapely". Another problem the EOS might encounter is that the charge is filed by members of a "subclass," e.g., Asian women. 76-47, CCH Employment Practices Guide 6635.). The EOS would therefore have to determine whether there are statistics showing disproportionate exclusion of the charging party's group as a result of a neutral rule or policy. suggested that, even if the quality was found to be job related, a validated test which directly measures strength could be devised and adopted. The required height for female police officers in the state is 1.63 meters (just over five feet three inches). (Where other than public contact positions are involved, The imposition of such tests may result in the exclusion because the physical ability/agility test disproportionately excludes large numbers of women and is not justified by business necessity. minimum weight standards for different group or class members because of their protected status or nonuniform application of the same minimum weight standard can, absent a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for its use, result in prohibited Investigation revealed that R had no Black assembly line workers and that a No such restrictions were placed on the hiring of other personnel such as file clerks, secretaries, or professionals. 1975); Castro v. Beecher, 459 F.2d 725, 4 EPD 7783 (1st Cir. (See U.S. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 454 F. Supp. This is because many court and administrative determinations have found that height and weight requirements Members of the 155th trooper training class salute during . This was the case in Dothard v. Rawlinson, supra where a female was rejected for a correctional counselor position because she failed to meet the minimum 120 lb. Unlike minimum height requirements where setting different standards has been found to The employer must use the least restrictive alternative. They did not fairly and substantially relate to the performance of the duties of a police (See Commission Decision No. for a police cadet position. Jarrell v. Eastern Non-Pilot Height And Weight Requirements Gender: Male Nationality: US citizen Height: 5'8 or taller Weight: 130 to 240 pounds (2) Determine the Title VII basis, e.g., race, color, sex, national origin or religion, of the complaint, and the issues or allegations as they relate to a protected The minimum height for a female (of general category) & ST (not of SC or OBC) according to the physical criteria for IPS should be 150 cm. . However, Marines have more restrictive height standards with make applicants having a range of between 58 inches and 78 inches while female applicants should fall between 58 inches . v. Duke Power Co., 401 U.S. 424, 3 EPD 8137 (1971). In recent years, an increasing number of lawsuits against police officers have been brought to federal . Example (2) - R, airlines, has a maximum 6'5" height requirement for pilots. They also MUST be US citizens. Investigation revealed evidence supporting CP's contention and that R had no Chinese the council's promulgation of standards recognizes the multiple responsibilities to be fair to prospective candidates, and to duly consider the safety and welfare of the general public. The charge should, however, be accepted, assigned a charge number, and the file closed and a notice 7601 (5th Cir. . When you are accepted as a cadet with the RCMP you are expected to enter cadet training with a good level of physical fitness. Standards ranged from 152 cm in Belgium to 170 cm in Greece, Malta, and Romania. Rawlinson, supra, the Supreme Court found that applying a requirement of minimum height of 5'2 and weight of 120 lbs. of right to sue issued to protect the charging party's appeal rights. Maximum height requirements would, of course, Impliedly, taller, heavier people are also physically stronger (4) Determine if other employees or applicants are affected by the use of height and weight requirements. Hispanics from production jobs. possible that reliance on the charts could result in disproportionate exclusion of Black females, the EOS should continue to investigate this type of charge for adverse impact. females. There, females could not be over 5'9" tall, while males could not be over 6'0" tall. For a determination of whether the 4/5ths or 80% rule test, as opposed to the test of statistical or practical significance, can be used when dealing with height/weight requirements and a Investigation revealed that the weight policy was strictly applied to females, that females were For example, a police department might stipulate that a candidate who stands 5 feet, 7 inches tall must weigh at least 140 pounds but not more than 180 pounds. Gerdom v. Continental Air Lines Inc., 692 F.2d 602, 30 EPD 33,156 (9th Cir. Close A related body of scholarship also suggests that, on average, female police officers are more adept at avoiding violent confrontations in the first instance. Thereafter, to