Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 161 - Civil Rights Commission
Chapter 8 - Discrimination in Employment
Rule 161-8.57 - Exception to Ban on Sex-segregated Want Ads

(1) The commission recognizes that sex may, in very limited circumstances, be a bona fide occupational qualification, e.g., a woman to be a women's fashion model. Therefore, an employer seeking to place a job order or a want ad which shows sex preference, must, by affidavit, claim that the preference is based upon bona fide occupational qualification.

(2) The affidavit referred to in 8.57(1) must set out the complete basis upon which the employer believes that a person of a particular sex is required for the job the employer wishes to fill. The affidavit must also clearly state that the employer truly believes the sex preference is bona fide and that the employer, and not the newspaper or publisher of the ad, is responsible for the content of the ad.

(3) Any newspaper, or other publisher which prints want ads, can publish a want ad with a sex preference if, and only if, that newspaper or publisher has received from the employer the affidavit referred to in 8.57(1) and 8.57(2). The newspaper or publisher, upon receipt of such affidavit, will submit a copy to the commission.