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40 OK Stat § 40-142.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-142.10. Recertification - Rules and guidelines.

|The Commissioner of Labor shall adopt rules and guidelines for the expiration of certificates for alternative fuels equipment technicians, alternative fuels compression technicians, and electric vehicle technicians, and for determining the recertification of alternative fuels equipment technicians, alternative fuels compression technicians, and electric vehicle technicians. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 294, § 8, operative July 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 13, eff. July 1, 1991. Renumbered from § 420.58 of Title 52 by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 379, § 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1998, c. 160, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 829; Laws 2014, c. 328, § 8. Renumbered from § 130.18 of Title 74 by Laws 2014, c. 328, § 22.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 142.9 of this title to avoid a duplication in numbering.
40 OK Stat § 40-142.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-142.12. Work of technician by noncertified person.

|After September 1, 1991, it shall be unlawful for any person to perform the work or offer, by advertisement or otherwise, to perform the work of an alternative fuels equipment technician until such person has qualified and is certified as an alternative fuels equipment technician. Beginning September 1, 1995, it shall be unlawful for any person to perform work or offer, by advertisement or otherwise, to perform the work of an alternative fuels compression technician until such person has qualified and is certified as an alternative fuels compression technician. Beginning November 1, 1998, it shall be unlawful for any person to perform the work or offer, by advertisement or otherwise, to perform the work of an electric vehicle technician until such person has qualified and is certified as an electric vehicle technician. Electric vehicles that have a manufacturer's warranty shall be serviced by an authorized new car dealer. Any vehicle manufacturer's training center located in the state, which offers alternative fuel and electric vehicle courses meeting new car manufacturing requirements, shall be exempted from this act. Provided, nothing in the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act shall be construed to prohibit a noncertified person from converting the engine of a farm tractor, as defined in Section 1-118 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to an engine fueled by alternative fuels, as long as such farm tractor is not operated on the roads and highways of this state. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 294, § 10, operative July 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 15, eff. July 1, 1991. Renumbered from § 420.60 of Title 52 by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 379, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1998, c. 160, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1998. Renumbered from § 130.20 of Title 74 by Laws 2014, c. 328, § 24.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 142.11 of Title 40 to avoid a duplication in numbering.
40 OK Stat § 40-142.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-142.13. Change of address of holder of certificate or registration.

|Any holder of a certificate or registration issued in accordance with the provisions of the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act shall promptly notify the Department of Labor of any change in such holder's address. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 294, § 11, operative July 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 16, eff. July 1, 1991. Renumbered from § 420.61 of Title 52 by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 831; Laws 2014, c. 328, § 10. Renumbered from § 130.21 of Title 74 by Laws 2014, c. 328, § 25.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 142.12 of Title 40 to avoid a duplication in numbering.
40 OK Stat § 40-142.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-142.15. Violations - Criminal penalties.

|Any person convicted of violating any provision of the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The continued violation of any provision of the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act during each day shall be deemed to be a separate offense. Upon conviction thereof the person shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment for each offense. The Commissioner of Labor or designee may request the appropriate district attorney to prosecute such violation and seek an injunction against such practice. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 294, § 13, operative July 1, 1990. Renumbered from § 420.63 of Title 52 by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991. Renumbered from § 130.23 of Title 74 by Laws 2014, c. 328, § 27. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 181, § 8, emerg. eff. April 27, 2015.NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 142.14 of this title to avoid a duplication in numbering.
40 OK Stat § 40-160 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-160. Mandated minimum wage - Minimum number of vacation or sick leave days.

|As a matter of public policy and due to an overriding state interest, the Legislature hereby occupies and preempts the entire field of legislation in this state touching in any way mandated minimum wage and employee benefits regarding mandatory minimum number of vacation or sick leave days. Notwithstanding any exemption from state statutes previously allowed for certain municipalities pursuant to Section 1-101 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, no municipality or other political subdivision of this state shall establish a mandatory minimum number of vacation or sick leave days, whether paid or unpaid, or a minimum wage rate which an employer would be required to pay or grant employees. Any existing or future ordinances, orders or regulations in this field, except as may be specifically provided in this section, are null and void. |The provisions of this section shall not affect the minimum number of vacation or sick leave days, whether paid or unpaid, authorized by a municipality for its employees as a benefit of employment.Added by Laws 2014, c. 40, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014.
40 OK Stat § 40-165.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-165.1. Definitions.

