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. (a) No person shall discriminate against any officer, warrant
officer or enlisted member of the military or naval forces of the
state or of the United States because of that membership. No member
of the military forces shall be prejudiced or injured by any person,
employer, or officer or agent of any corporation, company, or firm
with respect to that member's employment, position or status or be
denied or disqualified for employment by virtue of membership or
service in the military forces of this state or of the United States.
(b) No officer or employee of the state, or of any county, city
and county, municipal corporation, or district shall discriminate
against any officer, warrant officer or enlisted member of the
military or naval forces of the state or of the United States because
of that membership. No member of the military forces shall be
prejudiced or injured by any officer or employee of the state, or of
any county, city and county, municipal corporation, or district with
respect to that member's employment, appointment, position or status
or be denied or disqualified for or discharged from that employment
or position by virtue of membership or service in the military forces
of this state or of the United States.
(c) No person shall prohibit or refuse entrance to any officer or
enlisted member of the Army or Navy of the United States or of the
military or naval forces of this state into any public entertainment
or place of amusement or into any of the places described in Sections
51 and 52 of the Civil Code because that member wears the uniform of
the organization to which he or she belongs.
(d) No employer or officer or agent of any corporation, company,
or firm, or other person, shall discharge any person from employment
because of the performance of any ordered military duty or training
or by reason of being an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member
of the military or naval forces of this state, or hinder or prevent
that person from performing any military service or from attending
any military encampment or place of drill or instruction he or she
may be called upon to perform or attend by proper authority;
prejudice or harm him or her in any manner in his or her employment,
position, or status by reason of performance of military service or
duty or attendance at military encampments or places of drill or
instruction; or dissuade, prevent, or stop any person from enlistment
or accepting a warrant or commission in the California National
Guard or Naval Militia by threat or injury to him or her in respect
to his or her employment, position, status, trade, or business
because of enlistment or acceptance of a warrant or commission.
(e) (1) No private employer or officer or agent of any
corporation, company, or firm, or other person, shall restrict or
terminate any collateral benefit for employees by reason of an
employee's temporary incapacitation incident to duty in the National
Guard or Naval Militia. As used in this subdivision, "temporary
incapacitation" means any period of incapacitation of 52 weeks or
less.
(2) As used in this subdivision, "benefit" includes, but is not
limited to, health care which may be continued at the employee's
expense, life insurance, disability insurance, and seniority status.
(f) No person who provides lending or financing shall discriminate
against any person with respect to the terms of a loan or financing,
including, but not limited to, the finance charge, based on that
person's membership in the military or naval forces of this state or
of the United States. With respect to any loan or credit transaction
covered by Section 670 of Public Law 109-364 and Section 232 of Title
32 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as published on August 31,
2007, in Volume 72 of the Federal Register, a person that does not
market or extend those transactions to covered borrowers shall not be
in violation of this section. For purposes of this section, a
covered borrower has the same meaning as provided for in Section 232
of Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as published on
August 31, 2007, in Volume 72 of the Federal Register.
(g) Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
In addition, any person violating any of the provisions of this
section shall be liable for actual damages and reasonable attorney's
fees incurred by the injured party.
(h) The remedies provided for in this section are not intended to
be exclusive but are in addition to the remedies provided for in
other laws, including Sections 51 and 52 of the Civil Code.