(a) No person operating employee community housing that has been granted an exemption pursuant to Section 17031.3, or who is in the process of applying for such exemption, shall take any retaliatory employment action against an employee/tenant because of the employee/tenant’s exercise of any of the following acts:
(1) Exercising any legal right with respect to the housing.
(2) Complaining, orally or in writing, to the landlord or employer about tenantability of the housing.
(3) Complaining, orally or in writing, to any applicable agency about tenantability of the housing.
(4) Bringing an action to enforce any rights provided for by this part or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1940) of Title 5 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code.
(b) “Retaliatory employment action” includes discharge from employment, wage decrease, demotion, or any other action detrimental to the employee/tenant’s employment status because of the employee/tenant’s exercise of the enumerated acts.
(c) Any person subject to this section shall also be subject to the provisions of Section 1942.5 of the Civil Code.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1031.)