[§398A-5]  Employee rights.  (a)  An employer shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or an attempt to exercise, a right established by this chapter.

     (b)  An employer shall not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee who:

     (1)  Exercises a right provided under this chapter; or

     (2)  Opposes a practice made unlawful by this chapter. [L 2014, c 161, pt of §1]