§ 7A-5. Discrimination, intimidation prohibited.

A. 

All such covered employers, owners, contractors or subcontractors thereof, as the case may be, shall not discriminate against any covered employee or applicant for employment with respect to the hiring, or recruitment or referral for a fee, of such covered employee or applicant for employment, nor shall such covered employers, the owners thereof, contractors or subcontractors, as the case may be, discriminate against any covered employee with respect to the discharge of such covered employee, because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, military status, or marital status or, in the case of a protected individual, because of such individual's citizenship status.

B. 

All such covered employers, owners thereof, contractors or subcontractors, as the case may be, shall not intimidate, threaten, coerce, or retaliate against any covered employee or applicant for employment for the purpose of interfering with any right or privilege secured under Title 8 U.S.C. Section 1324b, and any amendments thereto, or because the covered employee or applicant for employment intends to file or has filed a charge or a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in a manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under Title 8 U.S.C. Section 1324b. A covered employee or applicant for employment so intimidated, threatened, coerced, or retaliated against shall be considered to have been discriminated against for purposes of Subsection A above.