Amending Chapter 2 Human Rights Commission

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(e) This Ordinance shall be construed broadly to effectuate its purpose. Sec. 2 -53 Definitions as used in this article (a) The Term "Commission" shall mean the South Bend Human Rights Commission. (b) The Term "Director" shall mean the Director of the South Bend Human Rights Commission. (c) The Term "Commission Attorney" shall mean the City Attorney or such assistants of the City Attorney as may be assigned to the Commission, or such other attorney as may be engaged by the Commission with the consent of the City Attorney. (d) The Term "Employee" shall mean any person employed by another for wages or salary; provided, however, that it should not include any person employed by his or her parents, spouse or child. (e) The Term "Employer" shall include the City of South Bend, or any Department thereof, and any person employing six (6) or more employees within the City; except that the term employer does not include any not - for - profit corporation or association organized exclusively for fraternal or religious purposes, nor for any school, educational or charitable religious institution; nor any exclusively social club, corporation or association that is not organized for profit. (f) The Term "Employment Agency" shall mean any person undertaking with or without compensation to procure, recruit, refer or place employees. (g) The Term "Labor Organization" shall mean any organization which exists and is constituted for the purpose in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers con- cerning grievances, terms of conditions of employment or of mutual aid or protection in connection with employment, (h) The Term "Educational Institution" shall mean all public and private schools and training centers except those affiliated with religious institutions, only insofar as they may give preference to members of their religious group in selecting their students. (i) The Term "Discriminatory Practice" shall mean the exclusion of a person by another person from equal opportunity because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin or ancestry; or a system which excludes persons from equal opportunity because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin or ancestry; or the promotion of racial segregation or separation in any manner,tincluding but not limited to, the inducing of, as attempting to induce, for profit, any person to sell or rent any dwelling by reports regarding the entry or prospective entry in the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, religion, color, sex, national origin or ancestry. Every discriminatory practice relating to the acquisition or sale of real property, education, public accommodations or employment shall be considered unlawful unless it is specifically exempted by this Ordinance. (j) The Term "Public Accommodation" shall mean any establishment which caters or offers its services or facilities or goods to the general public. -2-