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SENATE BILL NO. 1023

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S1023..........................................................by JORGENSON
WORKER'S COMPENSATION - Adds to existing law relating to worker's
compensation to prohibit certain retaliatory actions and to provide
penalties.
                                                                        
01/18    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/19    Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1023
                                                                        
                                        BY JORGENSON
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO WORKER'S COMPENSATION; AMENDING CHAPTER 7, TITLE 72,  IDAHO  CODE,
  3        BY  THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 72-701A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN
  4        RETALIATORY ACTIONS AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 1.  That Chapter 7, Title 72, Idaho Code,  be,  and  the  same  is
  7    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
  8    ignated as Section 72-701A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        72-701A.  RETALIATORY ACTIONS. (1) No employer may discharge, discriminate
 10    or in any other manner retaliate against an employee who has given notice  and
 11    made  a claim, or is about to give notice and make a claim, under the worker's
 12    compensation law of this state, or any employee who has testified, or is about
 13    to testify, in any proceeding related to such a claim.
 14        (2)  An employer who violates this section shall be liable for such  legal
 15    or  equitable  relief as may be appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this
 16    section, including without limitation, employment,  reinstatement,  promotion,
 17    and  the  payment  of wages lost, and an additional equal amount as liquidated
 18    damages.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16618

Relating to worker's compensation; amending Chapter 7, Title 72,
Idaho Code, by the addition of a new Section 72-701A, Idaho Code,
to prohibit certain retaliatory actions and to provide penalties.


                           FISCAL NOTE

                               None


Contact
Name: Senator Mike Jorgenson 
Phone: (208) 332-1344


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        S 1023