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40 OK Stat § 40-171 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-171. Public service corporation to give letter to employee leaving service.

|Whenever any employee of any public service corporation, or of a contractor, who works for such corporation, doing business in this state, shall be discharged or voluntarily quits the service of such employer, it shall be the duty of the superintendent or manager, or contractor, upon request of such employee to issue to such employee a letter, setting forth the nature of the service rendered by such employee to such corporation or contractor, and the duration thereof, and truly stating the cause for which such employee was discharged from or quit such service, and, if any such superintendent, manager or contractor shall fail or refuse to issue such letter, to such employee, when so requested, or shall willfully or negligently refuse or fail to state the facts correctly, such superintendent, manager or contractor shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than one (1) month and not exceeding one (1) year: Provided, that such letter shall be written, in its entirety, upon a plain sheet of white paper to be selected by such employee. No printed blank shall be used, and if such letter be written upon a typewriter, it shall be signed with pen and black ink and immediately beneath such signature shall be affixed the official stamp, or seal, of said superintendent, manager or other officer of such corporation or contractor, in an upright position. There shall be no figures, words or letters used, upon such piece of paper, except such as are plainly essential, either in the date line, address, the body of the letter or the signature and seal or stamp thereafter, and no such letter shall have any picture, imprint, character, design, device, impression or mark, either in the body thereof or upon the face or back thereof and any person of whom such letter is required who fails to comply with the foregoing requirements shall be liable to the penalties above prescribed. |R.L.1910, § 3769.
40 OK Stat § 40-172 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-172. Blacklisting.

|No firm, corporation or individual shall blacklist or require a letter of relinquishment, or publish, or cause to be published, or blacklisted, any employee, mechanic or laborer, discharged from or voluntarily leaving the service of such company, corporation or individual, with intent and for the purpose of preventing such employee, mechanic or laborer, from engaging in or securing similar or other employment from any other corporation, company or individual. |R.L.1910, § 3770.
40 OK Stat § 40-173 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-173. Penalty.

|Any person, firm or corporation violating the preceding section shall be fined in any sum not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and any person so blacklisted shall have a right of action to recover damages. |R.L.1910, § 3771.
40 OK Stat § 40-173.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-173.1. Employers’ use of social security numbers – Health benefit plan membership identification cards.

|A. 1. Any employing entity located in this state shall not do any of the following: |a.publicly post or publicly display in any manner the social security number of an employee. For purposes of this paragraph, "publicly post" or "publicly display" means to intentionally communicate or otherwise make available to the general public,b.print the social security number of an employee on any card required for the employee to access information, products or services provided by the employing entity,c.require an employee to transmit their social security number over the Internet, unless the connection is secure or the social security number is encrypted,d.require an employee to use their social security number to access an Internet web site, unless a password or unique personal identification number or other authentication device is also required to access the Internet web site, ore.print the social security number of an employee on any materials that are mailed to the employee, unless state or federal law requires the social security number to be on the document to be mailed. Notwithstanding this paragraph, social security numbers may be included in applications and forms sent by mail, including documents sent as part of an application or enrollment process, or to establish, amend or terminate an account, contract or policy, or to confirm the accuracy of the social security number.2. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the state or any political subdivision of the state.B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a health benefit plan membership identification card issued or renewed prior to January 1, 2005. After January 1, 2005, the provisions of this section shall be applicable to all health benefit plan membership cards upon issuance or renewal.C. This section shall not prevent the collection, use, or release of a social security number as otherwise required by state or federal law or the use of a social security number for internal verification or administrative purposes. An employee may also provide an employing entity with written permission to use their social security number for any of the uses otherwise prohibited by this section.Added by Laws 2004, c. 296, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004
40 OK Stat § 40-173.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-173.3. Employer liability for not reviewing personal social media accounts.

|No business or employer shall be held liable in any regard for not reviewing an employee's personal online social media accounts as defined herein. Furthermore, no business or employer shall be held liable in any regard for not requesting, accessing or reviewing the personal online social media accounts of any employee. The employer's failure to access such information shall not be admissible in any legal proceeding. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 315, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
40 OK Stat § 40-174 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-174. Scaffolding, etc., to be safeguarded.

