39-2-802. Protection of discharged employees. If any person, after having discharged an employee from his service, prevents or attempts to prevent by word or writing of any kind such discharged employee from obtaining employment with any other person, such person is punishable as provided in 39-2-804 and is liable in punitive damages to such discharged person, to be recovered by civil action. No person is prohibited from informing by word or writing any person to whom such discharged person or employee has applied for employment a truthful statement of the reason for such discharge.

     History: En. Sec. 1, p. 257, L. 1891; amd. Sec. 3390, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 1755, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3092, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3092, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 41-1309.