Tennessee § 4-21-404 - Training program practices.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 4-21-404 — Training program practices., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-21-404. Training program practices.
It is a discriminatory practice for: An employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship, or on-the-job, or other training or retraining programs, to discriminate against an individual because of race, creed, color, religion, sex, or national origin, in admission to, or employment in, a program established to provide apprenticeship or other training; An employer, labor organization, employment agency or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining programs, including on-the-job training programs, to print, publish or circulate or cause to be printed, published or circulated any statement, advertisement or publication relating to employment by such an employer, or membership in such organization or any classification or referral for employment by such labor organization, or relating to any classification or referral for employment by such an employment agency or relating to admission to, or employment in, any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training by such a joint labor-management committee indicating any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based on race, creed, color, religion, sex or national origin; except that such advertisement or publication may indicate preference, limitation or specification based on religion or sex when religion or sex is a bona fide occupational qualification for employment. Acts 1978, ch. 748, § 10; T.C.A., § 4-2108; Acts 1980, ch. 732, §§ 7, 8; 1983, ch. 44, § 1; T.C.A., § 4-21-108 . Law Reviews. Selected Tennessee Legislation of 1983 (N. L. Resener, J. A. Whitson, K. J. Miller), 50 Tenn. L. Rev. 785 (1983). Collateral References. Disparate impact claims under Age Discrimination Act of 1967, §§ 2 et seq., 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 621 et seq.186 A.L.R. Fed. 1.
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Section 4-21-404 ("Training program practices.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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