(A) This article creates both procedures and substantive rights or causes of action for redress of claims of employment discrimination. Only those substantive rights or causes of action and remedies created by this article are cognizable hereunder, or are within the scope of the Tribe’s limited waiver of sovereign immunity.

(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this article creates any substantive right to relief or consents to the maintenance against the Tribe of any claim based upon any act or omission of persons who are not officers, employees or agents of the Tribe.

(C) The Tribe shall not be liable for interest prior to judgment. In no event shall the Tribe be held liable for damages in excess of three million dollars ($3,000,000), and then only to the extent that such damages are covered by insurance required under the terms of the Tribe’s 2015 Tribal-State Gaming Compact.

(D) This article does not provide any remedy or forum for alleged injuries to employees, arising from or related to an employee’s work.

(E) This article does not provide any remedy or forum for alleged employment discrimination that occurred more than three hundred sixty-five (365) days prior to the filing of a claim.

(F) This article does not provide any remedy or forum for claims against the Tribe for equitable indemnity or contribution arising from third-party litigation.

(G) This article does not provide any remedy or forum for claims against the Tribe for punitive damages, or attorneys’ fees or costs. [Res. 18-R-039 § 5, 4/10/2018.]