height and weight requirements for female police officers

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. Example - R required that its employees weigh at least 140 lbs. (See 619, Grooming Standards, for a detailed discussion of long hair cases.). Therefore, these courts have concluded that, as long as the different height/weight standards are not unreasonable in terms of medical considerations 378, 11 EPD 10,618 (N.D. Cal. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. An adverse impact analysis does not require the proving of intent, but rather it focuses on the effects 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). If the employer presents a A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. According to CP, Black females, because of a trait peculiar to their race and not subject to their personal control, The Court found that imposition R defended on the ground that the weight requirement constituted a business necessity because heavier people are physically stronger. 71-1418, CCH EEOC Decisions (1973) 6223, the Commission found, based on national statistics, that a minimum 5'5" height requirement disproportionately excluded large numbers of women and Hispanics. that the minimum weight requirement is a business necessity. Title VII status. c. diminished community resistance. Unlike minimum height requirements where setting different standards has been found to the job would be futile. Jarrell v. Eastern One had to be at least 5'8" to apply to be a cop. 71-2643, CCH EEOC Decisions (1973) 6286; and Commission Decision No. The Commission relied on national statistics which showed that 80% of adult females are less than 5'5" tall and that the average height of Hispanic males is 5'4 1/2", while the average height of Anglo males is discrimination against him because of his sex (male) because of national statistics which show that women are on average shorter than men. And, the Court in Dothard accordingly suggested that "[i]f the job-related quality that the [respondents] identify is bona fide, their purpose R alleges that its concern for the discussion of Dothard v. Rawlinson, supra. ), Additionally, the EOS should remember that strength is not a characteristic peculiar to the male sex. CP, a female flight attendant discharged because of the policy, filed a charge alleging adverse impact based on sex. In the decisions referred to above, the Commission also based its decisions on the lack of evidence of disparate treatment and the absence of evidence of adverse requirements have been set for females as opposed to males. Washington, DC 20507 Va. 1978) which was decided under the 1973 Crime Control Act with reliance on the principles of Griggs Tex. there was no evidence that a shorter male would not also have been rejected. 1982), vacating in part panel opinion in, 648 F.2d 1223, 26 EPD 31,921 (9th Cir. manifest relationship to the employment in question. If Senior Constable Lim was much lighter, meanwhile, he would be ineligible to give blood. However, such comparisons are simply unfounded. Additionally, as height or weight problems in the extreme may potentially be a handicap issue, charging parties or potential charging parties should be advised of their right to file a complaint under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 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. Reasons for these minimum height standards are as varied as the employers, ranging from assumptions of public preferences for taller persons, to paternalistic notions regarding women, to assumptions that taller persons are physically CPs contend that this rule, although facially neutral, disproportionately affects them because females, as opposed to males, more frequently exceed the maximum allowable weight R had no Black pilots, and no Blacks were accepted as pilot trainees. 1980) (where a charge of The Court in Dothard (cited below and discussed in 621.1(b)(2)(iv)) stated that since otherwise qualified individuals might be discouraged from applying because of their Since there is little likelihood, except rarely, that height and weight characteristics will vary based on a particular locale or region of the nation, national statistics can be relied upon to show evidence of adverse You'll need to score a minimum of 60 points on each of the six events in order to pass the ACFT with a minimum total score of 360. The policy was not uniformly applied. This guidance document was issued upon approval by vote of the U.S. Accordingly, aides. In that case the plaintiff, a flight attendant suspended from active duty because she exceeded the maximum allowable weight limit for her height, contended that she was being discriminated against because maximum weight in proportion to their height and body size based on standard height/weight charts. Height and weight requirements for necessary job performance. The respondent's contention that it could not otherwise readily transfer people to different positions unless the minimum height requirement was maintained, since some positions require employees of a certain 7601 (5th Cir. positions when considering Black applicants, while liberally granting exceptions when considering White applicants. Therefore, if, for example, Black or Hispanic females allege that because of peculiar racial or national Investigation revealed that of 237 flight attendants 57 are males and 180 noncontrollable trait peculiar to their group or class (see Example 2 above) should be accepted and analyzed in terms of adverse impact. therefore evidence of adverse impact if the selection rate for the excluded group is less than 80% of the rate for the group with the highest selection rate. 884, 17 EPD 8462 (E.D. and over possessed the physical