Montana § 39-2-803 Blacklisting Prohibited

Montana Statutes

§ 39-2-803 — Blacklisting Prohibited

Montana § 39-2-803

Title 39LABOR

Ch. 2THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

Part 8Blacklisting and Protection of Discharged Employees

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 39-2-803 (2026).

Text

39-2-803 . Blacklisting prohibited. If a company or corporation in this state authorizes or allows any of its agents to blacklist or if a person does blacklist any discharged employee or attempts by word or writing or any other means to prevent any discharged employee or any employee who may have voluntarily left the company's service from obtaining employment with another person, except as provided for in 39-2-802 , the company, corporation, or person is liable in punitive damages to the employee prevented from obtaining employment, to be recovered in a civil action, and is also punishable as provided in 39-2-804 .

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39-2-803 . Blacklisting prohibited. If a company or corporation in this state authorizes or allows any of its agents to blacklist or if a person does blacklist any discharged employee or attempts by word or writing or any other means to prevent any discharged employee or any employee who may have voluntarily left the company's service from obtaining employment with another person, except as provided for in 39-2-802 , the company, corporation, or person is liable in punitive damages to the employee prevented from obtaining employment, to be recovered in a civil action, and is also punishable as provided in 39-2-804 .

Legislative History

En. Sec. 2, p. 258, L. 1891; amd. Sec. 3391, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 1756, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3093, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3093, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 41-1310; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 397, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1482, Ch. 56, L. 2009.