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racism and ethnic nationalism.
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(8) "Hate speech" refers to any discrimination of ideas based on notions of superiority
or racial hatred, incitement to racial discrimination, violence or incitement to such acts.
(9) "Hate crime" which is committed because of the actual or perceived ethnicity, race,
religion or belief, language, disability, or other status.
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"Accommodation" as mentioned herein includes a house, apartment,
condominium, townhouse, flat, motel, boarding house, hotel and dormitory.
(11) "Employment" pertains to the existence of an employer-employee relationship,
which is determined by the four-fold test: 1) selection of the employee; 2) payment of
wages; 3) power of dismissal; and 4) power of control. This definition shall apply to
regular, probational, contractual, seasonal, and project-based workers. In legitimate
contracting or sub-contracting arrangements, the contractor/subcontractor shall be
deemed the employer of the contractual employee.
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(12) "Education and training" refers to all types and levels of education and training,
and includes access to education, the standard and quality of education, and the
conditions under which it is given. . . .
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(13)"Goods and Services" as app.)i(2d iiherein includes but shall not be limited to
establishments supplying physical goods and services such as restaurants, resorts,
hotels, clubs, and shopping malls as well as those providing cleaning, repair,
maintenance, construction, financial, health, transportation and public utility services ..
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(16) "Profiling" means a practice of relying to any degree on race, color, descent or
national or ethnic origin and religious belief or affiliation as a basis for subjecting
persons to investigatory activities or for determining whether an individual is engaged
in criminal activity.
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SECTION 4. Acts of Discrimination. Violence and Intolerance. Acts of discrimination
and intolerance are committed when a person treats another less favorably on the basis
of ethnicity, race, religion or belief, language, disability or other status than the person
treats or would treat another without that attribute or with a different attribute on the
same or similar circumstances in employment, education, accommodation and delivery
of services, to wit.
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General acts - it shall be unlawful to commit any act of discrimination and
intolerance based on ethnicity, race, religion or belief, language, disability or
other status.
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Acts of Discrimination in Employment - it shall be unlawful for an employer to
discriminate against a" person on the ground of ethnicity, race or religious
affiliation or belief.
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a. In the arrangements made by the employer in determining who should be
offered employment;
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