Kansas § 44-117 - Employer not to prevent discharged employee from obtaining employment. Any employer of labor in this state, after having discharged any per
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§ 44-117. Employer not to prevent discharged employee from obtaining employment. Any employer of labor in this state, after having discharged any per
44-117. Employer not to prevent discharged employee from obtaining employment. Any employer of labor in this state, after having discharged any person from his service, shall not prevent or attempt to prevent by word, sign or writing of any kind whatsoever any such discharged employee from obtaining employment from any other person, company or corporation, except by furnishing in writing, on request, the cause of such discharge.History: L. 1897, ch. 144, § 1; May 8; R.S. 1923, 44-117.
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