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40 OK Stat § 40-2-421 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-421. Failure to participate in reemployment services through profiling.

|FAILURE TO PARTICIPATE IN REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES THROUGH PROFILING. |The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall establish and utilize a system of Re-employment Services and Eligibility Assessment selection for all ex-military service claimants and for unemployment benefit claimants who will be likely to exhaust unemployment benefits and who will need job-search assistance services to make a successful transition to new employment. Any claimant who has been referred to re-employment services pursuant to the selection system and who fails to participate in the re-employment services made available to the claimant, shall be disqualified to receive benefits for each week in which the failure occurs, unless the Commission determines that:1. The claimant has previously completed the re-employment services within the benefit year; or2. There is good cause for the claimant's failure to participate in re-employment services.Added by Laws 2015, c. 249, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2015. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 251, § 4, eff. July 1, 2019.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-501 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-501. Applicability.

|APPLICABILITY. This part applies to procedures for benefits. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-501, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-502 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-502. Posting of information.

|POSTING OF INFORMATION. Each employer shall post and maintain in places readily accessible to its employees, statements concerning benefit rights, claims for benefits and any other matters relating to the administration of this act as the Commission may by rule prescribe. Each employer shall supply to its employees copies of statements or other materials relating to claims for benefits when and as the Commission may by rule prescribe. Statements and other materials shall be supplied by the Commission to all Oklahoma employers through the Internet website of the Commission, without cost to the employer. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-502, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 219, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2010, c. 216, § 6, eff. July 1, 2010.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-503 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-503. Claims, notices and objections.

|CLAIMS, NOTICES AND OBJECTIONS. |A. Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with all rules that the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission may prescribe.B. Promptly after an initial claim or an additional initial claim is filed, the Commission shall give notice of the claim to the last employer of the claimant for whom the claimant worked at least fifteen (15) working days. The required fifteen (15) working days are not required to be consecutive. Provided, that promptly after the Commission is notified of the claimant's separation from an employment obtained by a claimant during a continued claim series, the Commission shall give notice of the claim to the last separating employer. Notices to separating employers during a continued claim series will be given to the last employer in the claim week without regard to length of employment. Each notice shall contain an admonition that failure to respond to the notice could affect the employer's tax rate.C. Promptly after the claim is paid for the fifth week of benefits the Commission shall give written notice of the claim to all other employers of the claimant during the claimant's base period. The notice will be given pursuant to Section 3-106 of this title.D. Notices shall be deemed to have been given to the employer at the last-known address and by the date of the postmark on the envelope in which the notice was sent. If the employer has elected to be notified by electronic means according to procedures set out in Oklahoma Employment Security Commission rules, notice shall be deemed to be given when the Commission transmits the notice by electronic means.E. Within ten (10) days after the date on the notice or the date of the postmark on the envelope in which the notice was sent, whichever is later, an employer may file with the Commission at the address prescribed in the notice written objections to the claim setting forth specifically the facts which:1. Make the claimant ineligible for benefits under Sections 2-201 through 2-210 of this title;2. Disqualify the claimant from benefits under Sections 2-401 through 2-417 and 2-419 of this title; or3. Relieve such employer from being charged for the benefits wages of such claimant.F. An untimely employer objection to a claim for unemployment benefits made pursuant to subsection E of this section may be allowed for good cause shown.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-503, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 259, § 9, emerg. eff. June 25, 1981; Laws 1993, c. 219, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 340, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 30, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2004, c. 102, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2008, c. 132, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2012, c. 196, § 4, emerg. eff. May 8, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 71, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 220, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2018, c. 14, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2019, c. 251, § 5, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 424, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-503.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-503.1. Filing of employer protest and documents through employer portal.

