corporation or association, unless based upon membership in such
association or corporation, or except where based upon
applicable security regulations established by the United States
or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
(a) For any employer because of the race, color, religious
creed, ancestry, age, sex, national origin or non-job related
handicap or disability or the use of a guide or support animal
because of the blindness, deafness or physical handicap of any
individual or independent contractor, to refuse to hire or
employ or contract with, or to bar or to discharge from
employment such individual or independent contractor, or to
otherwise discriminate against such individual or independent
contractor with respect to compensation, hire, tenure, terms,
conditions or privileges of employment or contract, if the
individual or independent contractor is the best able and most
competent to perform the services required. The [provision]
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply, to (1) operation
of the terms or conditions of any bona fide retirement or
pension plan which have the effect of a minimum service
requirement, (2) operation of the terms or conditions of any
bona fide group or employe insurance plan, (3) age limitations
placed upon entry into bona fide apprenticeship programs of two
years or more approved by the State Apprenticeship and Training
Council of the Department of Labor and Industry, established by
the act of July 14, 1961 (P.L.604, No.304), known as "The
Apprenticeship and Training Act." Notwithstanding any provision
of this clause, it shall not be an unlawful employment practice
for a religious corporation or association to hire or employ on
the basis of sex in those certain instances where sex is a bona
fide occupational qualification because of the religious
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