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74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.20C (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.20C. Written notice of furlough to state employees.

|A. Each agency, as defined by Section 840-1.3 of this title, shall provide a written notice to any employee of such agency who will be furloughed by the agency at least thirty (30) days prior to the first date that the furlough period is scheduled to begin. The notice shall provide information about the anticipated first date of the furlough period and an estimate of the duration of the furlough or the day or days during which the furlough will be in effect. |B. The furlough notice shall be provided to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and any state employee association representing state employees at such time.C. Subsection A of this section shall not apply to disruptions in funding to state agencies caused by actions at the federal level.Added by Laws 2012, c. 140, § 1. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 158, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.22. Family and medical leave.

|The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate emergency and permanent leave rules as necessary to implement the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and rules thereto. Such leave rules shall permit an employee to select any one or a combination of the following types of leave to account for authorized absences covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993: leave without pay; annual and sick leave accumulated by the employee; and annual and sick leave donated by other state employees; and compensatory time. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 344, § 1. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 221, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1994, c. 242, § 7. Renumbered from § 840.7c of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 286, § 3, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2001, c. 381, § 4, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 312, § 9, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 882.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.23A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.23A. National disaster leave.

|A. An appointing authority may grant leave with pay not to exceed fifteen (15) working days to a state employee who is affected by a presidentially declared national disaster in Oklahoma after May 1, 1999, if: |1. The employee suffered a physical injury as a result of the disaster;2. A relative or household member of the employee, as defined by subsection B of Section 840-2.23 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, suffered a physical injury or died as a result of the disaster; or3. The domicile of the employee or the domicile of a relative of the employee, as defined by subsection B of Section 840-2.23 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, was damaged or destroyed as a result of the disaster.B. The authority to grant leave with pay pursuant to subsection A of this section shall extend for a period of not more than eighteen (18) months after the date of a presidentially declared national disaster.C. Annual leave, sick leave, or compensatory time which was charged to a state employee as a result of the presidentially declared national disaster resulting from the May 3, 1999, tornadoes that would have otherwise been eligible for the leave provision in subsection A of this section, may be reinstated by the appointing authority. A state employee entitled to leave with pay pursuant to this section who was charged leave without pay shall be compensated at the base rate of pay of the employee.Added by Laws 1999, c. 306, § 8, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 298, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 2000.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.24 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.24. Participation in specialized disaster relief services - Leave with pay.

|A. 1. As used in this subsection, "disaster" means disasters designated at level III and above in the American Red Cross Regulations and Procedures. |2. Any state employee in the executive branch of state government who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross or a member of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol, with the authorization of the chief executive officer of the state agency, may be granted a leave with pay not to exceed fifteen (15) working days in any twelve-month period to participate in specialized disaster relief services within the State of Oklahoma for the American Red Cross or the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol, upon the request of the American Red Cross or the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol and with the approval of the office of the Governor of this state, without the loss of pay, annual leave, sick leave, accrued overtime wages or compensatory time. The agency shall compensate an employee granted leave time under this section at his or her regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent from work.3. Notwithstanding the provision of paragraph 2 of this subsection, state employees certified as disaster volunteers shall not exceed five hundred (500) participants at any one time. A list of such employees will be coordinated with the Department of Civil Emergency Management and the office of the Governor of this state. Within sixty (60) days of any request made by the American Red Cross or the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol, a report shall be prepared by the American Red Cross or the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol and submitted to the Governor's office stating the reasons and needs for any request made.B. Any state officer or employee in the executive branch of state government authorized by the employing agency of the officer or employee to volunteer in a disaster relief activity during a presidentially declared national disaster in Oklahoma after May 1, 1999, for a period of not more than six (6) months after the date of the presidentially declared national disaster, shall not have to use accrued leave or need to make up any time due to the performance of their volunteer activities.C. Private employers are encouraged to allow their employees to take leave in order to participate in volunteer disaster service programs.D. School administrators are encouraged to allow students, sixteen (16) years of age or older to be out of school to participate in volunteer disaster service programs.Added by Laws 1994, c. 136, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 1994. Renumbered from Title 74, § 840.7e by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 172, § 2, emerg. eff. May 21, 1999; Laws 2010, c. 92, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.25 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.25. Meetings of job-related professional organizations - Leave to attend - Activities excluded.

