Any person, or agent or officer thereof, who, after having discharged an employee from the service of such person or after an employee has voluntarily left such service, by any misrepresentation prevents or attempts to prevent the former employee from obtaining employment, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. Lab. Code § 1050
Reemployment Privileges
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Randi W. v. Muroc Joint Unified School District (1997)
Most recently applied in 226 Cal. App. 4th 1405 - Stenehjem v. Sareen (June 2014)
Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 513, Sec. 1.
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