Ch. 493                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1103

PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE'S RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES OR
PRACTICE WITHOUT UNDUE HARDSHIP ON THE CONDUCT OF THE
EMPLOYER'S BUSINESS.

19.

(A) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer:

[(a)] (1) To fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to
discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms,
conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color,
[creed] RELIGION, sex, age or national origin; or

(2) TO LIMIT, SEGREGATE, OR CLASSIFY HIS EMPLOYEES OR
APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN ANY WAY WHICH WOULD
DEPRIVE OR TEND TO DEPRIVE ANY INDIVIDUAL OF
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES OR OTHERWISE ADVERSELY
AFFECT HIS STATUS AS AN EMPLOYEE, BECAUSE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL'S RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX , AGE OR NATIONAL
ORIGIN.

(b)  It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to
fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, any
individual because of his race, color, [creed] RELIGION, sex, age or national
origin, or to classify or refer for employment any individual on the basis of his
race, color, [creed] RELIGION, sex, age or national origin:

(c)  It shall be an unlawful employment practice for a labor organization: (1) to
exclude or to expel from its membership, or otherwise to discriminate against, any
individual because of his race, color, [creed] RELIGION, sex, age or national
origin; (2) to limit, segregate or classify its membership, or to classify or fail or
refuse to refer for employment any individual, in any way which would deprive or
tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities, or would limit such
employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee
or as an applicant for employment, because of such individual's race, color,
[creed] RELIGION, sex, age or national origin; or (3) to cause or attempt to
cause an employer to discriminate against an individual in violation of this section;

(d)   It shall be an unlawful employment practice for any 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 his race, color, [creed,] RELIGITION, sex, age
or national origin in admission to, or employment in, any program established to
provide apprenticeship or other training;

(e)   It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor
organization, or employment agency to print or cause to be printed or published
any notice or advertisement relating to employment by such an employer or
membership in or any classification or referral for employment by such a labor
organization, or relating to any classification or referral for employment by such
an agency, indicating any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination,
based on race, color, [creed] RELIGION, sex, age or national origin, except that
such a notice or advertisement may indicate a preference, limitation, specification,
or discrimination based on [creed] RELIGION, sex, age or national origin when
[creed] RELIGION, sex, age or national origin is a bona fide occupational
qualification for employment;