| | Sec. 5. 5 MRSA §4553, sub-§10, ¶G is enacted to read: |
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| G.__Discrimination in employment, housing, public | accommodations and credit on the basis of sexual | orientation, except that a religious corporation, | association or organization that does not receive public | funds is exempt from these provisions. |
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| | Sec. 6. 5 MRSA §4571, as amended by PL 1991, c. 99, §6, is further | amended to read: |
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| §4571. Right to freedom from discrimination in employment |
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| | The opportunity for an individual to secure employment without | discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, | physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry or | national origin is recognized as and declared to be a civil | right. |
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| | Sec. 7. 5 MRSA §4572, sub-§1, ¶¶A, B and C, as amended by PL 1991, c. | 885, Pt. E, §7 and affected by §47, are further amended to read: |
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| A. For any employer to fail or refuse to hire or otherwise | discriminate against any applicant for employment because of | race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental | disability, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, | because of the applicant's previous assertion of a claim or | right under former Title 39 or Title 39-A or because of | previous actions taken by the applicant that are protected | under Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter V-B; or, because of | those reasons, to discharge an employee or discriminate with | respect to hire, tenure, promotion, transfer, compensation, | terms, conditions or privileges of employment or any other | matter directly or indirectly related to employment; or, in | recruiting of individuals for employment or in hiring them, | to utilize any employment agency that the employer knows or | has reasonable cause to know discriminates against | individuals because of their race or color, sex, sexual | orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, age, | ancestry or national origin, because of their previous | assertion of a claim or right under former Title 39 or Title | 39-A or because of previous actions that are protected under | Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter V-B; |
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| (1) This paragraph does not apply to discrimination | governed by Title 39-A, section 353; |
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| B. For any employment agency to fail or refuse to classify | properly, refer for employment or otherwise discriminate against | any individual because of race or color, sex, sexual |
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