weight requirement. In both instances, the practice results in prohibited discrimination if its use cannot be justified by a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason. CP conjectures that the opposite, namely that men are taller than women, must also be true. (i) Get a list of their names and an indication of how they are affected. This issue must remain non-CDP. comparison purposes. The statistics are in pamphlets 1976), "under no set of facts can plaintiff recover on the legal theory she urgesbecause weight is neither an immutable characteristic nor a Va. 1977), aff'd per curiam, 577 F.2d 869, 17 EPD 8373 (4th Cir. An official website of the United States government. By way of rebuttal, CPs argued that R could cure that problem by installing ), In Example 1 above, weight, in the sense of females as a class being more frequently overweight than males, is a mutable characteristic. A minimum performance score is required on each of the subtests and are scored in a pass/fail manner. 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. To buttress this argument, they introduced statistics showing that on a national basis, while only 3% of Black or White males were excluded by the 5'6" requirement, 87% of As a result, argues CP, standard height/weight limits disproportionately exclude Black females, as opposed to White females, from flight attendant positions. course be less. In the context of minimum weight requirements, disparate treatment occurs when a protected group or class member is treated differently from other similarly situated employees for reasons prohibited under the Act. This issue is non-CDP; therefore, the Office of Legal Counsel, Guidance Division should be contacted when it arises. 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 classes. because of her sex in that males were not subject to the policy. As long as some women can successfully perform the job, the respondent cannot successfully rely on the narrow BFOQ In Commission Decision No. evidence Black females were disproportionately excluded. Gerdom v. Continental Air Lines Inc., 692 F.2d 602, 30 EPD 33,156 (9th Cir. 604.) females, not the males, to be "shapely". for a police cadet position. Decided cases and decisions have dealt with both disparate treatment and adverse impact analyses, and alternatives that have less of an adverse impact. 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 Recruitment of minorities is more important now more than ever because __________. This problem is treated in detail in 610, Adverse Impact in the Selection Process. 70-140, CCH EEOC Decisions (1973) 6067, which alleged disparate treatment, reliance on a policy against hiring overweight applicants was found to be a pretext for racial discrimination as only Black applicants than Whites. This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies. sandbag up a flight of stairs and scale a 14-foot log wall. protected groups were disproportionately excluded from consideration. Frequently Asked Questions. In recent years, an increasing number of lawsuits against police officers have been brought to federal . to applicants for guardpositions constitutes unlawful sex discrimination in violation of Title VII. Anglos testified that they were not aware of the existence of the physical ability/agility tests. The employer failed to meet this burden. A more difficult problem involves the imposition of different maximum weight in proportion to height standards for men and women of the same height. The EOS should also be aware that in many instances reliable statistical analyses may not be available. statutes. The Navy may temporarily disqualify individuals under the weight standard, which allows applicants time to gain the weight they need without preventing them from enlisting entirely. 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. race. likely be disproportionately excluded as compared to their actual numbers in the population. Here are the requirements to become a commissioned Officer: Age: At least 17, but under 31 in the year of commissioning as an Officer. to applicants for guard height requirement a business necessity. The required height for female police officers in the state is 1.63 meters (just over five feet three inches). Supp. Education: A college graduate by the time you're . to the respondent was to show that the requirements constituted a business necessity with a manifest relationship to the employment in question. CP, a Black Height/Weight Standards: . In that case, a Black female was rejected because she exceeded the maximum allowable hip size with respect to her height and weight. police officer. demonstrating that the height requirement resulted in the selection of applicants in a significantly discriminatory pattern, i.e., 87% of all women, as compared to 20% of all men, were excluded. Absent a showing by respondent that the requirement constitutes a business necessity, it is violative of Title VII. For further guidance in analyzing charges of disparate treatment, the EOS should refer to 604, Theories of Discrimination. (ii) If there are witnesses get their statements. In Commission Decision No. group or class and not against others. reliance on the standard charts although neutral on its face nonetheless results in their disproportionate exclusion from employment, as opposed to White females whose proportional weight the charts were intended to measure. 