To establish a voluntary compliance assistance initiative at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding the usage of employment tests and selection procedures by employers.
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Latest Action · June 15, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
This bill creates a voluntary program at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to help employers adopt skills-based hiring practices. Under the program, employers can submit evidence that their hiring tests and selection procedures are job-related and don't unfairly discriminate against protected groups, and the EEOC will review and either approve them or provide technical assistance for improvement. Employers with more than 100 employees would pay a reasonable fee to the EEOC for this review, and any information they submit cannot be used against them in future enforcement actions or admitted as evidence in court without their consent. The bill aims to encourage companies to focus on competency-based assessments while ensuring these hiring tools comply with civil rights law. The program would take effect 90 days after the bill becomes law.
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