Section 1476 - Employee's participation in proceedings protected(a) A fast food restaurant operator shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against any employee due to the employee's participation in or testimony to any proceeding convened by the council.(b) The council shall be deemed a governmental agency for purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 1102.5.Added by Stats 2023 ch 262 (AB 1228),s 3, shall become operative and shall take effect commencing January 1, 2024, only if Referendum No. 1939 (Attorney General No. 22-0005) has been withdrawn by its proponents by January 1, 2024. If that referendum has not been withdrawn by its proponents by January 1, 2024, Sections 1474 to 1476, inclusive, and this section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2024, and as of that date, are repealed.(Referendum withdrawn December 29, 2023.).