As used in Section 1101 et seq. of this title:
1. "Employer" means:
Employer does not include a Native American tribe or a bona fide membership club, other than a labor organization, that is exempt from taxation under Title 26, Section 501(c) of the United States Code;
2. "Employment agency" means a person regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure employees for an employer or to procure for employees opportunities to work for an employer and includes an agent of such a person;
3. "Labor organization" means:
4. “Individual with a disability” means a person who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities, has a record of such an impairment or is regarded as having such an impairment;
5. "Age discrimination in employment" means discrimination in employment of persons who are at least forty (40) years of age;
6. “Sex”, “because of sex” or “based on sex” includes, but is not limited to, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions; women affected by pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions shall be treated the same for all employment-related purposes as other persons not so affected but similar in their ability or inability to work;
7. “Genetic information” means information derived from the results of a genetic test. “Genetic information” shall not include family history, the results of a routine physical examination or test, the results of a chemical, blood or urine analysis, the results of a test to determine drug use, the results of a test for the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus, or the results of any other test commonly accepted in clinical practice at the time it is ordered; and
8. “Employee” means an individual who receives a salary or wages from an employer. Employee shall not include independent contractors.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 388, § 301. Amended by Laws 1973, c. 195, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973; Laws 1981, c. 231, § 1; Laws 1985, c. 165, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1992, c. 100, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 1992; Laws 2010, c. 74, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 270, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.