[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1608.9]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                               COMMISSION
 
PART 1608--AFFIRMATIVE ACTION APPROPRIATE UNDER TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1608.9  Reliance on directions of other government agencies.

    When a charge challenges an affirmative action plan or program, or 
when such a plan or program is raised as justification for an employment 
decision, and when the plan or program was developed pursuant to the 
requirements of a Federal or State law or regulation which in part seeks 
to ensure equal employment opportunity, the Commission will process the 
charge in accordance

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with Sec. 1608.10(a). Other agencies with equal employment opportunity 
responsibilities may apply the principles of these Guidelines in the 
exercise of their authority.