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40 OK Stat § 40-57 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-57. Enforcement.

|Any applicant or employee may seek criminal enforcement of this act through request made to any district attorney or the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or the fee charged for the service, whichever is greater, for each offense, or be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not exceeding six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. |Added by Laws 1967, c. 384, § 6, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967.Amended by Laws 1974, c. 62, § 3; Laws 2017, c. 51, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
40 OK Stat § 40-61 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-61. Disclosure of information by employer - Presumption of good faith - Immunity from liability.

|A. An employer may disclose information about a current or former employee's job performance to a prospective employer of the current or former employee upon request of the prospective employer and with consent of the current or former employee, or upon request of the current or former employee. A state agency, as defined in Section 840-2.5 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may disclose information regarding a current or former employee's job performance to another state agency which is a prospective employer of the current or former employee without the employee's consent. The employer is presumed to be acting in good faith, unless lack of good faith is shown by a preponderance of the evidence. The current or former employer shall be immune from civil liability for the disclosure or any consequences of such disclosure unless the presumption of good faith is rebutted upon a showing that the information disclosed by the current or former employer was false and the employer providing the information had knowledge of its falsity or acted with malice or reckless disregard for the truth. |B. The provisions of this section shall apply to any employee, agent, or other representative of the current or former employer, including a state agency, who is authorized to provide and who provides information in accordance with the provisions of this section.C. Failure to comply with any provision of this section shall not give rise to any liability or causes of action which did not exist prior to July 1, 1995. This section shall only apply to causes of action accruing on and after July 1, 1995.Added by Laws 1995, c. 340, § 22, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 235, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998.
40 OK Stat § 40-71 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-71. Restrictions on employment of children under sixteen.

|No child under the age of sixteen (16) shall be permitted to work in any occupation or in any establishment other than those occupations permitted by the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938", as amended, 29 U.S.C., Sections 201 through 219, and any regulations related thereto. |It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Labor upon investigation by himself or the agents of his department, or upon the complaint of the Board of Health, to determine what occupations are injurious to health or morals or especially hazardous to life or limb, and to notify employers in such occupations of his decision, which decision shall be final until such occupations shall be defined by law or by final judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction as safe for health, morals, life or limb.R.L.1910, § 3728; Laws 1929, c. 35, p. 35, § 1; Laws 1978, c. 244, § 11, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1991, c. 172, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
40 OK Stat § 40-72.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-72.1. Occupations prohibited for children under sixteen.

|A. No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted to work at any of the following occupations: |1. Manufacturing, mining, or processing occupations, including occupations requiring performance of any duties in work rooms or work places where goods are manufactured, mined, or otherwise processed;2. Occupations which involve the operation or tending of hoisting apparatus or of any power-driven machinery other than office machines;3. The operation of motor vehicles or service as helpers on such vehicles;4. Public messenger service;5. Occupations declared to be particularly hazardous to the health and well-being of minors under sixteen (16) years of age by federal laws and regulations or as declared by the Commissioner of Labor; and6. Occupations, except office work or sales work, in connection with:a.transportation of persons or property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline or other means,b.warehousing and storage,c.communications and public utilities, andd.construction including demolition and repair.B. This section shall not apply to:1. Children working either on farms or for parents or any entity in which a parent owns an equity interest;2. Children engaged in the sale or delivery of newspapers to consumers; or3. Children engaged in voluntary service for a charitable organization recognized exempt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Section 501(c), if the organization receives written permission from a parent or legal guardian of any such child.Added by Laws 1991, c. 172, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 295, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 2015, c. 39, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
40 OK Stat § 40-74 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-74. Educational qualifications required of child before employment.

|No child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the occupations specified in Section 71 of this title unless such child is able to read and write, or shall have attended some school during the preceding year for the time that attendance is compulsory under the laws. |R.L.1910, § 3731; Laws 1991, c. 172, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
40 OK Stat § 40-75 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-75. Hours of employment of children - Rest periods.

