123.7. It is forbidden to take a reprisal against a person on the ground that the person has, in good faith, communicated information referred to in section 123.6 or cooperated in an inquiry, verification or inspection carried out on the basis of such a communication.
It is also forbidden to threaten to take a reprisal against a person so that the person will abstain from communicating information to the Commission or from cooperating in an inquiry, verification or inspection carried out on the basis of such a communication.
The demotion, suspension, dismissal or transfer of a person having communicated information or any measure that adversely affects such a person’s employment or conditions of employment is presumed to be a reprisal.
2018, c. 122018, c. 12, s. 241.