***** 419.403 This section is effective and applies retroactively beginning March 1, 2020: See 419.410 *****
419.403 Employer prohibitions related to employees who test positive or symptomatic for COVID-19; exception.Sec. 3.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an employer shall not discharge, discipline, or otherwise retaliate against an employee who does any of the following:
(a) Complies with section 5, including where an employee who displays the principal symptoms of COVID-19 does not report to work and later tests negative for COVID-19.
(b) Opposes a violation of this act.
(c) Reports health violations related to COVID-19.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an employee described in section 5 who, after displaying the principal symptoms of COVID-19, fails to make reasonable efforts to schedule a COVID-19 test within 3 days after receiving a request from their employer to get tested for COVID-19.
History: 2020, Act 238, Imd. Eff. Oct. 22, 2020