|All scaffolds, hoists, cranes, stays, ladders, supports, or other mechanical contrivances erected or constructed by any person, firm or corporation in the state, for use in the erection, repairing, alteration, removal, or painting of any house, building, bridge, viaduct, steel tank, standpipe, or other structure, shall be erected and constructed in a safe, suitable, and proper manner, and shall be so erected and constructed, placed and operated as to give proper and adequate protection to life and limb of any person or persons employed or engaged thereon, or passing under or by the same, and in such manner as to prevent the falling of any material that may be used or deposited thereon. Scaffolding or staging swung or suspended from an overhead support more than twenty (20) feet from the ground or floor, shall have, where practicable, a safety rail properly secured and braced, rising at least thirty-four (34) inches above the floor or main portion of such scaffolding or staging and extending along the entire length of the outside and ends thereto and such scaffolding or staging shall be so fastened as to prevent the same from swaying from the building or structure. |R.L.1910, § 3772.
40 OK Stat § 40-175 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-175. Temporary floorings in steel frame buildings.

|If in the erection of an iron or steel framed building, the spaces between the girders or floor beams of any floor are not filled or covered by the permanent construction of said floors before another story is added to the building, a close plank flooring shall be placed and maintained over such spaces, during the construction of each story, from the time when the beams or girders are placed in position; but openings protected by a strong hand railing not less than four (4) feet high may be left through said floors for the passage of workmen and material. |R.L.1910, § 3773.
40 OK Stat § 40-176 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-176. Penalty for neglect to place temporary floors.

|Any person engaged in and having supervision and charge of the building, erection, or construction of any block, building or structure who shall neglect or refuse to place or have placed upon the joists of each and every story of such block, building or structure as soon as the joists are in position, counter floors of such quality and strength as to render perfectly safe the going to and fro thereon of all mechanics, laborers, and other persons engaged upon the work of construction or in supervising the same or in the building or placing of materials therefor, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined in any sum not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), and each and every day that such person, contractor, agent, factor or architect shall neglect or refuse to have such floors so placed as aforesaid, after written notice by the building inspector or from any person whose life or personal safety may be endangered by such neglect or refusal shall be held and considered a separate offense, severally liable to the penalties aforesaid. |R.L.1910, § 3774.
40 OK Stat § 40-177 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-177. Contractor or person in charge to comply with preceding sections - Penalty for violations - Prohibition of use of scaffolds, etc.

|Any contractor or other person having charge of the erection, construction, repairing, alteration, removal or painting of any building, bridge, viaduct, steel tank, standpipe or other structure, within the provisions of the three preceding sections, shall comply with the terms thereof, and any such contractor or other person violating any of the provisions of the three preceding sections shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or imprisoned for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court. In addition to the penalties herein provided, in the event of refusal or neglect of any person, firm or corporation, or his, or its agent, to comply with the provisions of the three preceding sections, the use of any such scaffold, hoist, crane, stays, ladder, support, or other mechanical contrivance, or the erection, repairing, alteration, removal or painting of any building, bridge, viaduct, steel tank, or other structure, may be prohibited by the Labor Commissioner, or inspector deputized by him, and a notice to that effect shall be posted upon the premises. Such notice shall not be removed until such scaffold, hoist, crane, stays, ladder, support or other mechanical contrivance or temporary floorings are properly and safely constructed. |R.L.1910, § 3775; Laws 1919, c. 149, p. 217, § 1.
40 OK Stat § 40-178 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-178. Damages for injury.

|An employer shall be responsible in damages for personal injury caused to an employee, who, was himself in the exercise of due care and diligence at the time he was injured, by reason of any defect in the condition of the machinery or appliances connected with or used in the business of the employer which arose, or had not been discovered or remedied owing to the negligence of the employer, or of any person entrusted by him with the duty of inspection, repair, or of seeing that the machinery or appliances were in proper condition. |R.L.1910, § 3776.
40 OK Stat § 40-179 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-179. Railroad repair tracks to be sheltered.

|It shall be unlawful for any railroad, corporation, or other person, who owns, controls or operates any lines of railroad in the state, to build, construct or repair railroad equipment without first erecting and maintaining at every division point a building or shed over the repair tracks; same to be provided with a floor where such construction or repair is permanently done, so as to provide that all men employed in the construction and repair of cars, trucks, and other railroad equipment, shall be under shelter during snows, sleet, rain, and other inclement weather. |R.L.1910, § 3777.
40 OK Stat § 40-180 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-180. Penalty.

