1. (a) An employer may not deprive an employee of the employee's job solely because of job time lost by the employee as a result of:

   1. (1) The employee's response to a subpoena requiring the employee to appear as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding, including discovery proceedings; or
   2. (2) The employee's attendance at a proceeding that the employee has a right to attend under § 11-102 or § 11-302 of the Criminal Procedure Article, or under § 3-8A-13 of this article.
2. (b) An employer that violates subsection (a) of this section may be fined not more than $1,000.

Added by Acts 1986, c. 406. Amended by Acts 1987, c. 221; Acts 1999, c. 620, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, c. 29, § 5, eff. April 10, 2001; Acts 2001, c. 35, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2001.