(1) Harassment of employees, clients, customers, and any other persons because of a person's r ace, color, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, religion, creed, sexual orientation or political beliefs is prohibited. It is the state of Montana policy to provide employees, clients, customers, and any other persons with a work environment free of these forms of harassment.

(2) Examples of other prohibited harassment include, but are not limited to:

(a) coercion of employees, clients, or customers in the participation or non-participation in religious activities; or

(b) ethnic slurs, repeated jokes, innuendoes, or other verbal or physical conduct because of a person's nationality, race, color, age, physical or mental disability, martial status, religion, creed, sexual orientation or political beliefs if these actions create an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.