· 8/2/1999
Vickie Reed v. County of Casey, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Citations
- 184 F.3d 597
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 18007
- 76 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 46,032
- 80 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 736
- 1999 WL 556441
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that an option that would place \financial strains\ on a county jail by requiring the payment of overtime, and that would \cause fatigue\ in a jail employee, was not a reasonable alternative
- holding that an option that would place “financial strains” on a county jail by requiring the payment of overtime, and that would “cause fatigue” in a jail employee, was not a reasonable alternative
- holding that an option that would place “financial strains” on a county jail by requiring the payment of overtime, and that would “cause fatigue” in a jail employee, was not a reasonable alternative
- reasoning that the reassignment of a female jailer to third-shift was justified as a BFOQ, in light of a state regulation which required a female jailer to be present whenever women were lodged in the jail
- “Thus, under the BFOQ defense, facial gender-based discrimination is permitted if gender is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of [a] particular business or enterprise.”
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Judges: Merritt, Daughtrey, Tarnow
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