No employer may, for the purpose of dissuading an employee from preferring charges or giving information against the employer or testifying against the employer in an action brought under § 60-12-18, threaten termination of the employ of the employee or other retaliatory action, or terminate the employ of the employee or take other retaliatory action.

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Source: SL 1966, ch 64, § 4; SL 2008, ch 276, § 97.