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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