(See 621.1(b)(2)(i), above.) Chest Expansion When law enforcement agencies started recruiting women and racial/ethnic minorities for general police service, the height requirements had to go, as there just aren't a lot of women and some minorities who are over 59. positions when considering Black applicants, while liberally granting exceptions when considering White applicants. 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? No such restrictions were placed on the hiring of other personnel such as file clerks, secretaries, or professionals. R was unable to refute the availability of less restrictive alternatives; therefore, the minimum height requirement was discriminatory. Such charges might have the following form. A potential applicant who does not meet the announced requirement might therefore decide that applying for even if all functions of a police officer did require such force, a physical aptitude test is a more appropriate means of assessing candidate suitability, rather than relying on height (or age); and; up to 2003, Greek law imposed different height requirements for men and women seeking entry to the Police. The result is that females are disproportionately discharged for being overweight. Therefore, the BFOQ exception to the Act cannot be relied upon as the basis for automatically excluding all females where strength is On a case-by-case 71-1529, CCH EEOC Decisions (1973) 6231, the Commission found that the respondent failed to prove a business necessity defense for its minimum 5'6" height requirement which disproportionately excluded women and Weight requirements for Navy positions are enforced. If Senior Constable Lim was much lighter, meanwhile, he would be ineligible to give blood. techniques, the EOS should consult 602, How to Investigate. are not job related. 71-1418, CCH EEOC Decisions (1973) 6223. The difference in weight in proportion to height of a 5'7" woman of large stature would of (See 625, BFOQ, for a detailed treatment of the BFOQ exception.). 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. As R's maximum weight policy is applied only to females, the policy is discriminatory. Black females as a class weigh more than White females, such data was simply not available. A slightly smaller range is not acceptable. (Where other than public contact positions are involved, could be achieved by adopting and validating a test for applicants that measures strength directly.". An official website of the United States government. Jog up three floors and then descend, four times 3. In Commission Decision No. manifest relationship to the employment in question. 1979). Please type your question or comment here and then click Submit. b. the media's portrayal of law enforcement officers. 76-47, CCH Employment Practices Guide 6635.). Example (1) - R, a police department, formerly screened job applicants by strict adherence to proportional minimum height/weight requirements under the assumption that tall, well-built officers were physically stronger and When such charges are presented, the charging party should be apprised that courts have the ground that meeting the minimum height was a business necessity. In terms of an adverse impact analysis, the Court in Dothard v. Rawlinson looked at national statistics showing that the minimum 120-pound weight requirement would exclude 22.29% of females, as compared to only 2.35% of males. (ii) If there are witnesses get their statements. A minimum performance score is required on each of the subtests and are scored in a pass/fail manner. (The EOS should also refer to the discussion of Dothard v. Rawlinson in 621.1(b)(2)(iv), where it was found that, as a trait peculiar to females, they weigh less than males. Otherwise stated, she should not have been suspended because, proportionally, more women than men are overweight. CP, a female flight attendant who was suspended for 15 days for being three pounds overweight, filed a charge alleging disparate Investigation revealed that R had no Black assembly line workers and that a locale or region and as to the particular racial or national origin group. 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 For a more thorough discussion of investigative 79-19, supra. The court in Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc., 366 F.Supp. Thereafter, the Court determined that the burden which shifted She alleged that the maximum weight requirement constituted discrimination against Blacks as a class since they weigh proportionately more Otherwise stated, if the allegation is that women as a class are, based on statistics, more frequently overweight than men, this charge should be dismissed in such a manner The unvalidated test required applicants to, among other things, carry a 150 lb. national origins, Title VII is not violated by a respondent's failure to hire Hispanics who exceed the maximum weight limit. In Commission Decision No. Counselor position at a prison, who failed to meet the minimum 120 lb. And, if a job validity study is used to show that the practice is a business necessity, the validity study should include a determination of whether there are 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. 701 et seq. Cox v. Delta Air Lines, 14 EPD 7600 (S.D. as to preserve the charging parties' appeal rights, but without further investigation. substantial number of R's existing employees and new hires were under 5'8" tall. To the extent reliable statistical studies are available, the comparison, depending on the facts of the case, should also be based on the height difference Minimum height requirements can also result in disparate treatment of protected group or class members if the minimum requirements are not uniformly applied, e.g., where the employer applies a minimum 5'8" height requirement strictly to 76-45, CCH Employment Practices subject to one's personal control. In Commission Decision No. 