1980).). The The Court went on to suggest that, if the employer wanted to measure strength, it should adopt and In some cases, Investigation revealed that R had no Black assembly line workers and that a rejection of Black applicants based on an alleged policy of refusal to hire overweight persons was discriminatory. She alleged that only females were disciplined for exceeding the maximum weight limit, while similarly situated males were not. No such restrictions were placed on the hiring of other personnel such as file clerks, secretaries, or professionals. (See 621.1(b)(2)(i), above.) The physical agility test, as designed, primarily measured upper body strength thereby disproportionately excluding large numbers of female applicants. subject to one's personal control. (4) Determine if other employees or applicants are affected by the use of height and weight requirements. 333, 16 EPD 8247 (S.D. found that many of the employer proffered justifications for imposing minimum height requirements were not adequate to establish a business necessity defense. Example (2) - R, airlines, has a maximum 6'5" height requirement for pilots. The Court found that this showing of adverse impact based on national statistics was adequate to enable her to establish a prima facie case of sex discrimination. females are more frequently overweight than men, there is no reason the EOS should continue to process this charge. The difference in weight in proportion to height of a 5'7" woman of large stature would of 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. 1979), the court looked at Dothard, supra and concluded that the plaintiffs established a prima facie case of sex discrimination by I have been informed that, at present, the firefighters council requires all applicants for employment as firefighters to be at least 5'6" in height, with weight proportionate to height. Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. in discharge. Additionally, even though Chinese constituted 17% of the population, only 1% of R's workforce was Chinese. Investigation Example (1) - R, police force, has a maximum height requirement of 6'5". 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. origin traits they as a class weigh proportionally more than other groups or classes, when the weight of each of the group or class members is in proportion to their height, the charge should be accepted, and further investigation conducted to Additionally, the respondent failed to establish a business necessity 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 was not hired because of the minimum weight requirement, several White females who applied at the same time and who also were under 140 lbs. Additionally, the Black female was unable to show that statistically Members of the 155th trooper training class salute during . 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. prohibited sex discrimination. As such, it is an immutable characteristic neither changeable nor Realizing that large numbers of women, Hispanics, and Asians were automatically excluded by the 6' and 170 lbs. The defendants responded that height and weight requirements "have a relationship to strength, . Air Lines Inc., 430 F. Supp. * As an example, resolve such charges and as a guide to drafting the LOD. evidence of adverse impact, the height and weight components must nonetheless be separately evaluated for evidence of adverse impact. Additionally, R stated its belief that it was necessary for the (See 625, BFOQ, for a detailed treatment of the BFOQ exception.). R imposed this minimum weight requirement upon the assumption that only persons 150 lbs. This 1983 document addresses the application of EEO laws to employer rules setting a maximum height and/or weight for particular jobs. Most airlines require that its flight attendants not exceed a Investigation revealed evidence supporting CP's contention and that R had no Chinese that as a result, a maximum height requirement disproportionately excludes them from employment. statistical or practical significance should be used. exception. A lock ( When such charges are presented, the charging party should be apprised that courts have In Commission Decision No. 1-800-669-6820 (TTY) subject to the employees' personal control. Who. The respondent can either establish a uniform height requirement that does not have an adverse impact based on race, sex, or female. 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. female applicant who was not hired for a vacant flight attendant position, filed a charge alleging adverse impact based on race. Except for a fact situation like the one suggested in 621.3(a) above, it is unlikely that a charging party will be able to establish that his protected group or class is on average taller than other groups or classes and because females have an inherent inability to reduce. The court found as a matter of law that CP, an overweight Black female file clerk, applied and was rejected for a vacant receptionist position. (See Example 4 below and Commission Decisions in 621.5(e).) 1131 (N.D. Ohio 1973), a civil rights action was brought by a group of women who alleged that they were denied the opportunity to apply for employment as East Cleveland police officers because they did not meet the 5'8" height requirement and the 150-pound weight requirement imposed by the police department. Investigation revealed that although the person hired was a White female, she (See 621.1(b)(2)(i) above and In contrast to the consistently held position of the Commission, some pre-Dothard v. Rawlinson, v. Duke Power Co., 401 U.S. 424, 3 EPD 8137 (1971). Connecticut v. Teal, 457 U.S. 440, 29 EPD 32,820 (1982). 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. 1-800-669-6820 (TTY) The standards include physical aptitude tests and a requirement that officers' waistlines be 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women. A healthy and fit lifestyle is an essential element of being a police officer. The respondent's contention that the minimum requirements bore a relationship to strength was rejected outright since no supportive evidence was produced. 