139A.13A - EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION.

        139A.13A  EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION.
         1.  An employer shall not discharge an employee, or take or fail
      to take action regarding an employee's promotion or proposed
      promotion, or take action to reduce an employee's wages or benefits
      for actual time worked, due to the compliance of an employee with a
      quarantine or isolation order or voluntary confinement request issued
      by the department, a local board, or the centers for disease control
      and prevention of the United States department of health and human
      services.
         2.  An employee whose employer violates this section may petition
      the court for imposition of a cease and desist order against the
      person's employer and for reinstatement to the person's previous
      position of employment.  This section does not create a private cause
      of action for relief of money damages.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2006 Acts, ch 1184, §85; 2007 Acts, ch 159, §25