For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGE. Limited to individuals who are at least 40 years of age.
COMMISSION. The City of Belleville Human Relations Commission.
CONTRACTOR. Any person who contracts with or proposes to contract with the city to provide goods and/or services in an amount greater than $10,000 during the last preceding fiscal year.
DISCRIMINATE or DISCRIMINATION. In employment, housing, public accommodations and financing, any difference in treatment based on race, color, gender, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, marital status, veteran's status or disability.
EMPLOYEE. Any and all persons who perform services under the direction and control of and for any employer for compensation, whether in the form of wages, salary, commissions or otherwise, excluding the parents, spouses or children of the employer and excluding independent contractors, although they may be subject to this subchapter as employers or in any other capacity covered hereunder.
EMPLOYER. Any person within the city, including, but not limited to, owners, managers, supervisors and others who serve supervisory functions, who hires or employs any employee whose services are to be partially or wholly performed in the city, but excluding any religious or fraternal corporation, association, society or organization with respect to the hiring or employment of individuals from their membership.
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Any person regularly undertaking, with or without compensation, to procure employees for an employer, to procure for employees opportunities to work for an employer or to recruit, refer or to place employees.
DISABILITY. Any physical or mental impairment resulting from or manifested by anatomical, psychological, neurological or psychological conditions, demonstrable by medically-accepted clinical or laboratory diagnostic techniques, and which constitutes or is regarded as constituting a substantial limitation to one or more of the person's major life activities. A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL is one who has a physical or mental disability as defined above, has a history of such disability or is perceived as having such a DISABILITY.
HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS. All buildings, structures or any portions thereof, within the city which are used or occupied, or are maintained, arranged or designed to be used or occupied as a home, residence or sleeping place for one or more human beings.
HUMAN RELATIONS COORDINATOR. The Chair of the Human Relations Commission of the city whose duties are set forth in this subchapter.
MARITAL STATUS. The legal status of being married, single, separated, divorced or widowed.
PERSON. One or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, legal representatives, joint stock companies, mutual companies, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, labor unions or union labor organizations, and any other incorporated or unincorporated organized group. The term includes, but is not limited to, any real estate owner, lessor, assignor, builder, manager, broker, salesperson or agent, any lending institution, unit, officer, director or employee of any of the above.
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION. Any business, enterprise or activity consisting of or involving furnishing, providing or making available to the pubic any goods, services, accommodations, entertainment, amusements, facilities, advantages or privileges.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT. Any sexual discrimination which involves unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constituting sexual harassment when:
(1) Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of employment or in recruiting, training or hiring employees;
(2) Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or
(3) Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.
(1960 Code, § 9-3-3) (Ord. 5837, passed 1-20-1998; Am. Ord. 8369-2019, passed 9-17-2019)