Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 25-1308
This is the official text of Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 25-1308, part of Oklahoma’s Stat. tit. 25, — part of the compiled statutory law of Oklahoma, published by the state as "Stat. tit. 25,." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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Exceptions
Official statutory text
It is not a discriminatory practice:
1. For an employer to hire and employ an employee, or an
employment agency to classify or refer for employment an individual,
for a labor organization to classify its membership or to classify
or refer for employment an individual, or for an employer, labor
organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling an
apprenticeship or other training or retraining program to admit or
employ an individual in the program, on the basis of religion, sex,
national origin, age, disability, or genetic information if such
action is related to a bona fide occupational qualification
reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the business or
enterprise; or
2. For a school, college, university, or other educational
institution to hire and employ an employee of a particular religion
if the school, college, university, or other educational institution
is, in whole or substantial part, owned, supported, controlled, or
managed by a particular religion or by a particular religious
corporation, association, or society, or if the curriculum of the
school, college, university, or other educational institution is
directed toward the propagation of a particular religion.
1. For an employer to hire and employ an employee, or an
employment agency to classify or refer for employment an individual,
for a labor organization to classify its membership or to classify
or refer for employment an individual, or for an employer, labor
organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling an
apprenticeship or other training or retraining program to admit or
employ an individual in the program, on the basis of religion, sex,
national origin, age, disability, or genetic information if such
action is related to a bona fide occupational qualification
reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the business or
enterprise; or
2. For a school, college, university, or other educational
institution to hire and employ an employee of a particular religion
if the school, college, university, or other educational institution
is, in whole or substantial part, owned, supported, controlled, or
managed by a particular religion or by a particular religious
corporation, association, or society, or if the curriculum of the
school, college, university, or other educational institution is
directed toward the propagation of a particular religion.
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