Any employer who discharges or threatens to discharge, or in any other way discriminates against an employee because such employee serves upon a wage board, or is active in its formation, or has testified or is about to testify, or because the employer believes that the employee may testify in any investigation or proceeding relative to enforcement of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each violation. The director shall investigate and report to the proper prosecuting officials whether employers in each occupation investigated are obeying his decrees, and the director or employees of the division may cause informations to be filed with and prosecutions to be instituted by the proper prosecuting officials for any violation of the provisions of this article.
Source: L. 17: p. 388, § 15. C.L. § 4276. CSA: C. 97, § 250. CRS 53: § 80-9-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-7-14. L. 69: p. 608, § 97.