Statute
Classes Protected
- Race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex
Key Language on Pay Discrimination
- Unlawful to “employ women in any occupation within the state for compensation less than that paid to men for equivalent service or for the same amount or class of work or labor in the same industry, school, establishment, office, or place of employment of any kind or description.”
- “It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for . . . an employer . . . to discriminate against a person in compensation or in a term, condition, or privilege of employment because of race, creed, religion, color, or national origin or because of age, physical or mental disability, martial status, or sex when he reasonable demands of the position do not require an age, physical or mental disability, marital status, or sex distinction[.]”