(a) An employer of any person required to make reports under section 260E.06 , subdivision 1, or 260E.11, subdivision 1 , shall not retaliate against the person for reporting in good faith maltreatment pursuant to this chapter or against a child with respect to whom a report is made, because of the report.
(b) The employer of any person required to report under section 260E.06, subdivision 1, or 260E.11, subdivision 1 , who retaliates against the person because of a report of maltreatment is liable to that person for actual damages and, in addition, a penalty of up to $10,000.
(c) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any adverse action within 90 days of a report is retaliatory. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "adverse action" refers to action taken by an employer of a person required to report under section 260E.06, subdivision 1 , or 260E.11, subdivision 1 , which is involved in a report against the person making the report or the child with respect to whom the report was made because of the report, and includes, but is not limited to:
(1) discharge, suspension, termination, or transfer from the facility, institution, school, or agency;
(2) discharge from or termination of employment;
(3) demotion or reduction in remuneration for services; or
(4) restriction or prohibition of access to the facility, institution, school, agency, or persons affiliated with it.