|As used only in Sections 165.1 through 165.11 of this title: |1. "Employer" means every individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, the legal representative of a deceased individual, or the receiver, trustee or successor of an individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation, employing any person in this state;2. "Employee" means any person permitted to work by an employer;3. "Exempt employee" means those management level employees exempt under the provisions of Section 213 of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section 213, from the provisions of Sections 206 and 207 of said act;4. "Wages" means compensation owed by an employer to an employee for labor or services rendered, including salaries, commissions, holiday and vacation pay, overtime pay, severance or dismissal pay, bonuses and other similar advantages agreed upon between the employer and the employee, which are earned and due, or provided by the employer to his employees in an established policy, whether the amount is determined on a time, task, piece, commission or other basis of calculation;5. "Commissioner" means State Commissioner of Labor; and6. “Bona fide disagreement” means an honest and sincere belief or assertion based on a dispute of a determinative fact or application of law under this title which is supported by relevant evidence.Laws 1955, p. 240, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 1955; Laws 1982, c. 304, § 24, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1990, c. 333, § 18, emerg. eff. May 31, 1990; Laws 2005, c. 359, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
40 OK Stat § 40-165.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-165.2. Semimonthly or monthly payment of wages on regular paydays - Payment in money - Itemized statement of deductions - Prohibited payments - Dishonored checks.

|Every employer in this state shall pay all wages due their employees, other than exempt employees and employees of nonprivate foundations qualified pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 509(a)(1) and 26 U.S.C. 170(b)(1)(A)(vi), at least twice each calendar month on regular paydays designated in advance by the employer. State, county and municipal employees, exempt employees, school district employees, technology center school district employees and employees of nonprivate foundations qualified pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 509(a)(1) and 26 U.S.C. 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) shall be paid a minimum of once each calendar month. The amount due such employees shall be paid in lawful money of the United States, including payment by electronic means, and the employee shall not be deemed to have waived any right or rights mentioned in this section because of any contract to the contrary. With each payment of wages earned by such employee, the employer shall issue to such employee a brief itemized statement of any and all deductions therefrom. An interval of not more than eleven (11) days may elapse between the end of the pay period worked and the regular payday designated by the employer. The employer shall be allowed three (3) days after such payday in which to comply with this section. |No such employer shall issue, in payment of or as evidence of indebtedness due an employee any check, cashier's check, draft, time check, store order, scrip, or other acknowledgment of indebtedness unless the same is payable or redeemable upon demand without discount and for face value in lawful money of the United States. If an employer pays an employee with a check which is subsequently returned to the employee or an agent thereof by reason of the refusal of the bank upon which such check was drawn to honor the same due to insufficient funds or a stop payment notice, the employer shall reimburse the employee for any fees or costs incurred by the employee due to the refusal to honor the check within fourteen (14) days of the employer's notice of the bank's refusal to honor the check.Added by Laws 1955, p. 241, § 2, emerg. eff. June 6, 1955. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 346, § 1, emerg. eff. May 18, 1967; Laws 1982, c. 304, § 25, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1990, c. 333, § 19, emerg. eff. May 31, 1990; Laws 2002, c. 160, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2006, c. 277, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 164, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2013, c. 45, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.
40 OK Stat § 40-165.2a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-165.2a. Administrative fine.

|The Commissioner of Labor or designee is hereby authorized to assess an administrative fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) against an employer operating in this state who is found to have violated Sections 165.1 through 165.11 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes if such violations occur on two or more occasions within any six-month period. All administrative fines collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the Department of Labor Revolving Fund. |Added by Laws 2002, c. 226, § 1, emerg. eff. May 9, 2002. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 293, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 2003.
40 OK Stat § 40-165.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-165.3. Termination of employee - Payment - Failure to pay.

