Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-171
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Public service corporation to give letter to employee
Official statutory text
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.
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.
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