(A) It is a prohibited, unlawful practice for an employer:
(1) To fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age 40 and over, disability, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation; or
(2) To limit, segregate, or classify his or her employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his or her status as an employee because of such individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age 40 and over, disability, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation; or
(B) It is an unlawful practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of his or her race, color, religion, national origin, age 40 and over, disability, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation, or to classify or refer for employment an individual on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age 40 and over, disability, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
(C) It is an unlawful practice for a labor organization:
(1) To exclude or to expel from its membership or to otherwise discriminate against a member or applicant for membership because or race, color, religion, national origin, age 40 and over, disability, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation; or
(2) To limit segregate, or classify its membership, or to classify or fail or refuse to refer for employment any individual, in any which would deprive or tend to deprive an individual of employment opportunities, or would limit such employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect one’s status as an employee or as an applicant for employment because of such individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age 40 and over, disability, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation; or
(3) To cause or attempt to cause an employer to discriminate against an individual in violation of this section.
(D) It is an unlawful practice for an employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining, including on-the-job training programs to discriminate against any individual because of race, color, religion, national origin, age 40 and over, disability, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation, in admission to or employment in, any program established to provide such apprenticeship, training, or retraining.
(E) It is an unlawful practice for any employer, labor organization, or employment agency to print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any notice or classification or referral for employment by such a labor organization or classification or limitation, specification, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, age 40 and over, disability, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation, except that such a notice or advertisement may indicate a preference, limitation, or specification, based on religion, national origin, age 40 and over, disability or sex when religion, national origin, age 40 and over, disability or sex is a bona fide occupational qualification for employment.
(F) Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent an employer from:
(1) Enforcing a written employee dress policy; or
(2) Designating appropriate restroom and shower facilities.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 92.06) (Jeff. Ord. 36-1999, adopted and effective 10-12-1999) (1999 Lou. Code, § 98.06) (Lou. Ord. No. 0088-2001, 2, approved 8-16-2001; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 193-2004, approved 12-10-2004)