|A. No child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed or permitted to work in any gainful occupation, other than agriculture or domestic service, for more than: |1. Three (3) hours in any one (1) school day, except that if the employer is not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, a child may work eight (8) hours or less on a school day which precedes a nonschool day;2. Eight (8) hours on a nonschool day;3. Eighteen (18) hours in any one (1) week when school is in session; or4. Forty (40) hours in any one (1) week when school is not in session, except that if the employer is not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, a child may work forty (40) hours in any one (1) week when school is in session if attendance is not compulsory.B. As used in this section, "in session" means the period beginning on the first Tuesday after Labor Day through May 31 of the following year.C. Children under the age of sixteen (16) years must be permitted a one (1) hour cumulative rest period for each eight (8) consecutive hours worked. However, no such child shall work more than five (5) consecutive hours unless permitted a one-half (1/2) hour cumulative rest period.R.L. 1910, § 3732. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 172, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 137, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 391, § 8, eff. July 1, 1997.
40 OK Stat § 40-76 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-76. Night work.

|No person under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the occupations set out in Section 71 of this title between the hours of seven o'clock p.m. and seven o'clock a.m.; except, during the summer (June 1 through Labor Day) and, if the employer is not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, during the remainder of the year on days followed by a nonschool day when the prohibited hours will be between the hours of nine o'clock p.m. and seven o'clock a.m. |R.L. 1910, § 3733; Laws 1929, c. 35, p. 35, § 2; Laws 1955, p. 240, § 1; Laws 1976, c. 151, § 1; Laws 1991, c. 172, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 137, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
40 OK Stat § 40-77 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-77. Schooling certificates - Duties of employers.

|Before any child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed in any occupation specified in Section 71 of this title, it shall be the duty of the parent or guardian of such child to procure and furnish the employer of such child an age and schooling certificate as hereinafter provided in this article. It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation owning or operating any of the establishments specified in Section 71 of this title, or employers in such occupation, to keep on file for the inspection of the Commissioner or his designee, truant officers, or other persons charged with the administration of this article, such age and schooling certificate, for every child under sixteen (16) years of age employed in such occupation, and to keep on file where such children are employed a register with a complete list of children under sixteen (16) years of age so employed, together with the age of each child as set forth in the age and schooling certificate opposite the name of such child, and also to keep on file in such place or establishment, in such form as the Commissioner or his designee may prescribe, the time of opening and closing of such factory or other establishment, the number of hours of labor required or permitted in such establishment, the hours of commencing and stopping work, and the time allowed for meals, and, if there be two or more shifts in such establishment, the number of hours in each shift during which the employees are required or permitted to work. On termination of the employment of a child so registered, and whose certificate is so filed, such certificate shall be forthwith surrendered by the employer to the child or its parent, guardian or custodian; provided that this section shall not apply to the employment of children who are not residents of the State of Oklahoma, to perform in any duly licensed theatre, motion picture theatre or other place of public amusement. |R.L.1910, § 3734; Laws 1929, c. 35, p. 36, § 3; Laws 1991, c. 172, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
40 OK Stat § 40-78 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-78. Evidence of age of child - Certificate of physical fitness.

|The Commissioner or his designee, truant officer, or other person charged with the administration of this article, may make demand on an employer in whose factory or establishment a child apparently under the age of sixteen (16) years is employed or permitted or suffered to work, and whose employment certificate is not then filed as required by this section, that such employer shall either furnish him, within ten (10) days, evidence satisfactory to him that such child is in fact over sixteen (16) years of age, or shall cease to employ or permit or suffer such child to work in such factory or establishment. Such officer may require from such employer the same evidence of age of such child as is required on the issuance of an employment certificate; and the employer furnishing such evidence shall not be required to furnish any further evidence of the age of the child. In case such employer shall fail to produce and deliver to such officer, within ten (10) days after such demand, such evidence of age herein required by him, and shall thereafter continue to employ such child to work in such factory or establishment, proof of the giving of such notice and of such failure to produce and file such evidence shall be prima facie evidence in any prosecution brought for violation of this provision of this article that such child is under sixteen (16) years of age and is unlawfully employed: Provided, that the Commissioner or his designee shall have the power to demand a certificate of physical fitness from some licensed physician in good standing in this state in case of children who may appear to him physically unable to perform the labor at which they may be engaged, and shall have power to prohibit the employment of any minor that cannot obtain such a certificate. |R.L.1910, § 3735; Laws 1991, c. 172, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
40 OK Stat § 40-79 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-79. Age and schooling certificates - Proof of age.

