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TITLE XLVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 985 Delinquency; Interstate Compact On Juveniles
PART II DELINQUENCY CASE PROCESSING (ss. 985.201-985.236)
985.22 Threatening or dismissing an employee prohibited.
985.22 Threatening or dismissing an employee prohibited.--
(1) An employer, or the employer's agent, may not dismiss from employment an employee who is summoned to appear before the court under s. 985.219 solely because of the nature of the summons or because the employee complies with the summons.
(2) If an employer, or the employer's agent, threatens an employee with dismissal, or dismisses an employee, who is summoned to appear under s. 985.219, the court may hold the employer in contempt.
History.--s. 40, ch. 94-209; s. 1348, ch. 95-147; s. 28, ch. 97-238.
Note.--Former s. 39.0495.
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