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. The purpose of this study was to profile the current level of fitness for highway patrol officers based on age and . The EOS can rely on a traditional disparate treatment analysis such as that suggested in 604, Theories of Discrimination, to solve these problems. According to the Supreme Court, this constitutes the sort of artificial, arbitrary, and unnecessary barrier to employment that 1982), vacating in part panel opinion in, 648 F.2d 1223, 26 EPD 31,921 (9th Cir. R's police force was 98% White male, and 2% Black male. female applicant who was not hired for a vacant flight attendant position, filed a charge alleging adverse impact based on race. 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 information only on official, secure websites. Under that rule, which was adopted in the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP) at 29 C.F.R. 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 That is, they do not have to prove that in a particular job, in a particular locale, a particular employer's records show that it disproportionately excludes them because of minimum height or weight requirements. Connecticut v. Teal, 457 U.S. 440, 29 EPD 32,820 (1982). employers, the actual applicant pool may not accurately reflect the qualified applicant pool. disproportionate exclusion or adverse impact can, based on national statistics, constitute a prima facie case of discrimination. Even though there are no Commission decisions dealing with disparate treatment resulting from use of a maximum height requirement, the EOS can use the basic disparate treatment analysis set forth in 604, Theories of Discrimination, to For many types of jobs minimum height standards have been established by employers. The physical agility test, as designed, primarily measured upper body strength thereby disproportionately excluding large numbers of female applicants. Maximum height requirements would, of course, man of medium stature would therefore be permitted to weigh proportionally more than a 5'7" woman of medium stature on the same height/weight chart. However, such comparisons are simply unfounded. CP, a 6'7" male, applied but was rejected for a police officer position because he is over the maximum height. 670, 20 EPD 30,077 (D.C. Md. In the case of applicants from ST and races such as Gorkhas, Garhwalis, Assamese, Kumaonis, Nagaland Tribals, and others, the minimum height is relaxable to 145 cm for women. CP, a 6'6" Black candidate for a pilot trainee position, alleges that he was rejected, not because he exceeded the maximum height, but (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. national statistics indicate that females on average are not as tall and do not weigh as much as males. License this article Air Lines Inc., 430 F. Supp. charts. Height and weight requirements for necessary job performance. The Commission also N.Y. 1979). Height/Weight Standards: . generally concluded that mutable characteristics not peculiar to any protected group or class are not entitled to protection under Title VII. 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. The number of Hispanic females in the employer's workforce was double their representation in the relevant labor market, and there was no necessity without which the business could not safely and efficiently be performed. And, whether they are male or female is immaterial. weight requirement. According to respondent, taller officers enjoyed a psychological advantage and thus would less often be attacked, were better able to subdue suspects, and ), 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. groups was not justified as a business necessity or validated in accordance with Commission guidelines. (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 following table of height and weight is to be adhered to in all instances except where a particularly unusual situation is found and is documented by a special report of the examining physician. and minorities have been disproportionately excluded. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. of the employment policy or practice. These jobs include police officers, state troopers, flight attendants, lifeguards, firefighters, correctional officers, and even production workers and lab 76-83, CCH Employment 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 discrimination because weight in the sense of being over or under weight is neither an immutable characteristic nor a constitutionally protected category. 1976), "under no set of facts can plaintiff recover on the legal theory she urgesbecause weight is neither an immutable characteristic nor a In its defense the respondent had its supervisory personnel testify that the minimum 1978). Non-Pilot Height And Weight Requirements Gender: Male Nationality: US citizen Height: 5'8 or taller Weight: 130 to 240 pounds comparison purposes. An adverse impact analysis does not require the proving of intent, but rather it focuses on the effects They did not fairly and substantially relate to the performance of the duties of a police 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. A police department minimum height requirement of 67 inches was found in Dothard v. Rawlinson (cited below) to preclude consideration of more Commission Decision No. 884, 17 EPD 8462 (E.D. 14 (November 30, 1977). non-CDP; therefore, the Office of Legal Counsel, Guidance Division should be contacted.). The contents of this document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. (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 It also believed that it was in the females' best interest that they not be so employed. 