|A. Whenever an employee's employment terminates, the employer shall pay the employee's wages in full, less offsets and less any amount over which a bona fide disagreement exists, as defined by Section 165.1 of this title, at the next regular designated payday established for the pay period in which the work was performed either through the regular pay channels or by certified mail postmarked within the deadlines herein specified if requested by the employee, unless provided otherwise by a collective bargaining agreement that covers the employee. |B. If an employer fails to pay an employee wages as required under subsection A of this section, such employer shall be additionally liable to the employee for liquidated damages in the amount of two percent (2%) of the unpaid wages for each day upon which such failure shall continue after the day the wages were earned and due if the employer willfully withheld wages over which there was no bona fide disagreement; or in an amount equal to the unpaid wages, whichever is smaller; provided, however, that for the purpose of such liquidated damages such failure shall not be deemed to continue after the date of the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to the employer if he thereafter shall have been adjudicated bankrupt upon such petition.Laws 1955, p. 241, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 1955; Laws 1968, c. 270, § 1, emerg. eff. April 30, 1968; Laws 1974, c. 12, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 1974; Laws 1982, c. 304, § 26, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 2005, c. 359, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
40 OK Stat § 40-165.3a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-165.3a. Payment of wages to surviving spouse and children.

|Other than an employee provided with an option of beneficiary designation with respect to his wages and benefits by his employer, all wages earned by an employee, not exceeding Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), shall, upon the employee's death, become due and payable to the employee's surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, the dependent children, or their guardians or the conservators of their estates, in equal shares, without the necessity of a probate court action. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 263, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1993. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 114, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 1994.
40 OK Stat § 40-165.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-165.4. Bona fide disagreements.

|A. In order to successfully allege a bona fide disagreement over the amount of wages, the employer shall: |1. Pay such amount as the employer concedes to be due, without condition, within the time required by Sections 165.2 and 165.3 of this title; and2. Provide to the employee, within fifteen (15) days of either receipt of a wage claim form from the Department of Labor or certified mail receipt of written demand from an employee, written explanation of the relevant facts and/or evidence which supports the belief of the employer that the wages in dispute are not owed.B. Acceptance by the employee of any payment made under this section shall not constitute a release as to the balance of the wage claim.C. Payment in accordance with this section shall constitute payment for the purposes of complying with Sections 165.2 and 165.3 of this title only in those instances where there exists a bona fide disagreement over the amount of wages as defined by Section 165.1 of this title.D. The Commissioner may set the contested amounts for administrative hearing pursuant to Section 165.7 of this title.Laws 1955, p. 241, § 4, emerg. eff. June 6, 1955; Laws 1993, c. 263, § 2, emerg. eff. May 27, 1993; Laws 2005, c. 359, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
40 OK Stat § 40-165.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-165.5. Private agreements.

|Except as hereinafter provided under Section 10, no provision of this act shall in any way be contravened or set aside by private agreement. |Laws 1955, p. 241, § 5.
40 OK Stat § 40-165.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-165.6. Contractors as employers.

|Whenever any person herein called the contractor shall contract with another for the performance of any work which the contractor has undertaken to perform, the contractor shall be deemed an employer and shall become civilly liable to employees engaged in performance of work under such contract for the payment of wages (but not for the payment of liquidated damages) as required by Sections 2 and 4 of this act whenever and to the extent that the employer of such employees fails to pay such wages; provided, however, that the employer of such employees shall be liable to the contractor for wages paid to such employees by the contractor under this section. |Laws 1955, p. 242, § 6.
40 OK Stat § 40-165.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-165.8. Penalties.

|It shall be a misdemeanor for any employer to violate any of the provisions of Sections 165.1 through 165.11 of this title. |Amended by Laws 1982, c. 304, § 27, operative Oct. 1, 1982.
40 OK Stat § 40-165.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-165.9. Actions to recover unpaid wages and damages - Parties - Costs and attorney's fees.

|A. Action by an employee to recover unpaid wages and liquidated damages may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction by any one or more employees for and in behalf of himself or themselves and other employees similarly situated, or such employee or employees may designate an agent or representative to maintain such action for and on behalf of all employees similarly situated for such wages. Any employee, or his representative, shall have the power to settle and adjust his claim for unpaid wages. |B. The court in any action brought under this section may, in addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, defendant or defendants, allow costs of the action, including costs or fees of any nature, and reasonable attorney's fees.Amended by Laws 1982, c. 304, § 28, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1988, c. 250, § 2, emerg. eff. June 27, 1988.
40 OK Stat § 40-165.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-165.10. Partial invalidity.

|If any provisions of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. |Laws 1955, p. 242, § 10.
40 OK Stat § 40-165.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-165.11. Failure to pay benefits or furnish wage supplements pursuant to agreements.