|A. A permanent classified employee or a regular unclassified employee shall be entitled to take leave with pay for not to exceed three (3) days a year to attend meetings of job-related professional organizations of which the employee is a member upon receiving permission from the appointing authority. The denial by an appointing authority or organizational leave shall be in writing and state the reasons for denying said leave. |B. The leave authorized by this section shall not be used for lobbying activities which include the lobbying of legislative or executive branch elected officials within state-owned or leased buildings.Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 41, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 344, § 3; Laws 1994, c. 242, § 38. Renumbered from § 841.20 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.26 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.26. Flextime attendance policies and alternative work schedules.

|A. In order to provide increased services to the public, to assist state employees in meeting the needs of their families, improve employee morale and productivity, appointing authorities are encouraged to consider the adoption of flextime attendance policies and alternative work schedules. |B. For purposes of this section, "flextime" means a regular, eight-hour-day work schedule that permits the use of alternative starting and ending times within limits set by the appointing authority and that includes a common work period during which all employees are expected to be present.C. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall provide technical assistance to agencies in developing flextime policies and alternative work schedules and shall promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act as necessary for such policies.Added by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 39. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 176, § 4, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 883.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.27A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.27A. Short title.

|Sections 4 through 11 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act". |Added by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 4, eff. July 1, 1997.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.27B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.27B. Definitions.

|As used in Sections 840-2.27B through 840-2.27G of this title: |1. “Affected job family levels” means those containing affected positions;2. “Affected employees” means classified employees in affected positions;3. “Affected positions” means positions being abolished or positions which are subject to displacement action;4. “Agency” means any office, department, board, commission, or institution of all branches of state government, except for institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education;5. “Displacement” or “displace” means the process of an employee accepting an offer of employment to an occupied or funded vacant position;6. “Displacement limit” means any area within an agency in which displacement may not occur. These areas may include, but are not limited to, job families, units, and geographic areas within an agency;7. “Displacement opportunity” means the circumstances under which an occupied or funded vacant position is subject to displacement by an affected employee;8. “Displacement privilege” means the privilege an affected employee has to utilize a displacement opportunity;9. “Educational institution” means an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, a facility under the management or control of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, or a licensed private educational institution in the State of Oklahoma;10. “Personnel transaction” means the record of the separation as a result of a reduction-in-force of a classified affected employee from an agency, or the record of the transfer or demotion of a classified affected employee;11. “Reduction-in-force” means abolition of positions in an agency or part of an agency and the corresponding nondisciplinary removal of affected employees from such positions through separation from employment or through displacement to other positions. Reduction-in-force may also include reorganizations;12. “Reorganization” means the planned elimination, addition or redistribution of functions or duties either wholly within an agency, any of its subdivisions, or between agencies;13. “Severance benefits” means employee benefits provided by the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act to affected employees separated through a reduction-in-force; and14. “Years of service” means current and prior service which is creditable for the Longevity Pay Plan. An affected employee shall not be required to have been continuously employed for two (2) years to be given credit for either current or prior service pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act.Added by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 410, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 175, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 212, § 12, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 5, § 92, emerg. eff. March 1, 2004.NOTE: Laws 2003, c. 120, § 1 repealed by Laws 2004, c. 5, § 93, emerg. eff. March 1, 2004.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.27E (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.27E. Separation agreement.

|Any affected employee who receives severance benefits pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act shall execute a separation agreement with the employing agency, on forms to be prescribed by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The forms shall comply with applicable federal laws and may include but not be limited to the following elements: |1. Agreement by the affected employee that the receipt of the benefits is in lieu of continued employment with the agency or other severance benefits related to the current reduction-in-force;2. Agreement by the affected employee that, to the extent allowed by federal or state law, respectively, the affected employee releases the State of Oklahoma and the agency from all claims, liabilities, demands and causes of action known or unknown, fixed or contingent, equitable, legal or administrative, except unemployment insurance;3. Agreement by the affected employee that, to the extent allowed by federal or state law, respectively, the affected employee releases the State of Oklahoma and the agency from any claim or cause of action which might arise under federal or state laws governing the employment relationship; and4. Agreement by the affected employee that the affected employee knows and understands that the receipt of severance benefits is in exchange, to the extent allowed by federal or state law, for any rights the affected employee may have had to:a.continued employment with any agency, andb.future employment with the agency from which separated for a period of one (1) year from the date of the agreement, provided that nothing in this subparagraph shall prohibit an appointing authority of any agency from employing an affected employee who has received a severance benefit.The provisions of this section shall not prohibit any affected employee from accepting severance benefits from more than one agency during employment with the State of Oklahoma.Added by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 8, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 347, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 212, § 15, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 886; Laws 2021, c. 44, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.27F (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.27F. Reduction-in-Force Education Voucher Action Fund.