|FILING OF EMPLOYER PROTEST AND DOCUMENTS THROUGH EMPLOYER PORTAL. |A. The procedure set out in this section for the filing of a statement of objection through the employer portal is an optional procedure for the employer. If the employer chooses not to utilize this procedure, the employer must file its protest in accordance with subsection E of Section 2-503 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes.B. An employer may file a statement of objections to the claim of a former employee at any time from the moment of discharge or separation from employment of the employee until the expiration of the ten-day time period set out in subsection E of Section 2-503 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The statement of objection must be filed through the employer portal on the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission's Internet website and must contain a statement of specific facts and documentation which:1. Disclose the name and social security number of the employee;2. Make the claimant ineligible for benefits under Sections 2-201 through 2-210 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes;3. Disqualify the claimant for benefits under Sections 2-401 through 2-419 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or4. Relieve the employer from being charged for the benefits wages of this claimant.C. Any statement of objection filed pursuant to this section within the time period and in the manner set out in subsection B of this section shall be considered a valid protest to a claim for unemployment benefits filed by the former employee and the employer shall be considered an interested party to the claim. A statement of objection filed pursuant to this section outside the time period or in any manner other than as set out in subsection B of this section shall not be considered a valid protest to a claim for unemployment of the former employee, and the employer shall not be considered an interested party to the claim.Added by Laws 2015, c. 249, § 8, eff. April 30, 2016.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-504 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-504. Determinations of benefits.

|DETERMINATIONS OF BENEFITS. A determination upon a claim for benefits shall be made promptly by a representative of the Commission. It shall include a statement as to whether and in what amount claimant is entitled to benefits for the week with respect to which the determination is made. In the event the claimant is determined to be ineligible for or disqualified from benefits under Part 2 or Part 4 of this Article the determination shall state the reasons therefor. The initial determination in a benefit year shall include a statement as to whether the claimant has been paid the wages required under this act, and if so, the beginning and ending dates of the benefit year, the weekly benefit amount, and the maximum total amount of benefits payable to him with respect to such benefit year. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-504, eff. July 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-505 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-505. Determinations in labor dispute cases.

|DETERMINATIONS IN LABOR DISPUTE CASES. Whenever any claim involves the application of the provisions of Section 2-410, the representative of the Commission first considering the claim shall, if so directed by the Commission, promptly transmit such claim and all filed objections thereto to an appeal tribunal which shall make a determination upon the issues involved under that section. Such appeal tribunal shall make the determination thereon after affording the claimant and each employer who filed an objection an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of this section with respect to hearings and determinations of appeal tribunals. The parties shall be promptly notified of the determination, together with the reasons therefor. Such determination shall be the final decision on the claim, unless, within ten (10) days after the mailing of notice to a party's last-known address, appeal is filed with the Board of Review. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-505, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 259, § 10, emerg. eff. June 25, 1981.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-506 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-506. Redeterminations.

|REDETERMINATIONS. |The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission may reconsider a determination only when it finds that an error in computation or identity has occurred in connection therewith, or that wages of the claimant pertinent to such determination, but not considered in connection therewith, have been newly determined, or that reimbursed pay or back pay was received by a claimant under circumstances that would reduce the amount of benefits drawn, or that benefits have been allowed or denied or the amount of benefits fixed on the basis of misrepresentation or mistake of material facts, but no such redetermination shall be made after the expiration of the benefit year established by the initial determination, except that a determination made because of a false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact in violation of Section 5-102 or 5-103 of this title may be redetermined within two (2) years from the date of such false statement or representation or failure to disclose. Notice of any such redetermination shall be promptly given to the parties entitled to notice of the original determination, in the manner prescribed in the Employment Security Act of 1980 with respect to notice of an original determination. If the amount of benefits is increased upon such redetermination, an appeal therefrom solely with respect to the matters involved in such increase may be filed in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in Part 5 of Article 2 of the Employment Security Act of 1980. If the amount of benefits is decreased upon such redetermination, the matters involved in such decrease shall be subject to review in connection with an appeal by claimant from any determination upon a subsequent claim for benefits which may be affected in amount or duration by such redetermination. Subject to the same limitations and for the same reasons, the Commission may reconsider the determination in any case in which the final decision has been rendered by an appeal tribunal, the Board of Review or a court, and may apply to the body or court which rendered such final decision to issue a revised decision. In the event that an appeal involving an original determination is pending as of the date a redetermination thereof is issued, such appeal, unless withdrawn, shall be treated as an appeal from such redetermination.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-506, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 354, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2014, c. 220, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-507 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-507. Notice of determinations.

