<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 15-5. - Definitions.</div>
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               For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
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               <span class="ital">Conciliation</span> means attempted resolution of issues raised by a complainant through informal means
               not involving court process.
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               <span class="ital">Discrimination</span> means any difference in treatment based on a protected class as defined herein.
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               <span class="ital">Discrimination based on national origin</span> includes action taken due to the individual having a hairstyle, hair type, or hair
               texture historically associated with national origin such as, but not limited to,
               braids, locks, twists, tight coils or curls, cornrows, Bantu knots, and afros.
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               <span class="ital">Discrimination based on race</span> includes action taken due to the individual having a hairstyle, hair type, or hair
               texture historically associated with national origin such as, but not limited to,
               braids, locks, twists, tight coils or curls, cornrows, Bantu knots, and afros.
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               <span class="ital">Employer</span> means any person employing one or more persons within Durham County and any person
               acting in the interest of an employer, directly or indirectly, including an employment
               agency. Employer does not include the federal government, the State of North Carolina,
               any of their agencies or departments, or any other governmental entity. "Employer"
               shall include any person contracting with Durham County.
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               <span class="ital">Gender identity or expression</span> means having or being perceived as having gender-related identity, expression, appearance,
               or behavior, whether or not that identity, expression, appearance, or behavior is
               different from that traditionally associated with the sex assigned to that individual
               at birth.
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               <span class="ital">Military status</span> means being on active duty in, or in any reserve component of, any branch of the
               Armed Forces of the United States, the State of North Carolina, or any other state,
               or being a veteran of any such branch of the armed forces. Military status does not
               include consideration of the characterization of a person's discharge.
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               <span class="ital">Person</span> means a natural person, a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or
               other entity with a separate legal existence.
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               <span class="ital">Protected class</span> means race, ethnicity, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or
               expression, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, pregnancy, military
               status, religious belief or non-belief, age, or disability.
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               <span class="ital">Public accommodation</span> means any place, facility, store or other establishment which supplies accommodations,
               goods, or services to the public or which solicits or accepts the patronage or trade
               of the general public. A public accommodation shall not include a religious organization
               and all of the activities of the religious organization, or a non-profit fraternal
               or social organization which restricts use of facilities and services to members and
               their guests.
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               <span class="ital">Religious organization</span> means a church, mosque, synagogue, temple, non-denominational ministry, faith-based
               mission or faith-based entity that is primarily devoted to the study, practice, or
               advancement of religion.
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               (Res. of 11-8-2021(1), Â§ 1)
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