34-01 General Provisions

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TITLE 34LABOR AND EMPLOYMENTCHAPTER 34-01GENERAL PROVISIONS34-01-01. Contract of employment defined. A contract of employment is a contract bywhich one, who is called the employer, engages another, who is called the employee, to do<br>something for the benefit of the employer or of a third person.34-01-02. Personal service contract - Time limit - Continuation of employment. Acontract to render personal service cannot be enforced against the employee beyond the term of<br>two years from the commencement of service under it, but if the employee voluntarily continues<br>the employee's service under it beyond that time, the contract may be referred to as affording a<br>presumptive measure of the compensation.34-01-03.Voluntary service without employment - Duties of person rendering -Rights to compensation and expenses. One who officiously and without the consent of the<br>real or apparent owner of a thing takes it into possession for the purpose of rendering a service<br>about it must complete such service and use ordinary care, diligence, and reasonable skill about<br>the same. The person is not entitled to any compensation for the person's service or expenses,<br>except that the person may deduct actual and necessary expenses incurred by the person about<br>such service from any profits which the person's service has caused the thing to acquire for its<br>owner and must account to the owner for the residue.34-01-04. Intimidation, force, and threats against employees prohibited - Penalty.Every person who, by any use of force, threats, or intimidation, prevents any person employed by<br>another from continuing or performing the person's work or from accepting any new work or<br>employment, and every person who uses any force, threats, or intimidation to induce such hired<br>person to relinquish the person's work or employment or to return any work the person has in<br>hand before it is finished, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.34-01-05. Intimidation, force, and threats against employers prohibited - Penalty.Every person who, by any use of force, threats, or intimidation, prevents another from employing<br>any person, and every person who uses force, threats, or intimidation to compel another to<br>employ any person, or to force or induce another to alter that person's mode of carrying on<br>business, or to limit or increase the number of persons employed by that person, or their rate of<br>wages or time of service, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.34-01-06.Hindering person from obtaining or enjoying employment - Penalty.Every person who maliciously interferes or hinders, in any way, any person from obtaining<br>employment or from enjoying employment already obtained from any other person, is guilty of a<br>class A misdemeanor.34-01-07. Black list prohibited - Punishment. Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, </p> <BR></DIV><!-- /.col.one --><!-- /.col.two --></DIV><!-- /.col.main --></DIV><!-- /div id = content --> <BR class=clear></DIV> <!-- /div id = livearea --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.one --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.main --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#content --><BR class=clear> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#livearea --> <!-- Footer--> <DIV id=footer> <DIV class=container> <P class=copyright>Copyright &copy; 2012-2022 Laws9.Com All rights reserved. </P><!-- /.copyright --> <P class=footerlinks><A href="/contactus.html">Contact Us</A> | <A href="/aboutus.html">About Us</A> | <A href="/terms.html">Terms</A> | <A href="/privacy.html">Privacy</A></P><!-- /.footerlinks --> </DIV><!-- /.container --> </DIV><!-- /footer --> </BODY></HTML>