|NOTICE OF DETERMINATIONS. |Notice of a determination upon a claim shall be given promptly to the claimant by delivery thereof or by mailing the notice to the claimant's last-known address or by electronic means if the claimant elected this form of notification through procedures set out by Oklahoma Employment Security Commission rules. Notice of a determination shall also be given promptly to the last employer of the claimant, for whom the claimant worked at least fifteen (15) working days, that objected to the claim in accordance with the provisions of subsection E of Section 2-503 of this title and to each other employer who timely filed a written objection to the claim. If the employer has elected to be notified by electronic means according to procedures set out in Oklahoma Employment Security Commission rules, notice shall be deemed to be given when the Commission transmits the notification by electronic means.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-507, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 259, § 11, emerg. eff. June 25, 1981; Laws 1997, c. 30, § 11, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2012, c. 196, § 5, emerg. eff. May 8, 2012.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-601 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-601. Applicability.

|APPLICABILITY. This part applies to appeals from determinations of the Commission or its representatives to its appeals tribunal, to appeals from decisions of its appeals tribunal to the Board of Review and to judicial review of decisions of the Board of Review. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-601, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-602 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-602. Appeal referees.

|APPEAL REFEREES. (1) The Executive Director, with approval by the Commission, shall appoint one or more referees who shall constitute the appeal tribunal. The referees shall act under the direct supervision of the Executive Director. |(2) Each appeal from a determination made by the Commission or one of its representatives shall be assigned to a referee who shall conduct a hearing after notice to the parties, receive the evidence in such hearing and decide the appeal.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-602, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 304, § 8, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1991, c. 295, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-603 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-603. Appeal tribunal.

|APPEAL TRIBUNAL. |The claimant or any other party entitled to notice of a determination may file an appeal from the determination with the appeal tribunal within ten (10) days after the date of mailing of the notice to the claimant’s or other party’s last-known address or, if the notice is not mailed, within ten (10) days after the date of delivery of the notice. The claimant or other party may file an appeal in any manner allowed by Section 1-224 of this title or by telephone to the Commission’s call center. In order to be considered timely, filing of an appeal made by telephone through a claims representative must be completed before the end of normal business hours.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-603, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 452, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2010, c. 216, § 7, eff. July 1, 2010.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-604 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-604. Hearing.

|HEARING. The appeal referee to whom the appeal is assigned, after affording the parties reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing, shall make findings and conclusions, and on the basis thereof affirm, modify, or reverse such determination; provided, however, that whenever an appeal involves a question as to whether services were performed by claimant in employment or for an employer, or as to amount of wages reported by an employer for claimant, the tribunal referee shall give special notice of such issue and of the pendency of the appeal by mail to the employer and to the Commission, both of whom shall thenceforth be parties to the proceeding and be afforded a reasonable opportunity to adduce evidence bearing on such questions; provided, that any party who enters an appearance before the tribunal referee waives the requirement of special notice by mail. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-604, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-605 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-605. Notice of referee decision.

|NOTICE OF REFEREE DECISION. |The parties shall be promptly notified of such referee's decision and shall be furnished with a copy of the decision, including the findings and conclusions in support thereof. Such decision shall be final unless, within ten (10) days after the date of mailing of notice thereof to the parties' last-known addresses, or, in the absence of such mailing, within ten (10) days after the delivery of such notice, further review before the Board of Review is initiated pursuant to Section 2-606 of this title.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-605, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 256, § 4.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-606 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-606. Appeals from tribunal referee decisions to Board of Review.

