(a) Employers. It is unlawful for an employer, because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression:
(1) to fail or refuse to hire, or to discharge, any person;
(2) to discriminate against any person with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment; or
(3) to limit, segregate, or classify employees or applicants for employment in any way that would deprive or tend to deprive a person of employment or employment opportunities, or that would otherwise adversely affect a person's status as an employee.
(b) Employment agencies. It is unlawful for an employment agency:
(1) to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or to otherwise discriminate against, any person because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression; or
(2) to classify or refer for employment any person on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.
(c) Labor organizations. It is unlawful for a labor organization:
(1) to exclude or expel from its membership, or to otherwise discriminate against, any person because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression;
(2) to fail or refuse to refer for employment any person because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression;
(3) to limit, segregate, or classify its members or applicants for membership in any way that would deprive or tend to deprive a person of employment or employment opportunities, or that would otherwise adversely affect a person's status as an employee or as an applicant for employment; or
(4) to cause or attempt to cause an employer to discriminate against a person in violation of this chapter.
(d) Training programs. It is unlawful for an employer, a labor organization, or a joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining (including on-the-job training programs) to discriminate against any person because of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression in the admission to, or employment in, any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training.
(e) Notices and advertisements.
(1) It is unlawful for an employer to print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any notice or advertisement relating to employment by the employer that indicates any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.
(2) It is unlawful for an employment agency to print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any notice or advertisement relating to membership in or any classification or referral for employment by the employment agency that indicates any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.
(3) It is unlawful for a joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining (including on-the-job training programs) to print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any notice or advertisement relating to admission to, or employment in, any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training by the joint labor-management committee that indicates any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.
(4) Nothing in this subsection prohibits a notice or advertisement from indicating a preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression when sexual orientation or gender identity and expression is a bona fide occupational qualification for employment.
(f) Exception. This section does not apply to, and does not require, the provision of employee benefits to a person for the benefit of the person's domestic partner. (Ord. Nos. 24927; 29942)