§ 8-318
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§8–318.
(a)A person may not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against a plan participant or beneficiary:
(1)for exercising a right to which the participant or beneficiary is entitled under this subtitle; or
(2)for the purpose of interfering with a right to which the participant or beneficiary may become entitled under this subtitle.
(b)A person may not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against a person, whether or not the person is a plan participant or beneficiary, because the person:
(1)has given information or testified in an inquiry or proceeding that relates to this subtitle; or
(2)is about to give information or testify in an inquiry or proceeding that relates to this subtitle.
(c)A person may not, by fraud, force, violence, or the threat of force or violence, restrain, coerce, or intimidate or attempt to restrain, coerce, or intimidate a plan participant or beneficiary for the purpose of interfering with or preventing the exercise of a right to which the plan participant or beneficiary is or may become entitled under this subtitle.