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40 OK Stat § 40-2-717 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-717. Total amount of extended benefits payable.

|TOTAL AMOUNT OF EXTENDED BENEFITS PAYABLE. The total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to his applicable benefit year shall be the least of the following amounts: |(1) fifty percent (50%) of the total amount of regular benefits which were payable to him under this act, during his applicable benefit year;(2) thirteen (13) times his average weekly benefit amount as determined in subsection (1) of this section which was payable to him under this act, for a week of total unemployment during such benefit year;(3) thirty-nine (39) times his average weekly benefit amount as determined in subsection (1) of Section 2-716 payable to him under this act, for a week of total unemployment during such benefit year, reduced by the regular benefits paid, or deemed paid, to him during such benefit year.(4) If an individual is entitled to more extended benefits as a result of an appeal which afforded him more regular benefits, an appropriate change shall be made in the individual's total extended benefit amount.(5) If an individual who has received extended benefits for a week or weeks of unemployment is determined to be entitled to more regular benefits with respect to such week or weeks as the result of an appeal, the extended benefits paid to him shall be treated as if they were regular benefits up to the greater amount of regular benefits to which he has been determined to be entitled. If the individual is entitled to more extended benefits as a result of being entitled to more regular benefits, the total extended benefit amount payable to him shall be amended accordingly.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-717, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-718 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-718. Public announcement of extended benefit period.

|PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD. Whenever an extended benefit period is to become effective in this state, as a result of a state "on" indicator, or an extended benefit period is to be terminated in this state as a result of state "off" indicators, the Commission shall make an appropriate public announcement. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-718, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 304, § 16, operative Oct. 1, 1982.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-719 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-719. Commission to make computations.

|COMMISSION TO MAKE COMPUTATIONS. Computations required by the provisions of this part shall be made by the Commission, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor of the United States. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-719, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-720 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-720. Commission to ensure compliance.

|COMMISSION TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE. In the administration of the provisions of this Part which are enacted to conform with the requirements of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, and the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976, the Commission shall take such action as may be necessary to ensure that the provisions are so interpreted and applied so as to meet the requirements of such federal act as interpreted by the Department of Labor of the United States, and to secure to this state the full reimbursement of the federal share of extended benefits paid under this act that are reimbursable under the federal act. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-720, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-721 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-721. Employers not liable for reimbursed payments.

|EMPLOYERS NOT LIABLE FOR REIMBURSED PAYMENTS. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act no employer shall be liable for payments in lieu of contributions with respect to extended benefit payments which are wholly reimbursed to the state by the federal government. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-721, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-722 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-722. Reimbursement deposited in fund.

|REIMBURSEMENT DEPOSITED IN FUND. Reimbursement of the federal share shall be deposited in the Unemployment Compensation Fund created by this act. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-722, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-723 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-723. Overpayments, restitution, offset, and recoupment.

|OVERPAYMENTS, RESTITUTION AND OFFSET. The provisions of this act applicable to recovery of overpayments, including restitution, offset, and recoupment shall apply to overpayments of extended benefits. If there is recovery of extended benefits, that proportion of the amount restored or offset which represents the federal share of the original payments shall be restored to the appropriate federal account. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-723, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 216, § 9, eff. July 1, 2010.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-724 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-724. Limitation on amount of combined unemployment insurance and Trade Act benefits received.

|LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF COMBINED UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND TRADE ACT BENEFITS RECEIVED. If the benefit year of any individual ends within an extended benefit period, the remaining balance of extended benefits that the individual would be entitled to receive in that extended benefit period, with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after the end of the benefit year, shall be reduced, but not below zero, by the product of the number of weeks for which the individual received any amounts as trade readjustment allowances within that benefit year, multiplied by the weekly benefit amount for extended benefits of the individual. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 304, § 17, operative Oct. 1, 1982.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-802 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-802. Reports by employers to Employment Security Commission - New hire registry.

