§ 29-2-202. PROHIBITIONS.

(a)

Employer. An employer may not engage in discrimination in:

(1)

Discharging a person;

(2)

Refusing to hire a person;

(3)

Acting against a person with respect to compensation or other terms and conditions of employment; or

(4)

The manner in which the employer limits, segregates, classifies, or assigns an employee.

(b)

Employment agency. An employment agency may not engage in discrimination in:

(1)

Failing or refusing to refer a person for employment;

(2)

Acting against a person concerning the kind of employment for which a referral could have been made; or

(3)

The manner in which the employment agency classifies a person for employment.

(c)

Labor organization. With respect to its functions and activities in the county, a labor organization may not engage in discrimination in:

(1)

Excluding or expelling a person from its membership;

(2)

Limiting, segregating, or classifying its membership in a way that would deprive a person of employment opportunities or adversely affect the person's status as an employee or applicant for employment; or

(3)

Failing or refusing to refer a person for employment in a way that would deprive the person of employment opportunities or adversely affect the person's status as an employee or applicant for employment.

(d)

Apprenticeship and training programs. An employer or labor organization may not engage in discrimination in refusing a person for admission to or employment in a program established to provide apprenticeship or other training.

(e)

Employment advertising. Except where the limitation or specification is a bona fide occupational qualification for employment, an employer, labor organization, or employment agency may not engage in discrimination in printing or causing to be printed a notice or advertisement indicating a preference, limitation, or specification relating to:

(1)

Employment by the employer;

(2)

Membership in the labor organization;

(3)

A classification by the labor organization;

(4)

A referral by the labor organization;

(5)

A classification by the employment agency; or

(6)

A referral by the employment agency.

(1988 Code, § 19-41) (Bill No. 11-96, § 1, 2-15-1996; Bill No. 39-98, § 1, 5-8-1998; Bill No. 31-00, § 2, 7-1-2004)