Oklahoma § 40-171 - Public service corporation to give letter to employee

§ 40-171. Public service corporation to give letter to employee

leaving service.

Whenever any employee of any public service corporation, or of a

contractor, who works for such corporation, doing business in this

state, shall be discharged or voluntarily quits the service of such

employer, it shall be the duty of the superintendent or manager, or

contractor, upon request of such employee to issue to such employee

a letter, setting forth the nature of the service rendered by such

employee to such corporation or contractor, and the duration

thereof, and truly stating the cause for which such employee was

discharged from or quit such service, and, if any such

superintendent, manager or contractor shall fail or refuse to issue

such letter, to such employee, when so requested, or shall willfully

or negligently refuse or fail to state the facts correctly, such

superintendent, manager or contractor shall be deemed guilty of a

misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine

of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than

Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and by imprisonment in the county

jail for a period of not less than one (1) month and not exceeding

one (1) year: Provided, that such letter shall be written, in its

entirety, upon a plain sheet of white paper to be selected by such

employee. No printed blank shall be used, and if such letter be

written upon a typewriter, it shall be signed with pen and black ink

and immediately beneath such signature shall be affixed the official

stamp, or seal, of said superintendent, manager or other officer of

such corporation or contractor, in an upright position. There shall

be no figures, words or letters used, upon such piece of paper,

except such as are plainly essential, either in the date line,

address, the body of the letter or the signature and seal or stamp

thereafter, and no such letter shall have any picture, imprint,

character, design, device, impression or mark, either in the body

thereof or upon the face or back thereof and any person of whom such

letter is required who fails to comply with the foregoing

requirements shall be liable to the penalties above prescribed.

R.L.1910, § 3769.