Definitions. As used in this Section,
the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
AGE
An age of forty (40) or more years but less than seventy
(70) years, except that it shall not be an unlawful employment practice
for an employer to require the compulsory retirement of any person
who has attained the age of sixty-five (65) and who, for the two (2)
year period immediately before retirement, is employed in a bona fide
executive or high policy-making position, if such person is entitled
to an immediate non-forfeitable annual retirement benefit from a pension,
profit sharing, savings or deferred compensation plan, or any combination
of such plans, of the employer, which equals, in the aggregate, at
least forty-four thousand dollars ($44,000.00).
DISABILITY
A physical or mental impairment which substantially limits
one (1) or more of a person's major life activities, being regarded
as having such an impairment, or a record of having such an impairment,
which with or without reasonable accommodation does not interfere
with performing the job in question. For purposes of this Section,
the term "disability" does not include current, illegal
use of or addiction to a controlled substance as such term is defined
by Section 195.010, RSMo.; however a person may be considered to have
a disability if that person:
1.
Has successfully completed a supervised drug rehabilitation
program and is no longer engaging in the illegal use of, and is not
currently addicted to, a controlled substance or has otherwise been
rehabilitated successfully and is no longer engaging in such use and
is not currently addicted;
2.
Is participating in a supervised rehabilitation program and
is no longer engaging in illegal use of controlled substances; or
3.
Is erroneously regarded as currently illegally using, or being
addicted to, a controlled substance.
DISCRIMINATION
Any unfair treatment based on race, color, religion, national
origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, disability or age.
EMPLOYER
Includes any person employing six (6) or more persons within
the State of Missouri, and any person directly acting in the interest
of an employer, but does not include corporations or associations
owned and operated by religious or sectarian groups.
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
Includes any person or agency, public or private, 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 any person acting in the interest of such
a person.
LABOR ORGANIZATION
Includes any organization which exists for the purpose, in
whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers
concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or for other
mutual aid or protection in relation to employment.
PERSON
Includes one (1) or more individuals, corporations, partnerships,
associations, organizations, labor organizations, legal representatives,
mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, trustees, trustees
in bankruptcy, receivers, fiduciaries or other organized groups of
persons.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
A male or female heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality
by inclination, practice, identity or expression, or having a self-image
or identity not traditionally associated with one's gender.