|REPORTS BY EMPLOYERS TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION – NEW HIRE REGISTRY. |A. Employers doing business in the State of Oklahoma shall report to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, the hiring or employment of any person who resides or works in this state to whom the employer anticipates paying earnings.B. Such report shall contain the employee's name, address, social security number, date of employment, state of employment, along with the employer's name, address, and federal identification number.C. The report must be made within twenty (20) days of hiring, or twice monthly, not less than twelve (12) nor more than sixteen (16) days apart if reported electronically or magnetically. The report may be made by mailing a copy of the employee's W-4 form, by submitting a fax transmission of the employee's W-4 form, by submitting electronic media in a format that can be used by the Commission, or by any other means authorized by the Commission.D. The Child Support Enforcement Division shall be the official New Hire Registry for the State of Oklahoma and will obtain the new hire information from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.E. The Child Support Enforcement Division shall enter into agreements with state agencies administering unemployment, employment services, workforce system programs, workers' compensation, public assistance, Medicaid, food stamps, vocational rehabilitation, and other programs specified by federal law or regulation, to provide such information upon request.F. Used in this section:1. "Employee" means an individual who is an employee as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C., Section 3401 et seq. "Employee" does not mean an employee of a federal or state agency performing intelligence or counterintelligence functions if the head of such agency has determined that reporting with respect to that employee could endanger the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission;2. "Employer" means an individual or other entity who is an employer as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C., Section 3401(d) and includes any governmental entity and any labor organization; and3. "Labor organization" means an entity as defined by the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C., Section 152(5) including, but not limited to, any entity known as a "hiring hall" which is used by the organization and an employer to carry out requirements described in Section 8(f)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C., Section 158(f)(3), of an agreement between the organization and the employer.Added by Laws 1994, c. 356, § 34, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 402, § 8, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2001, c. 329, § 1, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 452, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2015, c. 249, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-803 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-803. Food purchase assistance overissuances.

|FOOD PURCHASE ASSISTANCE OVERISSUANCES. |A. An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall, at the time of filing the claim, disclose whether or not he or she owes an uncollected overissuance of food purchase assistance benefits, as defined in 7 U.S.C., Section 2022(c)(1). The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall notify the state food purchase assistance agency enforcing such obligations of any individual who discloses that he or she owes food purchase assistance overissuances and who is determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation.B. The Commission shall deduct and withhold from any unemployment compensation payable to an individual who owes an uncollected overissuance:1. The amount specified by the individual to the Commission to be deducted and withheld under this section;2. The amount, if any, determined pursuant to an agreement submitted to the state food purchase assistance agency under 7 U.S.C., Section 2022(c)(3)(A); or3. Any amount otherwise required to be deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation pursuant to 7 U.S.C., Section 2022(c)(3)(B).C. Any amount deducted and withheld under this section shall be paid by the Commission to the appropriate state food purchase assistance agency.D. Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection B of this section shall for all purposes be treated as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment compensation and paid by the individual to the state food purchase assistance agency as repayment of the individual's uncollected overissuance.E. For purposes of this section, the term "unemployment compensation" means any compensation payable under this act including amounts payable by the Commission pursuant to an agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to unemployment.F. This section applies only if arrangements have been made for reimbursement by the state food purchase assistance agency for the administrative costs incurred by the Commission under this section which are attributable to the repayment of uncollected overissuances to the state food purchase assistance agency.Added by Laws 1997, c. 30, § 10, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2018, c. 14, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
40 OK Stat § 40-3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3. Obstructing work of labor officials.

|No person shall interfere with, obstruct or hinder by force or otherwise the Commissioner of Labor, his deputies, assistants, or special agents, or factory inspectors while in the performance of their duties, or refuse to properly answer questions asked by such officers pertaining to the laws over which he has supervision under the provisions of this act, or refuse them admittance to any place where and when labor is being performed which is affected by the provisions of this act. |Laws 1910-11, c. 128, p. 283, § 3.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-101. Applicability.

|APPLICABILITY. |(1) The provisions of this Article 3 apply to the payment of contributions by employers.(2) The provisions of this Part 1 apply to employers other than employers who are subject to Part 7, or employers who have elected to reimburse under Part 8 of this article, or employers who have elected to reimburse under paragraph 2 of subsection E of Section 1-108 of this title.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-101, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 176, § 11, eff. July 1, 2006.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-102. Contributions.

