Printable Format44-618. Penalties for violating K.S.A. 44-601 through 44-628. Any person willfully violating the provisions of this act, or any valid order of the secretary of labor, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction of this state shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not to exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
History: L. 1920, ch. 29, § 18; R.S. 1923, 44-618; L. 1976, ch. 370, § 35; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 34; July 1.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"Tort Law: Kansas Further Limits Employment-at-Will By Providing Relief for Whistleblowers [Palmer v. Brown, 242 Kan. 893, 752 P.2d 685 (1988)]," Lisa K. Hammer, 28 W.L.J. 172, 180, 182, 184 (1988).
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Evidence sufficient to sustain violation of act for "picketing." State v. Personett, 114 Kan. 680, 683, 220 P. 520.
2. Section deals with striking and picketing. State v. Howat et al., 116 Kan. 412, 416, 227 P. 752. Affirmed: Dorchy v. Kansas, 272 U.S. 306, 47 S. Ct. 86, 71 L.Ed. 248.