44-616. Business operations; limitation or cessation, hearings; changing conditions. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the operation of any such industry, employment, utility, or common carrier willfully to limit or cease operations for the purpose of limiting production or transportation or to affect prices, for the purpose of avoiding any of the provisions of this act, except that any person, firm or corporation so engaged may apply to the secretary of labor for authority to limit or cease operations, stating the reasons thereof the secretary shall hear such application promptly in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, and if such application is found to be in good faith and meritorious, the secretary shall grant authority to limit or cease operations.
In all such industries, employments, utilities or common carriers in which operation may be ordinarily affected by changes in season, market conditions, or other reasons or causes inherent in the nature of the business, the secretary may, upon application and after notice to all interested parties, and investigation, as herein provided, make orders fixing rules, regulations and practices to govern the operation of such industries, employments, utilities or common carriers for the purpose of securing the best service to the public consistent with the rights of employers and employees engaged in the operation of such industries, employments, utilities or common carriers.
History: L. 1920, ch. 29, § 16; R.S. 1923, 44-616; L. 1976, ch. 370, § 34; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 142; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 33; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 44 - Labor And Industries
Article 6 - Regulation Of Labor And Industry
44-601 Prescription of functions.
44-601b Same; children in industry; factory, workshop, mill and mine inspection.
44-603 Utilities and employments subject to supervision.
44-606 Continuity and efficiency in operation of industries.
44-607 Investigations and temporary findings.
44-608 Orders affecting hours, ways and conditions of employment; modification.
44-609 Rights and contracts of parties.
44-610 Notice of investigation or hearing; publication.
44-611 Powers in investigations.
44-612 Judicial review of secretary's actions.
44-614 Labor unions; collective bargaining.
44-615 Unlawful acts against witnesses and litigants.
44-616 Business operations; limitation or cessation, hearings; changing conditions.
44-617 Violations of act; quitting employment; picketing; intimidation.
44-618 Penalties for violating 44-601 to 44-628.
44-619 Inducing violation of act or orders; penalty.
44-620 Emergency control and operation.
44-621 Controversies between employer and employee; authority of secretary.
44-622 Evidence taking; examiner, appointment, qualifications, authority.
44-623 Orders as to minimum or standard wage; accounts pending investigations.
44-624 Industrial conditions and relations; investigations, inquiries.
44-625 Effect of act on other rights and remedies.
44-626 Construction of 44-601 to 44-628.
44-628 Partial invalidity of act.
44-631 Factory, mill and mine inspection.
44-634 Annual reports; duties as to labor and industrial pursuits; enforcement of laws.
44-638 Statistics and information by state and municipal officers.
44-639 State policy as to wages, hours and insanitary conditions.
44-640 Conditions of employment detrimental to health and welfare unlawful.
44-643 Wages, hours and conditions for learners, apprentices and minors.
44-646 Same; inspectors and clerical personnel.
44-647 Same; review of orders.