Without limitation, the following are declared to be discriminatory, unfair and unlawful and are prohibited:
Subd. 1. Employers. For an employer, because of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex or age, to hire or fail to refuse to hire, to discharge an employee or to accord adverse or unequal treatment to any person or employee with respect to application, hiring, training, apprenticeship, tenure, promotion, upgrading, compensation, layoff, discharge or any term or condition of employment;
Subd. 2. Employment agencies. For an employment agency, because of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex or age, to accord adverse or unequal treatment to any person in connection with any application for any employment or any referral or request for assistance in procurement of employees or to accept any listing of employment with the condition or conditions;
Subd. 3. Labor organizations. For any labor organization, because of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex or age, to deny full and equal membership rights to an applicant for membership or to a member; to expel, suspend or otherwise discipline a member; or to accord adverse or unequal treatment to any person with respect to his or her hiring, apprenticeship, training, tenure, compensation, upgrading, layoff or any term or condition of employment;
Subd. 4. Real estate dealings. For any person having any interest in real property and any real estate broker or real estate agent, because of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex or age, to fail or refuse to sell, rent, assign or otherwise transfer any real property to any other person or to accord adverse or unequal treatment to any person with respect to the acquisition, occupancy, use and enjoyment of any real property.
Subd. 5. Public accommodations. For any person engaged in the provision of public accommodations, because of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex or age, to fail or refuse to provide to any person access to the use and benefit of the services and facilities of the public accommodations; or to accord adverse or unequal treatment to any person with respect to the availability of the services and facilities, or the price of other consideration therefor, the scope and quality thereof, or the terms and conditions under which the same are made available, including terms and conditions relating to credit, warrants, delivery, installation and repair;
Subd. 6. Public services. For any person engaged in the provision of public services, by reason of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex or age, to fail or refuse to provide to any person access to the use and benefit thereof or to provide adverse or unequal treatment to any person in connection therewith;
Subd. 7. Financial dealings. For any person, bank or other financial institution to whom application is made for financial or other assistance for the purchase, improvement, lease, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any real property, to deny the application or withhold the extension, modification or renewal of any existing loan or to impose rates, terms or conditions different from the usual in extending financial assistance because of discrimination against the applicant or because of any intended use by the applicant or any of the applicants, lessees, tenants or assigns;
Subd. 8. Encouraging or aiding in discrimination. For any person to conceal, or attempt to conceal, any unlawful discrimination or to aid, abet, order, compel, induce or attempt to induce another person to discriminate in any manner or to encourage or facilitate discrimination or to threaten, hinder or engage in any action against any person who may proceed or desire to proceed to enforce any part of this chapter by filing a complaint or testifying or assisting in the investigation and enforcement thereof.
(1987 Code, § 204.03) (Ord. 62, passed 7-17-1971) Penalty, see § 104.01