; or (ii) using the taking of legally protected leave as a negative factor in an employment action, such as hiring, promotion, reducing hours or number of shifts, or a disciplinary action. (B) Discrimination It shall be an unlawful employment practice for any employer to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against (including retaliating against) any individual for opposing any practice made unlawful by this subtitle. (2) Interference with proceedings or inquiries It shall be an unlawful employment practice for any person to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against (including retaliating against) any individual because such individual— (A) has filed an action, or has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding, under or related to this subtitle; (B) has given, or is about to give, any information in connection with any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided under this subtitle; or (C) has testified, or is about to testify, in any inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided under this subtitle. 113. Enforcement authority (a) In general (1) Definition In this subsection— (A) the term employee means an employee described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 111(1); (B) the term employer means an employer described in clauses (i)(I) and (ii) of section 111(2)(A) or clauses (i)(II) and (ii) of such section