What does BFOR stand for?

Ultimately, KBR's drug testing policy did not qualify as a bona fide occupational requirement, and the Court ordered "KBR to cease the contravention of the Act and to refrain in the future from committing the same or any similar contravention.

In jurisdictions where there is legislated protection from discrimination based on a pardoned criminal conviction, provisions allow the employer to consider a criminal conviction if the employer can establish that it is a bona fide occupational requirement for an employee not to have a criminal record.

Another proposed New Brunswick amendment will replace the bona fide occupational requirement exceptions in the Human Rights Act with a single exception that lists all grounds of discrimination and applies to all of its activities.

Bona Fide Occupational Requirement (BFOR) An employer's duty to reasonably accommodate arises from applicable human rights legislation.

However, notice of termination or pay in lieu will not be required for employees who continue to be subject to a mandatory retirement policy or practice that is permitted as a bona fide occupational requirement under the Human Rights Code.

On the other hand, screening out applicants based on religious preference can be a form of illegal discrimination, when the employer is unable to show a bona fide occupational requirement.

While the Human Rights Code currently permits age-based discrimination in employment with respect to employees who are under 18 or who are older than 65 years, the Act will amend the definition of "age" for the purposes of age discrimination under the Code to protect employees aged 65 or older from being forced to retire, except in those cases where an employer can justify the decision based on a bona fide occupational requirement ("BFOR").

Any employer's height stipulations would then be judged on the objective basis of whether they comprise a bona fide occupational requirement.