Protected Classes

Protected classes include, but are not limited to, the following: 

• Age (40 and over)
• Ancestry
• Arrest record (in employment/personnel matters)
• Citizenship status
• Color
• Conviction record (in employment/personnel matters)
• Disability (physical or mental)
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Gender expression
• Gender identity
• Genetic information
• Marital status
• Military status
• National origin
• Order of protection status
• Political affiliation
• Pregnancy
• Protection as a victim of a crime of violence
• Race
• Religion
• Sex
• Sexual orientation
• Unfavorable discharge from military service
• Veteran status
• Work authorization status (in employment/personnel matters)