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. substantially more difficulty than males maintaining the proper weight/height limits. Members of the 155th trooper training class salute during . bore a relationship to strength were found to be inadequate absent evidence showing a correlation between height and weight requirements and strength. (c) Adverse Impact in the Selection Process: 610. However, some departments set a minimum age requirement of 20, with the condition that the candidate must be 21 when they were sworn in. there was no evidence that a shorter male would not also have been rejected. 3 (November 19, 1976), and No. As such, it is an immutable characteristic neither changeable nor 7601 (5th Cir. national origin, or establish that the height requirement constitutes a business necessity. exists in this situation is non-CDP; therefore, the Office of Legal Counsel, Guidance Division should be contacted when it arises. The standards include physical aptitude tests and a requirement that officers' waistlines be 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women. sandbag up a flight of stairs and scale a 14-foot log wall. CP, an unsuccessful female job applicant weighing under 150 lbs., alleged, based on national statistics which showed that the minimum requirement would automatically exclude 87% of all women She alleged in her class action suit that the minimum requirements 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. The EOS should also be aware that in many instances reliable statistical analyses may not be available. This is the range specified on the Army official website that displays its height and weight calculator. validate a test that measures strength directly. In Commission Decision No. 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". objects. (3) Determine what evidence is available to support the charge. standards for female as opposed to similarly situated male employees. The court was not persuaded by respondent's argument that taller officers have the advantage in subduing suspects and observing field situations, so as to make the Other courts have concluded that imposing different maximum weight requirements for men and women of the same height to take into account the physiological differences between the two groups does not violate Title VII. (For a further discussion of this and related problems, the 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 Example - R required that successful applicants for production jobs weigh at least 150 lbs. . and over possessed the physical women passed the wall requirement, and none passed the sandbag requirement. noncontrollable trait peculiar to their group or class (see Example 2 above) should be accepted and analyzed in terms of adverse impact. of the requirement was discriminatory since the respondent did not establish its use as a business necessity. Therefore, if, for example, Black or Hispanic females allege that because of peculiar racial or national based on standard height/weight charts. 1975); Castro v. Beecher, 459 F.2d 725, 4 EPD 7783 (1st Cir. Even though the job categories are different in this case, since the jobs are public contact jobs and R is 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. police officer. In Schick v. Bronstein, 447 F. Supp. Fla. 1976), aff'd, 14 EPD 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 height/weight chart. 79-25, CCH Employment Practices Guide 6752, the Commission found that a prima facie case of sex discrimination based on application of minimum height requirements was not rebutted by evidence that Example (1) - R, police department, had a minimum 5'6" height requirement for police officer candidates. Therefore, She alleged that only females were disciplined for exceeding the maximum weight limit, while similarly situated males were not. CP alleges that this constitutes could better observe field situations. 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. would be excluded by the application of those minimum requirements. and 28% of all men, that she was being discriminated against because of her sex. As a result, argues CP, standard height/weight limits disproportionately exclude Black females, as opposed to White females, from flight attendant positions. A candidate's physical ability is determined by taking the Physical Ability Test. all protected groups or classes. A more difficult problem involves the imposition of different maximum weight in proportion to height standards for men and women of the same height. Supp. This guidance document was issued upon approval by vote of the U.S. In that case, a Black female was rejected because she exceeded the maximum allowable hip size with respect to her height and weight. In terms of disparate treatment, the airlines' practice of more frequently and more severely disciplining females, as compared to males, for violating maximum weight restrictions was found to violate Title VII. stronger. 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. females are more frequently overweight than men, there is no reason the EOS should continue to process this charge. Height: 5'10" and over Weight: 135 to 230 pounds Female Air Force pilots must be 5'10" or taller AND weigh between 135 and 230 pounds. exception. than their shorter, lighter counterparts. Experts from Military.com explain that males can weigh a maximum of 141 pounds at 60 inches, 191 pounds at 70 inches . CPs contend that this rule, although facially neutral, disproportionately affects them because females, as opposed to males, more frequently exceed the maximum allowable weight Decided cases and decisions have dealt with both disparate treatment and adverse impact analyses, and For further guidance in analyzing charges of disparate treatment, the EOS should refer to 604, Theories of Discrimination. (See Example 4 below and Commission Decisions in 621.5(e).) 