§ 38-103. Employment.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any employer, employment agency or labor organization to commit any of the following discriminatory employment practices:

(1)

For any employer to fail or refuse to hire or promote, or to discharge, any individual or otherwise to rule or act against any individual with respect to compensation, tenure, conditions or privileges because of such individual's race, color, sex, religion, national origin or ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.

(2)

For any employer to limit, segregate or classify his employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee because of such individual's race, color, sex, religion, national origin or ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.

(3)

For any employer, labor organization or employment agency or any joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship training programs to deny or withhold from any person the right to be admitted to or participate in a guidance program or an apprenticeship training program because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin or ancestry, disability sexual orientation or gender identity.

(4)

For any employer or employment agency to fail or refuse to refer any individual for an employment interview or to print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any statement, advertisement or publication, or to use any form of application for employment or to make any inquiry in connection with prospective employment, which expresses any limitation, specification or preference, because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin or ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.

(5)

For any employer to substantially confine or limit recruitment or hiring of employees to any employment agency, employment services, labor organization, training school, training center or any other employee-referring source which excludes persons because of their race, color, sex, religion, national origin or ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.

(6)

For any labor organization to in any way deprive or limit any person in his or her employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an applicant for employment or as an employee, with regard to tenure, compensation, promotion, discharge or any other terms, conditions or privileges directly or indirectly related to employment, because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin or ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.

(7)

For any employer, employment agency or labor organization to discharge, expel, demote, fail to promote or otherwise rule against any person because he or she has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any manner in any investigation or proceedings under this chapter.

(8)

For any person, whether or not an employer, employment agency or labor organization, to aid, abet, incite, compel, coerce or participate in the doing of any act declared to be a discriminatory practice under this chapter, or to obstruct or prevent any person from enforcing or complying with the provisions of this chapter, or to attempt to commit any act declared by this chapter to be a discriminatory practice.

(b)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to apply different standards of compensation or different terms, conditions or privileges of employment pursuant to a bona fide seniority or merit system.

(c)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for a religious organization, association or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association or society, to discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of religion, sexual orientation or gender identity.

(Ord. No. 130041, § 5, 3-21-13)