What personal traits or characteristics are protected from discrimination?
The following personal characteristics are protected in all five areas: race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, physical disability, and mental disability. Age is protected in employment, and credit. Familial status is protected in housing and credit. Marital status is protected in credit. There is an additional characteristic, retaliation, which is protected in all five areas. Pregnancy is covered in all five areas.