ultimately prevail, the charging party would have to show the availability of less restrictive alternatives. exists in this situation is non-CDP; therefore, the Office of Legal Counsel, Guidance Division should be contacted when it arises. standards for female as opposed to similarly situated male employees. In Commission Decision No. police officer. Height and weight requirements for necessary job performance The U.S. Supreme Court case of Dothard v. Rawlinson (1977) revolved around what police candidate issue? standard, R replaced the height/weight requirement with a physical Many employers impose minimum weight requirements on applicants or employees. A direct analogy was drawn to the long hair cases where the circuit courts In Blake v. City of Los Angeles, 595 F.2d 1367, 19 EPD 9251 (9th Cir. Cox v. Delta Air Lines, 14 EPD 7600 (S.D. Discrimination results from nonuniform application of the requirements based on the applicant's race. ; and. Investigation revealed that of 237 flight attendants 57 are males and 180 Example (2) - R, police department, had a minimum height requirement for females but not for males because it did not believe females, as opposed to males, under 5'8" could safely and efficiently perform all the duties of a ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. presented to the Commission by Black and Hispanic women both groups were unable to meet the first requirement of proving statistically that, on average, their groups weighed more. The result is that, if meeting a minimum height or weight limit is a requirement for employment, these protected group members will most subject to one's personal control. In the 1977 Dothard v. Rawlinson case, the plaintiffs showed that the height and weight requirements excluded more than 40 percent of women and less than 10 percent of men. females. female applicant who was not hired for a vacant flight attendant position, filed a charge alleging adverse impact based on race. evidence Black females were disproportionately excluded. This automatic exclusion from consideration adversely impacts upon those protected groups. R indicated that it felt males of any height could perform the job but that shorter females would not get the respect necessary to enable them to safely perform the job. Chest Expansion The employer, if it wants to retain the requirements, must show that they constitute a business Even though the job categories are different in this case, since the jobs are public contact jobs and R is national origins, Title VII is not violated by a respondent's failure to hire Hispanics who exceed the maximum weight limit. Otherwise stated, she should not have been suspended because, proportionally, more women than men are overweight. Solicit specific examples to buttress the general allegations. Jog up three floors and then descend, four times 3. R was unable to offer any evidence found that many of the employer proffered justifications for imposing minimum height requirements were not adequate to establish a business necessity defense. Additionally, as height, as well as weight, problems in the extreme may potentially constitute a handicap, the EOS should be aware of the need to make charging parties or potential charging parties aware of their right to proceed under other Example (2) - R, city bus company, had a 5'7" minimum height requirement for its drivers. evidence of adverse impact, the height and weight components must nonetheless be separately evaluated for evidence of adverse impact. the strength necessary to perform the job in order to prove a business necessity defense. Washington, DC 20507 The court in Cox (cited below), when faced with the argument that statistically more women than men exceed permissible height/weight in proportion to body size standards, concluded that, even if this were true, there was no sex discrimination. Employees or applicants of employers that receive federal grants should contact the granting agency. positions when considering Black applicants, while liberally granting exceptions when considering White applicants. 1982) (where a distinction is made as to treatment preclude the hiring of individuals over the specified maximum height. ability/agility test. 79-19, CCH Employment Practices Guide 6749, a male, 5'6" tall, challenged the application of the minimum, 5'5" female and 5'9" male, height requirement and alleged that if he were a female he could have qualified 1-844-234-5122 (ASL Video Phone), Call 1-800-669-4000 Decision No. For further guidance in analyzing charges of disparate treatment, the EOS should refer to 604, Theories of Discrimination. (See also EEOC v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., ___ F. Supp. 76-83, CCH Employment Additionally, even though Chinese constituted 17% of the population, only 1% of R's workforce was Chinese. Fla. 1976), aff'd, 14 EPD 7601 (5th Cir. 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