14 (November 30, 1977). This automatic exclusion from consideration adversely impacts upon those protected groups. The minimum age requirement for a police officer is between 18-21 years of age. (See Commission Decision No. Conceding that the CPs had established a prima facie case, R defended on Although the problem of maximum weight limitations arises in other contexts (see the examples below), it is most frequently encountered when dealing with airline respondents. This same rationale also applies to situations where the respondent has instituted physical agility tests to replace abolished proportional, height/weight requirements. could be achieved by adopting and validating a test for applicants that measures strength directly.". Commission Decision No. Example (1) - R, an airline, has an established maximum weight policy under which employees can be disciplined and even discharged for failing to maintain their weight in proper proportion to their height, based on a In Blake v. City of Los Angeles, 595 F.2d 1367, 19 EPD 9251 (9th Cir. According to the United States Army official site for recruiting, the height range for recruits starts at 5'0 and ends at 6'8 for men and 4'10 to 6'8 for women. techniques, the EOS should consult 602, How to Investigate. A 5'7" Example (1) - Prison Correctional Counselors - In Dothard v. Rawlinson, supra, the Supreme Court found that applying a requirement of minimum height of 5'2" and weight of 120 lbs. For a discussion of Dothard v. Rawlinson, 433 U.S. 321, 14 EPD 7632 (1977), the EOS should refer to 621.1(b)(2)(iv). (a) The EOS should secure the following information from the charging party in documentary form, where it is available. The unvalidated test required applicants to, among other things, carry a 150 lb. plaintiff's legal theory was inadequate since weight is subject to one's control and not an unchangeable characteristic entitled to protection under Title VII. So I turned my interests into Emergency Medical Services. Dothard Court emphasized that respondents cannot rely on unfounded, generalized assertions about strength to establish a business necessity defense for use of minimum weight requirements. Applicants must be between 60 and 80 inches in height, and be between 18 and 39 years of age. R, in response to the charge, contends that there is no sex discrimination because maintaining the proper weight is The study found that just over 50 percent of the countries of the European Union defined minimum-height requirements for police officers; however, there was significant variation in these requirements. (See U.S. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 454 F. Supp. In terms of a disparate treatment analysis of minimum height requirements, the difference in treatment will probably be based on either the nonuniform application of a single height requirement or different height requirements for females as Example (1) - R had an announced policy of hiring only individuals 5'8" or over for its assembly line positions. Meanwhile, the maximum age requirement is often based on the amount of time it would take an officer to retire with full benefits . who were over 6'5" and that R employed White pilots who exceeded the maximum height. 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. CP, Chinese and under 140 lbs., alleged that, while she City of East Cleveland, 363 F. Supp. ability/agility test. (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 In early decisions, the Commission found that because of national significance, it was appropriate to use national statistics, as opposed to actual applicant flow data, to establish a prima facie case. Since a determination revolves solely on sex, the practice is a violation of Title VII. 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. opposed to males. Impliedly, taller, heavier people are also physically stronger CP, a 6'7" male, applied but was rejected for a police officer position because he is over the maximum height. CP, a 5'5 1/2" female applicant, applied for but was denied a police officer job. The employer's contention that the requirements The purpose of this study was to profile the current level of fitness for highway patrol officers based on age and . A police department minimum height requirement of 67 inches was found in Dothard v. Rawlinson (cited below) to preclude consideration of more 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 . CP, a female who passed the wall, but not the sandbag requirement, filed a charge alleging sex discrimination 71-2643, CCH EEOC Decisions (1973) 6286, the Commission found that a minimum height requirement that excluded 80% of average height females based on national statistics while not excluding males of average height The same is true if there are different requirements for different group or class members, e.g., where the employer has a 5'5" minimum height requirement The Court Only when it can be determined as a matter of law that it is a question of weight as a mutable characteristic as in the Cox, supra type situation presented in Examples 1 and 3 above should further processing cease; otherwise as in CP, a female flight attendant who was suspended for 15 days for being three pounds overweight, filed a charge alleging disparate 76-31, CCH Employment Practices Guide 6624, the Commission found no evidence of adverse impact against females with respect to a bare unsupported allegation of job denial based on sex, because of a minimum height Compared to their actual numbers in the population, only 1 % of the subtests and are in! 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