2030                                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [Ch. 601

(a) It [shall be] IS an unlawful employment
practice for an employer:

(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] THE individual's race, color, religion, sex,
age for], national origin OR BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL IS
PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED; 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 OR
BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL IS PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY
HANDICAPPED.

(b) It [shall be] IS 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,
religion, sex, age [or], national origin OR BECAUSE THE
INDIVIDUAL IS PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, or to
classify or refer for employment any individual on the
basis of his race, color, religion, sex, age [or],
national origin OR ON THE BASIS OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S
PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HANDICAP;

(c) It [shall be] IS 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,
religion, sex, age [or], national origin OR BECAUSE THE
INDIVIDUAL IS PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED; (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] THE
individual's race, color, religion, sex, age [or],
national origin OR BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL IS PHYSICALLY
OR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED; or (3) to cause or attempt to
cause an employer to discriminate against an individual
in violation of this section;

(i) It [shall be] IS 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