|The age and schooling certificate shall be approved by the principal, headmaster, or equivalent administrative officer of the school which the child attends or should be attending or by one of the child's parents if the child is being schooled at home, who shall, for the purpose of this article, be empowered to administer an oath. The principal, headmaster, or equivalent administrative officer of the school which the child attends or should be attending or by one of the child's parents if the child is being schooled at home, shall approve such certificate only upon the application in person of the child desiring employment accompanied by its parents, guardian or custodian, and after having received, examined and approved documentary evidence of age, showing that the child is fourteen (14) years of age, or over, which evidence shall consist of one of the following named proofs of age, duly attested, and the proof accepted shall be specified in the certificate issued to the child; the proof specified in subdivision (a) shall be required first, but if this is not available then one of the proofs specified in the succeeding subdivisions shall be required and in the order designated until the age of the child be established, as follows: |(a) A birth certificate or transcript thereof issued by a registrar of vital statistics or other officer charged with the duty of recording births which certificate or transcript thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the age of the child.(b) A certificate of baptism or transcript thereof, showing the date of birth and place of baptism of the child.(c) A passport showing the age of the child; or a certificate of arrival in the United States, issued by the United States immigration officer and showing the age of the child; or a life insurance policy at least one (1) year old showing the age of the child or other credible evidence as may be approved by the Commissioner.Every employment certificate shall be signed, in the presence of the officer issuing the same by the child in whose name it is issued.R.L.1910, § 3736; Laws 1917, c. 182, p. 344, § 1; Laws 1991, c. 172, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
40 OK Stat § 40-80 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-80. School attendance certificate to be presented - Duplicate of schooling certificate - Blank form - Form of certificate.

|The age and schooling certificate shall not be approved until the parent or guardian of such child shall present a school attendance certificate as hereinafter prescribed. A duplicate of such age and schooling certificate shall be filled out and sent by the school officer, before whom the same is made, to the Commissioner of Labor. The blank forms for school attendance certificate and for the age and schooling certificate shall be supplied to the principal, headmaster, or equivalent administrative officer of the school or to one of the child's parents if the child is being schooled at home by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as hereinafter indicated. |SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATE................... (Name of School)................... (City and County)........................ (Date).This certifies that ................ (name of child) can read and write and that according to the records of this school and in my belief is now ............. (number of years and months) old, and has attended school during the full school term of the preceding year................... (Name of parent or guardian)................... (Residence).................. (Signature of teacher).AGE AND SCHOOLING CERTIFICATE.This certifies that I am .............. (father, mother or guardian) of ........... (name of child) s.s.# ..............., and that he (or she) was born at ............. (town or city), .......... (county), .............. (state or country), on the ........ (day, month and year of birth), and is now ............... (number of years and months old)......................................(Signature of parent or guardian)........................... (Date)..................... (City or town or county).Personally appeared before me the above-mentioned ............ (name of person signing), and made oath that the foregoing certificate is true to the best of his (or her) knowledge and belief.I hereby approve the foregoing certificate of ............. (name of child), height ............. (feet and inches), weight ........... (pounds), complexion ........... (fair or dark), hair ............. (color), eyes .......... (color), having no sufficient reason to doubt that he (or she) is of the age therein certified.OWNER OF CERTIFICATE.This certificate belongs to ............. (name of child), and is to be surrendered to him (or her) whenever he (or she) leaves the service of the employer holding the same, but if not claimed by said child within thirty days after leaving said service, shall be sent to the Commissioner of Labor...................................,(Signature of officer, with name of city,town or county, and date.)R.L.1910, § 3738; Laws 1991, c. 172, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
40 OK Stat § 40-88 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-88. Penalties for violating this chapter.

