Employee protection; discharge for protective order prohibited.
Summary
Employee protection; discharge for protectiveorder prohibited. Prohibits an employer from discharging, takingother retaliatory personnel action, or otherwise discriminating againstan employee solely on the basis that such employee has filed foror has been issued an emergency protective order or a preliminaryprotective order against the employer or another employee of suchemployer. The bill establishes an administrative process for an employeethat believes he has been discharged or discriminated against inviolation against such prohibition.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Last action Dec 4, 2020
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Total actions
4
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Committee
1
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101732D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DS
Dick Saslaw
DDemocratic
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