Civil Rights Act of 1964

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EXEMPTION

SEC. 2000e-1. [Section 702] 

(a) This subchapter shall not apply to an employer with respect
to the employment of aliens outside any State, or to a religious
corporation, association, educational institution, or society with respect
to the employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform work
connected with the carrying on by such corporation, association,
educational institution, or society of its activities. 

(b) It shall not be unlawful under section 2000e-2 or 2000e-3 of
this title [section 703 or 704] for an employer (or a corporation
controlled by an employer), labor organization, employment agency, or
joint labor­management committee controlling apprenticeship or other
training or retraining (including on­the­job training programs)
to take any action otherwise prohibited by such section, with respect to
an employee in a workplace in a foreign country if compliance with such
section would cause such employer (or such corporation), such
organization, such agency, or such committee to violate the law of the
foreign country in which such workplace is located. 

(c) (1) If an employer controls a corporation whose place of incorporation
is a foreign country, any practice prohibited by section 2000e-2 or
2000e-3 of this title [section 703 or 704] engaged in by such
corporation shall be presumed to be engaged in by such employer. 

     (2) Sections 2000e-2 and 2000e-3 of this title [sections 703 and
704] shall not apply with respect to the foreign operations of an
employer that is a foreign person not controlled by an American employer. 

     (3) For purposes of this subsection, the determination of whether
an employer controls a corporation shall be based on-

      (A) the interrelation of operations;

     (B) the common management;

     (C) the centralized control of labor relations; and

     (D) the common ownership or financial control, of the employer and the 
corporation.
Editor's Note
Act
Definitions
Exemption
Unlawful Employment Practices
Other Unlawful Employment Practices
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Enforcement Provisions
Civil Actions by the Attorney General
Effect on State Laws
Investigations, Inspections, Records, State Agencies
Investigatory Powers
Posting of Notices; Penalties
Veterans' Special Rights or Preference
Rules and Regulations
Forcibly Resisting the Commission or its Representatives
Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinating Council
Effective Date
Employment by Federal Government
Special Provisions with respect to Denial, Termination, and Suspension of Government Contracts