|Any person who is in willful violation of any of the provisions of Section 71 et seq. of this title shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and, for each offense, shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment for not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. |R.L.1910, § 3742. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 172, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1997, c. 391, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997.
40 OK Stat § 40-89 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-89. Enforcement of chapter - Administrative penalties.

|A. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Labor to enforce the provisions of Section 71 et seq. of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |B. 1. In addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, any person who is in violation of Section 71 et seq. of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be liable for an administrative fine, to be assessed by the Commissioner of Labor, of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each offense. The maximum administrative fine shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for all related violations. All administrative fines collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Department of Labor Revolving Fund, created pursuant to Section 141.19 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes.2. In lieu of the penalty provided for in paragraph 1 of this subsection, the Commissioner or a representative of the Commissioner may issue a warning for a first offense to a person who is in violation of Section 71 et seq. of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The warning shall cite the violation committed by the person and, where appropriate, state the time period in which the violation must be remedied.C. After a violator is cited or fined for two unrelated offenses of failure to comply with the provisions of Section 71 et seq. of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Commissioner of Labor shall have the authority to issue cease and desist orders, in accordance with the rules of the Department of Labor, against the violator until such time as compliance with the provisions of Section 71 et seq. of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes is met. Any order to cease and desist issued by the Commissioner may be enforced in district court. Upon application of the Commissioner, the district court may issue an injunction without bond for the purpose of enforcing this section.D. The Commissioner of Labor shall assess and collect administrative fines incurred under subsection B of this section and, at the Commissioner's discretion, may remit, mitigate, or negotiate the fines. In determining the fine to be assessed, or the amount agreed upon in any negotiation, consideration shall be given to the appropriateness of the fine in light of the gravity of the violation and the extent to which the person charged has attempted to remedy the consequences of the violation. Individual proceedings shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of subsection E of this section.E. For the purpose of determining if an administrative fine should be assessed, a hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, by a hearing officer designated by the Commissioner of Labor. A final order by the hearing officer may be appealed to the district court in the county in which the violation occurred pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act.Added by Laws 1997, c. 391, § 10, eff. July 1, 1997.
40 OK Stat § 40-141.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-141.3. Rules and regulations - Formulation - Promulgation.

|A. Formulation. The Commissioner of Labor shall formulate and adopt definitions, rules and regulations for the safe construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance and repair of boilers and pressure vessels in this state. |1. The definitions, rules and regulations so formulated for new construction shall be based upon and follow generally accepted national engineering standards, formula and practices related to boiler and pressure vessel construction and safety. The Commissioner of Labor may adopt an existing American National Standard known as the Boiler and Pressure Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, with the addenda and code cases, and may also adopt subsequent revisions in the form of addenda and code cases of that standard provided such revisions are acceptable to the Commissioner. When so adopted, the same shall be deemed incorporated into, and to constitute a part of the whole of the definitions, rules and regulations of the Commissioner of Labor;2. The Commissioner of Labor shall formulate rules and regulations to ensure that boiler and pressure vessel manufacturers, jobbers, dealers or individuals selling, renting or leasing or offering for sale, rent or lease or operation, any boiler or pressure vessel which is within the scope of this act meets the requirements of this act, rules and regulations hereinafter adopted. Any manufacturer, jobber, dealer or individual found to be in violation of this section shall be subject to any current penalty as herein provided;3. The Commissioner of Labor shall formulate rules and regulations which may permit the use of boilers and pressure vessels which were in operation in this state prior to the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this act pertaining to existing installations become effective, or during the twelve-month period immediately thereafter; and4. The rules for inspection, maintenance and repair of installed boilers and pressure vessels shall be based upon and follow generally accepted national standards as promulgated by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors or by the American Petroleum Institute Pressure Vessel Inspection Code as a minimum as relates to boiler and pressure vessels.B. Promulgation. The rules and regulations and any subsequent amendments thereto formulated or adopted by the Commissioner of Labor shall be adopted in accordance with the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act, except that the rules applying to the construction of new boilers and pressure vessels shall not become mandatory until six (6) months after their promulgation by the Commissioner.Added by Laws 1982, c. 252, § 3.