Legislation

Expanding a provision of law prohibiting an employer from discharging a covered employee who files a claim for workers' compensation to include prohibiting the employer from retaliating in any way against the covered employee; applying a specified criminal penalty to a violation of the Act; authorizing a covered employee aggrieved by a specified violation to bring a civil action against the employer; authorizing a court to grant specified relief if the trier of fact in a specified action finds in favor of the employee; etc.

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Cross-filed with: HB0595

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2013

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/01/2013 Legislative Date 2/01/2013 Action First Reading Finance Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/05/2013 Legislative Date 2/05/2013 Action Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
Senate	2/01/2013	2/01/2013	First Reading Finance
Senate	2/05/2013	2/05/2013	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.

Documents

Date Posted	Document Name
2/05/2013	Text - First - Workers' Compensation - Retaliation by Employer - Prohibition

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