No employer shall discharge or in any other manner retaliate against any employee because that employee has made a complaint to the employer, or to the department, or filed suit alleging that the employee has not been paid in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or because the employee has testified or may be about to testify in an investigation or hearing undertaken by the department. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to otherwise restrict the discipline or termination of an employee.
Idaho Code § 45-613
Discharging or retaliating against employees asserting rights under this chapter
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Paolini v. Albertson's Inc. (2006)
Most recently applied in Paolini v. Albertson's Inc. (April 2007)
I.C., § 45-613, as added by 1989, ch. 280, § 14, p. 677; am. 1996, ch. 421, § 36, p. 1406; am. 1999, ch. 51, § 14, p. 115.
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