In Sections 1101 through 1706 of this title:

1. 1. "Employer" means a person who has fifteen or more employees for each working day in each of twenty (20) or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, or a person who as a contractor or subcontractor is furnishing the material or performing work for the state or a governmental entity or agency of the state and includes an agent of such a person but does not include an Indian tribe or a bona fide membership club not organized for profit;
2. 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. 3. "Labor organization" includes:

   1. a. an organization of any kind, an agency or employee representation committee, group, association, or plan in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment,
   2. b. a conference, general committee, joint or system board, or joint council so engaged which is subordinate to a national or international labor organization, or
   3. c. an agent of a labor organization;
4. 4. "Handicapped person" 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. 5. "Age discrimination in employment" means discrimination in employment of persons who are at least forty (40) years of age; and
6. 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.

Laws 1968, SB 367, c. 388, § 301, emerg. eff. May 17, 1968; Amended by Laws 1973, HB 1454, c. 195, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973; Amended by Laws 1981, HB 1322, c. 231, § 1; Amended by Laws 1985, HB 1081, c. 165, § 2, eff. November 1, 1985; Amended by Laws 1992, SB 907, c. 100, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 1992; Amended by Laws 2010, SB 1814, c. 74, § 1, eff. November 1, 2010 (superseded document available).