|APPEALS FROM TRIBUNAL REFEREE DECISIONS TO BOARD OF REVIEW. |The Board of Review shall review the record of an appeal filed by any of the parties entitled to notice on a determination of an appeal tribunal referee. An appeal to the Board of Review may be filed in any manner allowed by Section 1-224 of this title. On appeal, the Board of Review may affirm, modify, reverse, or remand any decision of an appeal tribunal referee on the basis of evidence previously submitted, or on the basis of additional evidence received by an appeal tribunal referee on remand. The Board of Review shall promptly notify the parties of its decision in writing, and the decision shall be final unless within thirty (30) days after the mailing of the decision to the parties’ last-known addresses, a proceeding for judicial review is initiated pursuant to Section 2-610 of this title.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-606, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 304, § 9, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 2004, c. 102, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2010, c. 216, § 8, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 256, § 5.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-607 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-607. Rules and procedures in appeals.

|RULES AND PROCEDURES IN APPEALS. |The Board of Review shall adopt reasonable rules governing the manner of filing appeals and the conduct of hearings and appeals before the Board of Review, consistent with the provisions of the Employment Security Act of 1980. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall adopt and, from time to time, may modify and amend rules governing appeals before the Appeal Tribunal of the Commission and its referees. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall create and maintain a precedent manual to reflect current statutes and statutory changes along with current case law that is applicable to questions of law which may arise during hearing or appeals. The precedent manual shall be updated by the Commission within thirty (30) days of the effective date of any statutory changes and shall be available at the offices of the Commission and on any Internet website maintained by the Commission. When the same or substantially similar evidence is relevant and material to the matters in issue in claims by more than one individual or in claims by a single individual with respect to two (2) or more weeks of unemployment, the same time and place for considering each such claim may be fixed, hearings thereon jointly conducted, a single record of the proceedings made, and evidence introduced with respect to one proceeding considered as introduced in the others, provided that in the judgment of the appeal tribunal referee having jurisdiction of the proceeding, such consolidation would not be prejudicial to any party. No person shall participate as an appeal tribunal referee or member of the Board of Review on any case in which the person has a personal interest. A record shall be kept of all testimony and proceedings before an appeal tribunal referee, but the testimony need not be transcribed unless judicial review is initiated. Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to this section shall be allowed fees at a rate fixed by the Commission, and fees of witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of the Commission, the employer, or any claimant, shall be deemed part of the expense of administering the Employment Security Act of 1980.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-607, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 304, § 10, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1990, c. 333, § 4, emerg. eff. May 31, 1990; Laws 1998, c. 161, § 9, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2011, c. 256, § 6; Laws 2016, c. 287, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-608 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-608. Conclusiveness of determinations and decisions.

|CONCLUSIVENESS OF DETERMINATIONS AND DECISIONS. |Except insofar as reconsideration of any determination is had under Section 2-506 of this title, any right, fact, or matter in issue, directly passed upon or necessarily involved in a determination or redetermination which has become final, or in a decision on appeal under this subsection which has become final, shall be conclusive for all the purposes of this act as between the Commission, the claimant, and all employers who had notice of such determination, redetermination, or decision. Subject to appeal proceedings and judicial review as provided in this title, any determination, redetermination or decision as to rights to benefits shall be conclusive for all the purposes of this act and shall not be subject to collateral attack by any party.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-608, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 256, § 7.
40 OK Stat § 40-2-609 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 40. Labor|§40-2-609. Rule of decision.

|RULE OF DECISION. |A final decision of the Board of Review and the principles of law declared in arriving at such decision, unless expressly or impliedly overruled by the passage of a more recent statute, by a later decision of the Board of Review, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be binding upon the Commission and Appeal Tribunal referees in subsequent proceedings which involve the same questions of law or fact. In no event shall a decision of the Board of Review, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, decided prior to a change in law by the Legislature supersede or be binding upon the Commission, Appeal Tribunal referees, Board of Review, or any court of competent jurisdiction in proceedings subsequent to the passage of statutory changes.Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-609, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 256, § 8; Laws 2014, c. 220, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2016, c. 287, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.