§ 9-205. Depriving witnesses of employment; penalty

   (a) In general. -- An employer may not deprive an employee of the employee's job solely because of job time lost by the employee as a result of:

   (1) The employee's response to a subpoena requiring the employee to appear as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding, including discovery proceedings; or

   (2) The employee's attendance at a proceeding that the employee has a right to attend under § 11-102 or § 11-302 of the Criminal Procedure Article, or under § 3-8A-13 of this article.

(b) Penalty. -- An employer that violates subsection (a) of this section may be fined not more than $ 1,000.

HISTORY: 1986, ch. 406; 1987, ch. 221; 1999, ch. 620; 2001, ch. 29, § 5; ch. 35.