|A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be designated the "Reduction-in-Force Education Voucher Action Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the purposes authorized by subsection B of this section. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. |B. The fund shall be used for the purpose of providing education vouchers to affected employees exercising rights to severance benefits pursuant to Sections 840-2.27D and 840-2.28 of this title in order to make payment to eligible educational institutions.C. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall establish accounts within the fund for each affected employee who elects to participate in the education voucher opportunity pursuant to Sections 840-2.27D and 840-2.28 of this title, in which shall be placed the affected employee and agency contributions.Added by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 887.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.27G (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.27G. Reduction-in-Force Emergency Cost Fund.

|A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be designated as the "Reduction-in-Force Emergency Cost Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of appropriations made by the Legislature. All monies accruing to the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the purpose of aiding state agencies to pay severance benefits pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force Severance Benefits Act. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. |B. Monies appropriated to the fund may be transferred to an agency upon application to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services by the appointing authority proposing to conduct a reduction-in-force and who, because of insufficient resources, is unable to provide severance benefits pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force Severance Benefits Act to eligible affected employees. The appointing authority shall have met the reduction-in-force plan submission and approval requirements of Section 840-2.27C of this title. The Director may either:1. Approve the request; or2. Deny or reduce the request of an appointing authority if the Director determines that the agency has funds available to pay the severance benefits or if anticipated requests from agencies for funding in a fiscal year will exceed the monies in the fund.C. The Director shall notify the Contingency Review Board regarding any decision to authorize disbursements from the fund. Any member of the Board may call a meeting to consider the Director's decision within five (5) business days of the notification to the Contingency Review Board. If the Contingency Review Board does not disapprove or otherwise amend the Director's decision within ten (10) business days of notification to the Contingency Review Board, the Director's decision shall be final. If the Director or the Contingency Review Board has authorized the use of the fund, the Director shall transfer the funds to the agency.D. Agencies must use any monies transferred from the fund solely for the purposes of the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act. Any monies not used as a result of the reduction-in-force for which the money was transferred shall be returned to the fund by state agencies, except as provided by Section 840-2.27H of this title.E. Any monies transferred to agencies from the fund shall not be subject to any budgetary limits of an agency.Added by Laws 1997, c. 287, § 10, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 888.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.27I (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.27I. Election to reinstate health insurance coverage.

|A. An affected former state employee who: |1. Had a vested or retirement benefit pursuant to the provisions of any of the state public retirement systems;2. Was separated from state service as a result of a reduction-in-force since July 1, 1997; and3. Was offered severance benefits pursuant to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act,may reinstate health insurance coverage any time within two (2) years following the date of the reduction-in-force from the state, and be eligible for the purchase of all other benefits available to former employees with a vested benefit of the state public retirement system of which the employee is a member.B. Former employees who elect to reinstate health insurance coverage pursuant to this section shall provide satisfactory evidence of insurability after a break in coverage of one hundred eighty (180) days or more.C. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall apply to an affected former state employee who may have elected non-state-sponsored health insurance coverage or who initially may have elected one of the available state-sponsored health insurance plans but later cancels either of those elected coverages.D. A former employee who reinstates health insurance coverage pursuant to this section shall pay the full cost of the insurance premium at the then available rate and pursuant to the rules and enrollment procedures established by the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board. The former employee will be subject to the same rate changes as those made available to all other state vested or retired employees. The former employee may elect coverage for the employee's current dependents if the election is made within thirty (30) days of reinstatement of health insurance.Added by Laws 1998, c. 256, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.28B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.28B. Voluntary Buyout Agency Reimbursement Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be designated the "Voluntary Buyout Agency Reimbursement Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services from such sources as may be designated by law. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the purpose of making reimbursement payments to agencies as provided by Section 840-2.28A of this title for eligible voluntary buyout expenditures. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. |Added by Laws 2010, c. 179, § 3, emerg. eff. April 28, 2010. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 891.
74 OK Stat § 74-840-2.29 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 74. State Government|§74-840-2.29. On-call classified employees - Minimum compensation for hours worked.

|A classified employee who is on-call shall be compensated for a minimum of two (2) hours of work if the employee reports to a work location while in an on-call status. This provision shall apply anytime the employee reports and works less than two (2) hours. |Added by Laws 2001, c. 348, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2001. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 292, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 119, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003.