Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 77-3-6 - Application to Labor Organizations, Employment Agencies, and Apprentice Training Programs6.1. In addition to employers, the rules set forth in this series shall also apply, when relevant, to labor organizations, employment agencies, and joint labor-management committees controlling apprentice training programs.6.2. When a collective bargaining agreement includes a requirement that employees join a labor organization or pay a sum equivalent to its dues, the organization must accommodate an employee whose religious beliefs do not permit compliance by permitting him/her to donate a sum equivalent to dues to a charitable organization.6.3. An employment agency that receives a job order containing an unlawful request based on religion will share responsibility with the employer placing the job order if the agency fills the order knowing that the religion specification is not based upon a bona fide occupational qualification. However, an employment agency will not be deemed to be in violation of the law, regardless of the determination as to the employer, if the agency does not have reason to believe that the employer's claim of bona fide occupational qualification is without substance and the agency makes and maintains a written records available to the Commission of each such job order. Such record shall include the name of the employer, the description of the job and the basis for the employer's claim of a bona fide occupational qualification.