§ 2331.03. Unlawful employment practices.

(A)

It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice, except where based upon applicable national security regulations established by the United States:

(1)

For any employer, because of the race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status to refuse to hire that person or otherwise to discriminate against that person with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to employment;

(2)

For any employer, employment agency, or labor organization to establish, announce or follow a policy of denying or limiting, the employment or membership opportunities of any person or group of persons because of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status.

(3)

For any employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprentice training programs to discriminate against any person because of that person's race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status in admission to employment in any program established to provide apprentice training;

(4)

For any employer, employment agency, or labor organization to publish or circulate, or to cause to be published or circulated, any notice or advertisement relating to employment or membership which indicates any preference, limitation, specifications or discrimination based upon race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status;

(5)

For any person seeking employment to publish or to cause to be published any advertisement which specifies or in any manner indicates that person's race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status or expresses a limitation or preference as to the race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status of any prospective employer;

(6)

For any employment agency to refuse or fail to accept, register, classify properly, or refer for employment or otherwise to discriminate against any person because of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status;

(7)

For any employer, employment agency, or labor organization to utilize in the recruitment or hiring of persons, any employment agency, placement service, labor organization, training school or center, or any other employee-referring source, known to discriminate against persons because of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status;

(8)

For any labor organization to discriminate against any person or limit that person's employment opportunities, or otherwise adversely affect that person's status as an employee, or that person's wages, hours, or employment conditions, because of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status;

(9)

For an employment agency, to comply with, accommodate, or otherwise assist with locating an employee related to, a request from an employer for referral of applicants for employment if the request indicates, directly or indirectly, that the employer fails, or may fail, to comply with Title 23, Chapter 2331, of the Columbus City Codes;

(10)

For any labor organization to limit or classify its membership on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status;

(11)

For any employer, employment agency or labor organization to:

(a)

Elicit or attempt to elicit any information concerning the race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status of an applicant for employment or membership;

(b)

Use any form of application for employment or personnel or membership blank seeking to elicit information regarding race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, familial status or military status but an employer holding a contract containing a non-discrimination clause with the government of the United States or any department or agency thereof, may require an employee or applicant for employment to furnish documentary proof of United States citizenship and may retain such proof in the employer's personnel records and may use photographic or fingerprint identification for security purposes.

(12)

For any employer, employment agency or labor organization to discriminate against any person because that person has opposed any practice forbidden by Title 23, Chapter 2331, of the Columbus City Codes, or because that person has made a complaint or testified or assisted in any manner in any investigation or proceeding under Title 23, Chapter 2331, of the Columbus City Codes.

(13)

For any person, whether or not an employer, employment agency or labor organization, to aid, incite, compel, coerce, or participate in the doing of any act declared to be unlawful discriminatory practice by Title 23, Chapter 2331, of the Columbus City Codes, or to obstruct or prevent any person from enforcing or complying with the provisions of this chapter, or to attempt directly or indirectly to commit any act declared by this chapter, to be an unlawful discriminatory practice.

(B)

Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful employment practices, a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(C)

Recklessness is intended to be imposed as the culpable mental state for a violation of this section.

(Ord. 2535-94; Ord. 1865-2008 § 2 (part).)