As used in this Act, unless the context or subchapter otherwise indicates, the following words have the following meanings.
[PL 1995, c. 393, §1 (AMD).]
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Commission.
"Commission" means the Maine Human Rights Commission established by this Act.
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Commercial facilities.
"Commercial facilities" means facilities that are intended for nonresidential use.
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Covered entity.
For purposes of subchapter 3, "covered entity" means an employer, employment agency, labor organization or joint labor-management committee. For purposes of subchapter 5, "covered entity" means any applicable private entity or public entity.
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Direct threat.
For purposes of subchapter 3, "direct threat" means a significant risk to the health or safety of others that can not be eliminated by reasonable accommodation.
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Aggrieved person.
"Aggrieved person" includes any person who claims to have been subject to unlawful discrimination on the basis of protected class status, including discrimination based on the person's known relationship or association with a member of a protected class and discrimination on the basis of perceived protected class status. "Aggrieved person" also includes any person who claims to have been injured by unlawful housing discrimination.
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Complainant.
"Complainant" means a person who files a complaint under section 4611.
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Conciliation.
"Conciliation" means the attempted resolution after a finding by the commission that unlawful discrimination has occurred of issues raised by a complaint filed under section 4611 or by an investigation of such a complaint through informal negotiations involving the complainant, the respondent and the commission.