The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
(a) "Discriminate", "discriminated" or "discrimination" means and includes discrimination solely on the grounds or because of race, religious creed, color, national origin or ancestry.
(b) "Employee" includes all persons except those engaged in domestic service, personal service or an employee of an organized religious congregation or an employee of an organization or institution limited to members of a single religious faith.
(c) "Employer" means a person, one or more individuals, a partnership, association or corporation hiring employees unless exemption is provided in Section 143.13.
(d) "Employment agency" means any person, company, partnership, association or corporation which undertakes, with or without compensation, to procure, recruit, refer or place employees.
(e) "Labor organization" means any organization which exists or is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or of mutual aid or protection in connection with employment.
(f) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, union or association, including those acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, whether appointed by a court or otherwise. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty, the term "person", as applied to partnerships, unions or associations, means the partners or members thereof, and as applied to corporations, the officers thereof.
(1963 Code §143.01)