It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice, except where based upon applicable national security regulations established by the United States:
(a) For any employer, because of race, color, religion, military status, national origin disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, to discharge without cause, to refuse to hire a person or otherwise to discriminate against any person with respect to hire, promotion, tenure, discharge, or any terms, conditions or privileges of employment, or any matter related to employment;
(b) For any employer, employment agency, or labor organization to establish, announce or follow a policy discriminating against, denying, or limiting, the employment or membership opportunities of any person or group of persons because of race, color, religion, military status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression;
(c) For any employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprentice training program to discriminate against any person because of that person's race, color, religion, military status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression in admission to employment in any program established to provide apprentice training;
(d) Except as permitted by Section 821.08 or otherwise provided by law, for any employer, employment agency, or labor organization to publish or circulate, or to cause to be published or circulated, any notice or advertisement relating to employment or membership which indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based upon race, color, religion, military status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression;
(e) For any person seeking employment to publish or to cause to be published any advertisement which specifies or in any manner indicates that person's race, color, religion, military status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression of any prospective employer;
(f) For any employment agency to refuse or fail to accept, register, classify properly, or refer for employment or otherwise to discriminate against any person because of a person's race, color, religion, military status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression;
(g) For any employer, employment agency, or labor organization to utilize in the recruitment or hiring of persons, any employment agency, placement service, labor organization, training school or center, or any other employee-referring source, known to discriminate against persons because of race, color, religion, military status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression;
(h) For any labor organization to discriminate against any person or limit that person's employment opportunities, or otherwise adversely affect that person's status as an employee, or that person's wages, hours, or employment conditions, because of race, color, religion, military status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression;
(i) For an employment agency to comply with, accommodate, or otherwise assist with locating an employee related to a request from an employer for referral of applicants for employment if the request indicates that the employer fails, or may fail, to comply with this chapter;
(j) For any labor organization to limit or classify its membership based on race, color, religion, military status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression;
(k) Except where based on a bona fide occupational qualification (and except for requests by an employer for the voluntary provision of demographic information to aid in diversity and inclusion efforts), for any employer, employment agency, or labor organization to:
(1) Elicit or attempt to elicit any information concerning the race, color, religion, military status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression of an applicant for employment or membership;
(2) Use any form of application for employment or personnel or membership blank seeking to elicit information regarding race, color, religion, military status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression but an employer holding a contract containing a non-discrimination clause with the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof, may require an employee or applicant for employment to furnish documentary proof of United States citizenship and may retain such proof in the employer's personnel records and may use photographic or fingerprint identification for security purposes;
(l) For any employer, employment agency, or labor organization to discriminate against any person because that person has opposed any practice forbidden by this chapter, or because that person has made a complaint or assisted in any manner in any investigation or proceeding or hearing under this chapter; or
(m) For any person to aid, incite, compel, coerce, or participate in the doing of any act declared to be an unlawful discriminatory practice by 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, or to attempt 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 an unlawful discriminatory practice.
(Ord. 2020-26. Passed 6-1-2020.)