This subtitle does not require: (1) an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee subject to this subtitle to grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of the race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or military status of the individual or group because an imbalance may exist with respect to the total number or percentage of individuals of any race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, or military status or individuals with disabilities employed by the employer, referred or classified for employment by the employment agency or labor organization, admitted to membership or classified by the labor organization, or admitted to, or employed in, any apprenticeship or other training program, compared to the total number or percentage of individuals of that race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, or military status or individuals with disabilities in the State or any community, section, or other area, or in the available work force in the State or any community, section, or other area; or (2) an employer to reasonably accommodate an employee's religion or disability, or an applicant for employment's disability, if the accommodation would cause undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business.
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