|CONTRIBUTIONS. |A. Contributions shall accrue and become payable by each employer for each calendar year in which the employer is subject to the Employment Security Act of 1980, with respect to wages for employment. Such contributions shall become due and be paid by each employer to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission for the Unemployment Compensation Fund in accordance with such rules as the Commission may prescribe, and shall not be deducted, in whole or in part, from the wages of individuals in the employer's employ.B. In the payment of any contributions, a fractional part of a cent shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one-half cent ($0.005) or more, in which case it shall be increased to one cent ($0.01).C. Each employer shall be notified of its contribution rate for a given calendar year on or before September 30 of the previous calendar year. The notice shall be mailed to the employer at the employer's last-known address. If the employer has elected to be notified by electronic means according to procedures set out in Oklahoma Employment Security Commission rules, notice shall be deemed to be given when the Commission transmits the notification by electronic means. The employer shall file an appeal to the rate notice within twenty (20) days after the mailing of the notice of the contribution rate, or the date of transmission by electronic means. Upon the filing of a timely appeal, the Commission shall provide for a review and issue a determination to the employer. If the employer does not file a timely appeal, the contribution rate of the employer shall become conclusive and binding.D. Within twenty (20) days after the date of mailing of the notice of the determination, the employer may file with the Commission at the address prescribed in the notice the employer's specific written objections to the contribution rate so determined. The matter will be heard upon those specific written objections by a representative appointed by the Commission. The decision shall be made in writing and notice shall be mailed to the employer. The employer may appeal to the district court by filing a petition for review with the clerk of that court within thirty (30) days after the date of mailing stated upon the notice of decision.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-102, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 259, § 15, emerg. eff. June 25, 1981; Laws 1993, c. 219, § 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 30, § 12, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2006, c. 176, § 12, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2012, c. 196, § 7, emerg. eff. May 8, 2012; Laws 2019, c. 251, § 7, eff. July 1, 2019.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-105. Benefit wages - Quarter charged.

|BENEFIT WAGES - QUARTER CHARGED. |When in any benefit year a claimant is paid benefits for his or her fifth compensable week of unemployment or is paid benefits as defined in paragraph 3 of Section 4-702 of this title, his or her taxable wages during his or her base period shall be treated, for the purpose of this part, as though they had been paid in the calendar quarter in which the fifth compensable week of unemployment benefits are paid.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-105, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 270, § 9, emerg. eff. June 23, 1983; Laws 1995, c. 340, § 13, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Laws 2014, c. 220, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-106.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-106.1. Relief from benefit wages charged - Addendum.

|RELIEF FROM BENEFIT WAGES CHARGED - ADDENDUM. |A. For purposes of this section, "pandemic" means a health state of emergency declared by the Governor.B. The benefit wages charged to an employer for a given calendar year shall be the total of the benefit wages stated in the notices given to the employer by the Commission. Provided, an employer's benefit wages shall not include wages paid by the employer to any employee who was separated from employment as a direct result of a natural disaster, pandemic, fire, flood or explosion that causes employees to be separated from one employer's employment.Added by Laws 1995, c. 340, § 15, emerg. eff. June 9, 1995. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 424, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-106.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-106.2. Separating employers - Relief from benefit wage charges.

|SEPARATING EMPLOYERS – RELIEF FROM BENEFIT WAGE CHARGES. |A separating employer will not be charged with benefit wages, or will be relieved of the charge upon notification of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, if the former employee who is the subject of the charge was separated from employment under one of the circumstances listed in subsection G of Section 3-106 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 2006, c. 176, § 14, eff. July 1, 2006.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-107. Benefit wage ratio.

|BENEFIT WAGE RATIO. |The benefit wage ratio of each employer shall be a percentage equal to the total of the employer's benefit wages in the experience period divided by the employer's total taxable payroll for the experience period on which contributions have been paid to the Commission on or before July 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the year for which the tax rate is being calculated.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-107, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 176, § 15, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2016, c. 287, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-108. State experience factor.