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 . Since it is show that a particular employer has a minimum height or weight requirement that disproportionately excludes them based on national statistics which indicate that their protected group or class is not as tall or weighs less than other groups or ___, 24 EPD 31,455 (S.D. Tex. According to the Physical Requirements for IPS, a Female (General Category) should have a minimum IPS height of 150 cm. similar tasks and also deal with the public. Rawlinson, supra, the Supreme Court found that applying a requirement of minimum height of 5'2 and weight of 120 lbs. According to CP, similarly situated White candidates for pilot trainee positions were accepted, even though they exceeded the maximum height. constitute a business necessity defense. 1981). height, did not constitute an adequate business necessity defense. to support its contention. As long as some women can successfully perform the job, the respondent cannot successfully rely on the narrow BFOQ Thereafter, to ultimately prevail, the charging party would have to show the availability of less restrictive alternatives. Example (2) - R, an airline, has a maximum weight policy under which violators are disciplined and can be discharged. The EOS should therefore refer to the decisions and examples set out in the following section for guidance. 763, 6 EPD 8930 (D.C. D.C. 1973) (other issues, but not this issue, were appealed), when faced with a maximum height requirement, concluded that different maximum height Although, as was suggested in 621.2 above, many Commission decisions and court cases involve minimum height requirements, few deal with maximum height were rejected for being overweight. 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. Indeed, the discussion of Dothard v. Rawlinson, supra. The result is that, if meeting a minimum height or weight limit is a requirement for employment, these protected group members will most Unlike minimum height requirements where setting different standards has been found to In Commission Decision No. with discrimination based on sex, national origin, and to a lesser extent, race. Va. 1977), aff'd per curiam, 577 F.2d 869, 17 EPD 8373 (4th Cir. The state study, which was refuted by a LEAA study that reached different International v. United Air Lines, Inc., 408 F. Supp. Lines, 14 EPD 7600 (S.D. weight requirement. In such a case, statistics for both Asians (since Asian women are presumably not as tall as Asian men) and women By way of rebuttal, CPs argued that R could cure that problem by installing The Height requirements for Female Police Officer is 150cms. 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 Example (2) - R, city bus company, had a 5'7" minimum height requirement for its drivers. subject to the employees' personal control. Investigation revealed nonuniform application of the tests. though the SMSA was 53% female and 5% Hispanic. Fact situations may eventually be presented that must be addressed. In some cases, 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. (BMI calculator says you are underweight). The required height for women is relaxable to 145 cm in the case of applicants from ST and races like Gorkhas, Garhwalis, Assamese, Kumaonis, Nagaland Tribals, and others. (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 standard, R replaced the height/weight requirement with a physical alternatives that have less of an adverse impact. For employment, an individual must complete the following in 3:52 or less: 1. Meanwhile, the maximum age requirement is often based on the amount of time it would take an officer to retire with full benefits . (since Asian women are presumably not as tall as American women) may not be applicable. 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 In this respect the because of her sex in that males were not subject to the policy. N.Y. 1978), a police department's application of different minimum height requirements for males as opposed to females was found to constitute sex discrimination. On the other hand, and by way of contrast, charges which allege disproportionate exclusion of protected group or class members because their group or class weighs proportionally more than other groups or classes based on a nonchangeable, (See 604, Theories of Discrimination.) 378, 11 EPD 10,618 (N.D. Cal. 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. CP, a Hispanic who failed the tests, alleges national origin discrimination in that Anglos are permitted to pass despite how they actually perform on the test. There, females could not be over 5'9" tall, while males could not be over 6'0" tall. to applicants for guardpositions constitutes unlawful sex discrimination in violation of Title VII. 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 Flight attendants found in violation of the policy three times are discharged. The Commission has not issued any decisions on this matter, but an analogy can be drawn from the use of different minimum height requirements in Commission Decision No. Over a two-year period 1 male and 15 females were discharged for failing to maintain the proper weight. Example - R had a hiring policy that precluded hiring overweight persons as receptionists. (See Jarrell and Gerdom which are cited below.) Hispanics from production jobs. The reality of police work is that you are going to have to get physical with suspects, and you can't do that. well-being and safety of females mandated the rejection. Additionally, where the numbers are very small, even though national statistics are used, the test of found that many of the employer proffered justifications for imposing minimum height requirements were not adequate to establish a business necessity defense. The court in U.S. v. Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc., 7 EPD 9066 (D.C. Ok. 1973), found that a trucking company's practice of nonuniform application of a minimum height requirement constituted prohibited race discrimination. 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