[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1608.9]

[Page 242]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 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 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.