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, […]
44-118. Same; penalty. Any employer of labor, his agent or employee, who shall violate the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be fined for each offense the sum of one hundred dollars and thirty days’ imprisonment in the county jail. History: L. 1897, ch. 144, § 3; […]
44-119. Same; liability; attorney’s fee. Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of the violation of this act, shall be liable to the party injured to an amount equal to three times the sum he may be injured, and such employers of labor shall also be liable for a reasonable attorney fee, which shall be […]
44-119a. Employer immunity from liability and suit for disclosure of employment information. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, an employer, or an employer’s designee, who discloses information about a current or former employee to a prospective employer of the employee shall be qualifiedly immune from civil liability. (b) Unless otherwise provided by law, an employer […]
44-125. Definitions. As used in this act, the following words shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them herein: (a) “Migrant worker” means any person who is a nonresident of Kansas and who is employed temporarily in agriculturally-related work involving seasonal labor requiring his migration from one area to another in order to gain employment […]
44-126. Wage payment. Any employer employing migrant workers, or any employee of an employer responsible for the payment of wages to migrant workers, shall make such payments directly to the individual worker and no such payment shall be made to a crew chief. History: L. 1974, ch. 202, § 2; July 1.
44-127. Crew chief registration; information to state employment service. Any crew chief who brings any migrant worker into the state of Kansas or who is responsible for any migrant worker within the state of Kansas shall register with a local Kansas state employment service office. Upon registering, such crew chief shall furnish to such office […]
44-128. Availability of information furnished. Any information filed with the local Kansas state employment service office pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 44-127 shall be made available to the public upon request. History: L. 1974, ch. 202, § 4; July 1.
44-129. Violation of act. Any violation of this act shall be a class C misdemeanor. Any crew chief found to be in violation of this act shall cease to operate as a crew chief in this state for a period of two (2) years. History: L. 1974, ch. 202, § 5; July 1.
44-130. Employment agreements assigning employee rights in inventions to employer; restrictions; certain provisions void; notice and disclosure. (a) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign or offer to assign any of the employee’s rights in an invention to the employer shall not apply to an invention for which no […]
44-131. Discharge of certain employees prohibited. (a) No employer may discharge any employee by reason of the fact that the employee performs duties as a volunteer firefighter, volunteer certified emergency medical service provider, as defined in K.S.A. 65-6112, and amendments thereto, volunteer reserve law enforcement officer or volunteer part-time law enforcement officer. The provisions of […]