|Every person or corporation, or manager, superintendent, foreman or agent of any person or corporation, who shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of the preceding section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00); and each day that said person or corporation, or its manager, superintendent, foreman or agent shall refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of said section shall constitute a separate and distinct violation thereof. |R.L.1910, § 3778.
40 OK Stat § 40-181 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-181. Repairing of steam boilers unlawful, when.

|It shall be unlawful for any railroad, company or any other person, firm, or corporation, using steam boilers, to command, order or permit by themselves or their agents, any of their employees to enter any steam boiler, firebox or smoke chamber thereto, for the purpose of repairing or cleaning the same or for any other purpose when the same is under steam pressure. |R.L.1910, § 3779.
40 OK Stat § 40-182 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-182. Violation of Section 181 a felony.

|Any officer, superintendent, foreman, boss, or other person in authority, who, on behalf of any railroad, corporation, or any other person, firm or corporation, using steam boilers, violating any of the provisions of Section 181 of this title, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for a period of not less than one (1) year nor more than two (2) years. |R.L. 1910, § 3780. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 455, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 332, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 455 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
40 OK Stat § 40-183 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-183. Employer guilty of manslaughter, when - Penalty.

|Should any employee enter such boiler, firebox, or smoke chamber, while the same is under pressure of steam, at the command or order of his employer, or the agent of such employer, and while inside of such boiler, firebox or smoke chamber, meet with an accident resulting in his death, the person or persons commanding or ordering him to enter such boiler, firebox, or smoke chamber, shall be guilty of manslaughter in the second degree. |R.L.1910, § 3781.
40 OK Stat § 40-184 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-184. Damages.

|The fact that the employee, entering such steam boiler, firebox, or smoke chamber, had knowledge of the unsafe condition of such steam boiler and danger in so doing, and meeting with an accident, shall not deprive him of a right of action against such employer for damages, and should said accident result in the death of such employee, then the wife, or next of kin, shall have a right of action against such employer for any damages she, they, or the estate of such deceased employee, may sustain by reason of the death of such employee, which action may be commenced in any court of competent jurisdiction. |R.L.1910, § 3782.
40 OK Stat § 40-185 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-185. Leave of absence to railroad employees.

|From and after the effective date of this act, all railroad companies operating in the State of Oklahoma are hereby required to grant leave of absence to their employees who desire to run for or seek public office, or who are required to serve in any government position, military or civil, or who have been elected or appointed to public office, or who are required to serve jury duty in the courts of this state. During such leave of absence such employee shall retain and accumulate seniority, and at the termination of such service shall be reinstated with full seniority, and without an interrupted service record, or without any rights or privileges denied him. Provided, however, that at the end of the period of his leave of absence granted hereunder, said employee shall report for duty within fifteen (15) days thereafter. |Laws 1941, p. 131, § 1.
40 OK Stat § 40-186 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-186. Employee defined.

|The term "employee" as used herein shall mean any person who has established his or her seniority with any railroad company for one (1) year or more without interrupted service. |Laws 1941, p. 131, § 2.
40 OK Stat § 40-187 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-187. Revocation of charter for violation.

|Any railroad company failing to carry out and adhere to the provisions of this act shall have its charter, authorizing it to do business in this state, revoked by the Secretary of State. |Laws 1941, p. 131, § 3.
40 OK Stat § 40-188 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-188. Equipment.

|On and after April 15, 1958, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation operating or controlling any railroad running through or within the State of Oklahoma and engaged in the business of a common carrier to operate a track motor car, or transport its employees in a track motor car, which is not equipped with a substantial top for the protection of said employees from rain, snow, sleet and hail, and equipped with a transparent windshield sufficient in width and height to protect said employees therefrom, which windshield shall be of safety glass. Such a motor car shall also be equipped with an electric windshield wiper that will remove rain, snow and other moisture from the windshield thereof, and said windshield wiper shall be so devised that the driver of said motor car can start or stop said windshield wiper while he is driving the same. |Laws 1953, p. 319, § 1; Laws 1957, p. 480, § 1.
40 OK Stat § 40-189 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-189. Transparent section.

