(1) It shall be unlawful for a parking employer or any other person to interfere with, restrain or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any right protected under this Chapter 9-4700 or subsection 9-601(8) of Chapter 9-600.
(2) No person shall take any adverse action as to a parking employee that penalizes such employee for, or is reasonably likely to deter such employee from, exercising or attempting to exercise any right protected under this Chapter, or from filing a complaint under subsection 9-601(8) of Chapter 9-600. Taking an adverse action includes threatening, intimidating, disciplining, discharging, demoting, suspending or harassing a parking employee; assigning a parking employee to a lesser position in terms of job classification, job security, or other condition of employment; reducing the hours or pay of a parking employee or denying the employee additional hours; and discriminating against a parking employee, including actions or threats related to perceived immigration status or work authorization.
(3) Protections of this Section shall apply to any person who mistakenly but in good faith alleges violations of this Chapter or files a complaint under subsection 9-601(8) of Chapter 9-600.
(4) It shall be considered a rebuttable presumption of retaliation if a parking employer or any other person takes an adverse action against a parking employee within 90 calendar days of the employee's exercise of rights protected in this Chapter or the filing of a complaint under subsection 9-601(8) of Chapter 9-600.