§ 5-248 Prohibited Practices.
RCNY § 5-248
(a)No employment agency shall discriminate against any individual because of his age, race, creed, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or sex, in receiving, classifying, disposing or otherwise acting upon applications for its services, in referring an applicant or applicants to an employer or employers or with respect to any guidance, training or apprenticeship program.
(b)No employment agency shall: (1) print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any statement, advertisement or publication, or (2) use any form of application for employment, or (3) use any business name, trade name or display name, or (4) make any inquiry in connection with prospective employment, which expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination as to age, race, creed, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or sex, or any intent to make any such limitation, specification or discrimination, unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification.
(c)No employment agency engaged in securing or obtaining positions for applicants in the modeling field shall directly or indirectly refer any applicant to a particular school or course for modeling, nor induce, suggest, or encourage choice of such school or course. (Amended City Record 2/27/2019, eff. 3/29/2019)
