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date of this subsection, nor intended to create any new obligations | | with respect to affirmative action or numerical goals or quotas. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 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. 8. 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 | | 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 orientation, | | physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry or | | national origin, because of the individual's previous assertion | | of a claim or right under former Title 39 |
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