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APPENDIX B: SPB Summary of Uniform Guidelines
The following excerpt is from a summary of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee
Selection Procedures (Uniform Guidelines) prepared by the State Personnel Board’s
Test Validation and Construction Program. The Uniform Guidelines, in its entirety, is
available for review at
Introduction
This summary of the Uniform Guidelines for Employee Selection Procedures is
intended to provide a brief overview of the provisions contained in the Uniform
Guidelines. This summary should be used in conjunction with the full text of the
Uniform Guidelines to address specific selection-related queries.
History of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection
Procedures
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 established that employment decisions based on race,
color, religion, sex, or national origin are discriminatory and illegal. In 1978, the U.S.
Civil Service Commission, the Department of Labor, the Department of Justice, and
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission jointly adopted the Uniform
Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures to establish uniform standards for
employers for the use of selection procedures and to address adverse impact,
validation, and record-keeping requirements. The Uniform Guidelines document a
uniform federal position in the area of prohibiting discrimination in employment
practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The Uniform
Guidelines outline the requirements necessary for employers to legally defend
employment decisions based upon overall selection processes and specific selection
procedures.
The Uniform Guidelines are not in and of themselves legislation or law; however,
through their reference in a number of judicial decisions, they have been identified by
the courts as a source of technical information and have been given deference in
litigation concerning employment issues.
In addition to the Uniform Guidelines themselves, a separate document entitled
Questions and Answers on the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection
Procedures was released in 1979 to provide further clarification and a common
interpretation of the Uniform Guidelines.
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