evidence_text: Rep. Breen moved to amend the bill as follows:
  
  1. Amend page 16, line 2, after “may” by striking out the balance of the subsection and inserting “do any of the following:
  
  (a) Bring a civil action for appropriate relief, including, but not limited to, payment for used earned sick time; rehiring or reinstatement to the eligible employee’s previous job; payment of back wages; reestablishment of employee benefits to which the eligible employee otherwise would have been eligible if the eligible employee had not been subjected to retaliatory personnel action or discrimination; the violation; and an equal additional amount as liquidated damages together with costs and reasonable attorney fees as the court allows.
  
  (b) File a claim with the department, which shall investigate the claim. Filing a claim with the department is neither a prerequisite nor a bar to bringing a civil action.”.
  
  2. Amend page 17, line 28, after “action” by inserting “as provided in subsection (1)(a)”.
  
  3. Amend page 18, line 1, after “action” by inserting “under subsection (1)(a)”.
  
  4. Amend page 18, line 3, after “site” by striking out the period and inserting “and who have not brought a civil action under subsection (1)(a).”.
  
  The motion did not prevail and the amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor.