[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1606.1]

[Page 208]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
 
PART 1606_GUIDELINES ON DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF NATIONAL ORIGIN--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1606.1  Definition of national origin discrimination.

    The Commission defines national origin discrimination broadly as 
including, but not limited to, the denial of equal employment 
opportunity because of an individual's, or his or her ancestor's, place 
of origin; or because an individual has the physical, cultural or 
linguistic characteristics of a national origin group. The Commission 
will examine with particular concern charges alleging that individuals 
within the jurisdiction of the Commission have been denied equal 
employment opportunity for reasons which are grounded in national origin 
considerations, such as (a) marriage to or association with persons of a 
national origin group; (b) membership in, or association with an 
organization identified with or seeking to promote the interests of 
national origin groups; (c) attendance or participation in schools, 
churches, temples or mosques, generally used by persons of a national 
origin group; and (d) because an individual's name or spouse's name is 
associated with a national origin group. In examining these charges for 
unlawful national origin discrimination, the Commission will apply 
general title VII principles, such as disparate treatment and adverse 
impact.