|Each such windshield shall contain a transparent section reasonably sufficient in width and height to give the operator of such car a view of the track ahead. |Laws 1953, p. 319, § 2.
40 OK Stat § 40-190 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-190. Enforcement.

|It shall be the duty of the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma to enforce this act. |Laws 1953, p. 319, § 3; Laws 1957, p. 480, § 2.
40 OK Stat § 40-191 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-191. Restrictions on requirement of physical examination - Report not basis of damages.

|It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association, or corporation, either for himself, herself, or itself, or in a representative or fiduciary capacity, to require any employee or applicant for employment, as a condition of employment or continued employment, to submit to, or take, a physical or medical examination, without providing such examination at no cost therefor to such employee or applicant for employment, or without furnishing, upon the request of the employee or applicant for employment within thirty (30) days after such examination, free of charge, to such employee or applicant for employment, a true and correct copy, either original or duplicate original, of the examiner's report of such examination. It shall further be unlawful for any such person, partnership, association or corporation to require any employee or applicant for employment to pay, either directly or indirectly, any part of the cost of any such examination, report, or copy of report. Provided that the report of any physical examination furnished in accordance with this section shall not be made the basis or predicate for any action in damages against the physician and surgeon making and furnishing such report. |Laws 1949, p. 286, § 2.
40 OK Stat § 40-192 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-192. Violations of act.

|Each and every violation of any provision of Section 1 of this act shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine in any amount not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). |Laws 1949, p. 286, § 2.
40 OK Stat § 40-194 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-194. Penalty.

|Any corporation, partnership, firm or person contracting to do work for the State of Oklahoma who shall fail to employ at least ninety percent (90%) of the nonprofessional personnel used in the performance of said contract who are qualified residents, as defined above, of the State of Oklahoma, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Each day work is done in performance of said contract in violation of this act shall be a separate offense. |Laws 1957, p. 524, § 2.
40 OK Stat § 40-195 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-195. Exemption.

|This act shall not apply when the same is in conflict with federal statutes, or regulations authorized by federal statutes. |Laws 1957, p. 525, § 3.
40 OK Stat § 40-195.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-195.1. Discrimination prohibited in public work contracts.

|All contracts of the State of Oklahoma for the construction of public works shall contain, and be construed as containing, a clause providing that discrimination by reason of race, creed or color will not be practiced by the contractor in employment of those who furnish labor or materials, nor will it be permitted by the department or agency procuring the construction of the public work for which the contract is executed. |Laws 1968, c. 277, § 1, emerg. eff. April 30, 1968.
40 OK Stat § 40-197.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-197.1. Declarations.

|The welfare of the State of Oklahoma demands that the working people of Oklahoma be protected from conditions of labor which have a pernicious effect on their health or morals. The State of Oklahoma, therefore, exercising herein its police and sovereign power, declares that inadequate wages and insanitary conditions of labor exert such pernicious effect. |Laws 1965, c. 427, § 1, emerg. eff. July 8, 1965.
40 OK Stat § 40-197.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-197.2. Minimum wages established.

|It shall be unlawful to employ workers in any industry or occupation within the State of Oklahoma under conditions of labor detrimental to their health or morals and it shall be unlawful to employ workers in any industry within the State of Oklahoma at wages which are not adequate for their maintenance. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act, no employer within the State of Oklahoma shall pay any employee a wage of less than the current federal minimum wage for all hours worked. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 60, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1983.
40 OK Stat § 40-197.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-197.3. Wage and Hour Commission - Membership - Tenure - Compensation - Chairman.

|A. The Wage and Hour Commission is hereby terminated and all powers and duties of such Commission are transferred to the Commissioner of Labor. All personnel, funds, financial obligations and encumbrances, records, equipment, furniture, fixtures, files and supplies under the control of the Wage and Hour Commission are transferred to the Commissioner of Labor as of the effective date of this act. |B. The Commissioner of Labor shall establish, pursuant to this act, such standards of wages and conditions of labor for employees within the State of Oklahoma as shall be reasonable and not detrimental to health and morals.Laws 1965, c. 427, § 3, emerg. eff. July 8, 1965; Laws 1978, c. 47, § 1, eff. July 1, 1978.