Title 40, Title 40 — Labor

- Powers and duties. There is hereby established a bureau of boiler inspection in the Department of Labor under the direction of the chief boiler inspector, who shall have at the time of appointment a valid commission issued in accordance with the constitution and bylaws of the N…

A. The chief boiler inspector shall employ deputy inspectors, subject to approval of the Commissioner of Labor, who shall be responsible to the chief boiler inspector and who shall have at the time of appointment a valid commission issued in accordance with the constitution and b…

inspectors and owner-user inspectors of boiler and pressure vessels – Exemption from liability. A. 1. Certificates of competency designating special inspectors of boilers and pressure vessels shall be issued by the Commissioner upon request of any authorized inspection agency, wh…

Implementation and enforcement of Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act – Transfer of duties and authority to Department of Labor. A. On the effective date of this act, all powers, duties, responsibilities, records and equipment of the Corporation Commission relating exc…

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 equ…

Investigations - False or fraudulent representation - Suspension or revocation of certificate – Administrative hearing – Record of action – Reversal of revocation. A. The Commissioner of Labor or designee may suspend or revoke any license, certificate or registration for cause up…

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…

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, operati…

Fund – Alternative Fuels Inspection Fees and Fines Revolving Fund. A. All monies received by the Department of Labor under the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act and derived from Alternative Fuels Technician certification fees and related enforcement actions and fines…

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 …

amount - Surrender of certificate in lieu of fine – Administrative hearing. A. Any person who has been determined by the Commissioner of Labor or designee to have violated any provision of the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act or any rule or order issued pursuant to …

A. The Department of Labor shall have authority to have access to and inspect any equipment including compression equipment and storage tanks, practices or methods used by or in association with any public access compressed natural gas fueling station or pump or any hydrogen fuel…

Act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act". Added by Laws 1990, c. 294, § 1, operative July 1, 1990. Renumbered from § 420.51 of Title 52 by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 328, § 3. R…

It is the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature that the State Board of Career and Technology Education develop curriculum for the training of technicians for the installation and conversion of engines to be fueled by alternative fuels as the technologies are developed. It is furthe…

As used in the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Act: 1. "Alternative fuels" means liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas and liquid fuels produced from natural gas, methanol, ethanol, electricity, coal-derived liquid fuels, hydrogen, biodiesel and fuels derived from biolo…

Members - Terms - Vacancies - Duties - Expenses - Quorum. A. There is hereby established the Committee of Alternative Fuels Technician Examiners which shall consist of eight (8) members. All members of the Committee shall be residents of this state. B. Five voting members of the …

A. Examinations for certification as alternative fuels equipment technicians shall be uniform and practical in nature for alternative fuels equipment technician certification and shall be sufficiently strict to test the qualifications and fitness of the applicants for certificate…

certificate - Standards for storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases and for electric vehicle charge stations. A. The Department of Labor shall issue a certificate as an alternative fuels equipment technician to any person who: 1. Has been licensed by the Oklahoma Liquef…

of certification - Fees. A. 1. All applications for examination, certification or renewal of certification shall be made in writing to the Department of Labor on forms provided, if necessary, by the Department of Labor. All applications shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee…

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 vacat…

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, associatio…

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.

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 …

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…

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 viola…

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 …

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 emp…

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; and 2. Provide to the employee, …

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.

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 unde…

proceedings - Orders - Appeals - Actions. A. The Commissioner of Labor shall enforce and administer the provisions of this act and in any case where a civil action may be brought for the collection of a wage claim, the Commissioner of Labor may provide for an administrative proce…

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.

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 empl…

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 eng…

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, t…

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,…

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 an…

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 fals…

leaving service. Whenever any employee of any public service corporation, or of a contractor, who works for such corporation, doing business in this state, shall be discharged or voluntarily quits the service of such employer, it shall be the duty of the superintendent or manager…

No firm, corporation or individual shall blacklist or require a letter of relinquishment, or publish, or cause to be published, or blacklisted, any employee, mechanic or laborer, discharged from or voluntarily leaving the service of such company, corporation or individual, with i…

Any person, firm or corporation violating the preceding section shall be fined in any sum not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and any person so blacklisted shall have a right of action to recover damages. R.L.1910, § 3771.

benefit plan membership identification cards. A. 1. Any employing entity located in this state shall not do any of the following: a. publicly post or publicly display in any manner the social security number of an employee. For purposes of this paragraph, "publicly post" or "publ…

accounts – Exemptions – Civil actions. A. No employer, as defined by paragraph 1 of Section 1301 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, located in this state shall: 1. Require an employee or prospective employee to disclose a user name and password or other means of authentication…

media accounts. No business or employer shall be held liable in any regard for not reviewing an employee's personal online social media accounts as defined herein. Furthermore, no business or employer shall be held liable in any regard for not requesting, accessing or reviewing t…

All scaffolds, hoists, cranes, stays, ladders, supports, or other mechanical contrivances erected or constructed by any person, firm or corporation in the state, for use in the erection, repairing, alteration, removal, or painting of any house, building, bridge, viaduct, steel ta…

If in the erection of an iron or steel framed building, the spaces between the girders or floor beams of any floor are not filled or covered by the permanent construction of said floors before another story is added to the building, a close plank flooring shall be placed and main…

Any person engaged in and having supervision and charge of the building, erection, or construction of any block, building or structure who shall neglect or refuse to place or have placed upon the joists of each and every story of such block, building or structure as soon as the j…

sections - Penalty for violations - Prohibition of use of scaffolds, etc. Any contractor or other person having charge of the erection, construction, repairing, alteration, removal or painting of any building, bridge, viaduct, steel tank, standpipe or other structure, within the …

An employer shall be responsible in damages for personal injury caused to an employee, who, was himself in the exercise of due care and diligence at the time he was injured, by reason of any defect in the condition of the machinery or appliances connected with or used in the busi…

It shall be unlawful for any railroad, corporation, or other person, who owns, controls or operates any lines of railroad in the state, to build, construct or repair railroad equipment without first erecting and maintaining at every division point a building or shed over the repa…