2005 Idaho Code - 6-2105 — REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEE BRINGING ACTION -- PROOF REQUIRED

                                   TITLE  6
                         ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES
                                  CHAPTER 21
                        PROTECTION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
    6-2105.  REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEE BRINGING ACTION -- PROOF REQUIRED. (1) As
used in this section, "damages" means damages for injury or loss caused by
each violation of this chapter, and includes court costs and reasonable
attorneys' fees.
    (2)  An employee who alleges a violation of this chapter may bring a civil
action for appropriate injunctive relief or actual damages, or both, within
one hundred eighty (180) days after the occurrence of the alleged violation of
this chapter.
    (3)  An action begun under this section may be brought in the district
court for the county where the alleged violation occurred, the county where
the complainant resides, or the county where the person against whom the civil
complaint is filed resides or has his principal place of business.
    (4)  To prevail in an action brought under the authority of this section,
the employee shall establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the
employee has suffered an adverse action because the employee, or a person
acting on his behalf engaged or intended to engage in an activity protected
under section 6-2104, Idaho Code.