|A. In addition to any other penalty or punishment otherwise prescribed by law, any employer who is a voluntary party to or subject to a bona fide written agreement to pay or provide benefits or wage supplements to employees or to a third party or fund for the benefit of employees and who willfully fails, neglects or refuses to pay the amount or amounts necessary to provide such benefits or furnish such supplements within thirty (30) days after such payments are required to be made by law or by agreement, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such failure to make payment as required herein shall constitute a separate offense. Where such employer is a corporation, the president, secretary, treasurer or officers exercising corresponding functions shall each be guilty of a misdemeanor. |B. As used in this section, the term "benefits or wage supplements" includes, but is not limited to, reimbursement for expenses as agreed prior to contracting said expenses; health, welfare and retirement benefits; and vacation, separation or holiday pay.Laws 1975, c. 107, §§ 1, 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
40 OK Stat § 40-166 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-166. Conspiracy.

|No agreement, combination or contract by or between two or more persons to do or procure to be done, or not to do or procure not to be done, any act in contemplation or furtherance of any trade dispute between employers and employees, shall be deemed criminal, nor shall those engaged therein be indictable or otherwise punishable for the crime of conspiracy, if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime, nor shall such agreement, combination or contract be considered as in restraint of trade or commerce, nor shall any restraining order or injunction be issued with relation thereto. Nothing in this article, shall exempt from punishment otherwise than is herein excepted, any person guilty of conspiracy for which punishment is provided by any other law of the state, but such other law shall, as to the agreement, combination and contracts heretofore referred to, be construed as if this article, was therein contained: Provided, that nothing in this article, shall be construed to authorize force or violence. |R.L.1910, § 3764.
40 OK Stat § 40-167 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-167. False Statements as to conditions of employment.

|It shall be unlawful for any employer of labor doing business in the state, to induce, influence, persuade or engage workmen to change from one place to another in the state, or to bring workmen of any class or calling into this state to work in any of the departments of labor, through or by means of false or deceptive representations, false advertising or false pretenses concerning the kind and character of the work to be done, or amount and character of the compensation to be paid for such work or the sanitary or other conditions of employment or as to the existence or nonexistence of a strike or other trouble pending between employer and employees, at the time of or prior to such engagement. Failure to state in an advertisement, proposal or contract for the employment of workmen that there is a strike, lockout or other labor trouble at the place of the proposed employment, when in fact such strike, lockout or other labor troubles then actually exist at such place, shall be deemed a false advertisement and misrepresentation for the purposes of this section. |R.L.1910, § 3765.
40 OK Stat § 40-168 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-168. Penalty.

|Any employer of labor of any kind doing business in this state, as well as its agent, attorney or servant, found guilty of violating the preceding section, or any part thereof, shall be fined not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or confined in the county jail not less than one (1) month and not exceeding one (1) year or both such fine and imprisonment. |R.L.1910, § 3766.
40 OK Stat § 40-169 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-169. Hiring armed guards without permit a felony.

|Any person who shall hire, aid, abet or assist in hiring through private detective agencies or otherwise, persons to guard with arms or deadly weapons of any kind, other persons or property, or any person who shall come into this state armed with deadly weapons of any kind for any such purpose, without a permit, in writing, from the Governor, shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years. Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the right of any person, corporations, society, association or organization in guarding and protecting their property as provided by law; but this section shall be construed only to apply in cases where workmen are brought into the state or induced to go from one place to another in the state by any false pretenses, false advertising, or deceptive representation, or brought into the state under arms or removed from one place to another in the state under arms. |R.L. 1910, § 3767. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 454, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 331, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 454 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
40 OK Stat § 40-170 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-170. Workman may recover for misrepresentation.

|Any workman who shall be influenced, induced or persuaded to engage with any persons mentioned in Section 3765, through or by means of any of the things therein prohibited, shall have the right of action for recovery of all damages that he has sustained in consequence of the false or deceptive representation, false advertisement and false pretenses used to induce him to change his place of employment, against any companies, corporations, or other employers of labor, directly or indirectly causing such damages, and, in addition to all actual damages such workman may have sustained, he shall be entitled to recover such reasonable attorney's fees as the jury shall fix, to be taxed as costs in any judgment recovered. |R.L.1910, § 3768.