|STATE EXPERIENCE FACTOR. |The total benefits paid from the Unemployment Compensation Fund during the experience period, less all amounts credited to the Fund other than employers' contributions, interest, penalties, fees and interest earned on the Fund, divided by the statewide total of benefit wages of all employers for the experience period, after adjustments to the nearest multiple of one percent (1%) shall be termed the "state experience factor." The state experience factor for any year shall be determined prior to the due date of the first contribution payment on wages for employment in that year.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-108, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 219, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2006, c. 176, § 16, eff. July 1, 2006.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-109.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-109.1. Rate reduction.

|RATE REDUCTION. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 3-103, 3-109, 3-110 and 3-113 of this title, for the time period beginning July 1, 1998, and ending December 31, 2001, the contribution rate assigned to an employer shall be reduced by fifty percent (50%); provided: the tax rate of employers assigned a tax rate pursuant to Sections 3-103 and 3-110 of this title shall not be reduced to less than one percent (1%); employers who qualify for an earned rate calculated pursuant to Section 3-109 of this title, and are given a rate of five and one-half percent (5.5%) shall be reduced to no less than five and four-tenths percent (5.4%); and employers who qualify for an earned rate calculated pursuant to Section 3-109 of this title, and are given a rate of one-tenth of one percent (0.1%), shall be reduced to a rate of zero percent (0.0%). |Added by Laws 1997, c. 30, § 14, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 161, § 11, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 382, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-109.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-109.2. Rate reduction for computer fund assessment.

|RATE REDUCTION FOR COMPUTER FUND ASSESSMENT. |Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 3-103, 3-109, 3-110, and 3-113 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for the time period beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998, the contribution rate assigned to an employer shall be reduced by fifty percent (50%). Provided, the tax rate of employers assigned a tax rate pursuant to Sections 3-103 and 3-110 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not be reduced to less than one percent (1%). Provided further, employers who qualify for an earned rate calculated pursuant to Section 3-109 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and are given a rate of five and one-half percent (5.5%), shall not be eligible for the rate reduction provided for in this section.Added by Laws 1997, c. 391, § 3, eff. July 1, 1997.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-109.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-109.3. Rate reduction for technology reinvestment apportionment.

|RATE REDUCTION FOR TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT APPORTIONMENT. |Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 3-109, 3-110.1 and 3-113 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for the time period beginning January 1, 2018, and ending December 31, 2022, the tax rate computed for or assigned to an employer shall be reduced by five percent (5%). Provided, the tax rate of employers assigned a tax rate pursuant to Section 3-110.1 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not be reduced to less than one percent (1%). Provided further, employers who qualify for an earned tax rate calculated pursuant to Section 3-109 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and are given the highest tax rate in the rate table for the given year, shall not be eligible for the rate reduction provided for in this section.Added by Laws 2017, c. 345, § 8, eff. July 1, 2017.
40 OK Stat § 40-3-110.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-3-110.1. Unemployment tax rate.

|UNEMPLOYMENT TAX RATE. |Each employer, unless otherwise prescribed in Section 3-111.1, 3-701 or 3-801 of this title, shall pay unemployment tax as follows:1. All employers shall have an assigned tax rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) until sufficient experience history exists in the employer's account to meet the At-Risk Rule set out in paragraph 3 of this section. If the account meets the At-Risk Rule, the employer will qualify for an earned tax rate calculated pursuant to the provisions of Part 1 of Article III of the Employment Security Act of 1980;2. If an employer qualified for an earned tax rate under paragraph 1 of this section, or under a prior law, and at the time the employer's tax rate is being determined for a subsequent year the employer account lacks sufficient experience history to meet the At-Risk Rule of paragraph 3 of this section, the employer shall revert to the assigned tax rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%). The employer shall pay at the assigned tax rate until the provisions of paragraph 1 of this section are met; and3. "At-Risk Rule" means an employer is required to be at-risk for a claim of unemployment benefits before an earned tax rate is calculated. An employer shall meet the At-Risk Rule and be eligible for an earned tax rate if, throughout the calendar year immediately preceding the year for which the employer's tax rate is being determined, there was an individual who could have filed a claim for unemployment benefits in each quarter of that year establishing a base period, as defined by Section 1-202 of this title, which would include wages from that employer.Added by Laws 2015, c. 249, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2015. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 287, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.