Title 40 — Title 40 — Labor

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…

Every person or corporation, or manager, superintendent, foreman or agent of any person or corporation, who shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of the preceding section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fin…

It shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D3 felony offense for any railroad, company or any other person, firm, or corporation, using steam boilers, to command, order or permit by themselves or their agents, any of their employees to enter any steam boiler, firebox or smoke chambe…

Any officer, superintendent, foreman, boss, or other person in authority, who, on behalf of any railroad, corporation, or any other person, firm or corporation, using steam boilers, violating any of the provisions of Section 181 of this title, shall be deemed guilty of a Class D3…

Should any employee enter such boiler, firebox, or smoke chamber, while the same is under pressure of steam, at the command or order of his employer, or the agent of such employer, and while inside of such boiler, firebox or smoke chamber, meet with an accident resulting in his d…

The fact that the employee, entering such steam boiler, firebox, or smoke chamber, had knowledge of the unsafe condition of such steam boiler and danger in so doing, and meeting with an accident, shall not deprive him of a right of action against such employer for damages, and sh…

From and after the effective date of this act, all railroad companies operating in the State of Oklahoma are hereby required to grant leave of absence to their employees who desire to run for or seek public office, or who are required to serve in any government position, military…

The term "employee" as used herein shall mean any person who has established his or her seniority with any railroad company for one (1) year or more without interrupted service. Laws 1941, p. 131, § 2.

Any railroad company failing to carry out and adhere to the provisions of this act shall have its charter, authorizing it to do business in this state, revoked by the Secretary of State. Laws 1941, p. 131, § 3.

On and after April 15, 1958, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation operating or controlling any railroad running through or within the State of Oklahoma and engaged in the business of a common carrier to operate a track motor car, or transport its employees in …

Each such windshield shall contain a transparent section reasonably sufficient in width and height to give the operator of such car a view of the track ahead. Laws 1953, p. 319, § 2.

It shall be the duty of the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma to enforce this act. Laws 1953, p. 319, § 3; Laws 1957, p. 480, § 2.

Report not basis of damages. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association, or corporation, either for himself, herself, or itself, or in a representative or fiduciary capacity, to require any employee or applicant for employment, as a condition of employment or c…

Each and every violation of any provision of Section 1 of this act shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine in any amount not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Laws 1949, p. 286, § 2.

40 O.S. § 193 Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 394, § 1

Any corporation, partnership, firm or person contracting to do work for the State of Oklahoma who shall fail to employ at least ninety percent (90%) of the nonprofessional personnel used in the performance of said contract who are qualified residents, as defined above, of the Sta…

This act shall not apply when the same is in conflict with federal statutes, or regulations authorized by federal statutes. Laws 1957, p. 525, § 3.

All contracts of the State of Oklahoma for the construction of public works shall contain, and be construed as containing, a clause providing that discrimination by reason of race, creed or color will not be practiced by the contractor in employment of those who furnish labor or …

NOTE: Entire Oklahoma Minimum Wages on Public Works Act (40 O.S. 1991, §§ 196.1 through 196.14) was held unconstitutional in the case of City of Oklahoma City v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Dept. of Labor, Okla., 918 P.2d 26 (1995). NOTE: This section repealed by Laws 2015, c. 71, § 1…

NOTE: Entire Oklahoma Minimum Wages on Public Works Act (40 O.S. 1991, §§ 196.1 through 196.14) was held unconstitutional in the case of City of Oklahoma City v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Dept. of Labor, Okla., 918 P.2d 26 (1995). NOTE: This section repealed by Laws 2015, c. 71, § 1…

NOTE: Entire Oklahoma Minimum Wages on Public Works Act (40 O.S. 1991, §§ 196.1 through 196.14) was held unconstitutional in the case of City of Oklahoma City v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Dept. of Labor, Okla., 918 P.2d 26 (1995). NOTE: This section repealed by Laws 2015, c. 71, § 1…

NOTE: Entire Oklahoma Minimum Wages on Public Works Act (40 O.S. 1991, §§ 196.1 through 196.14) was held unconstitutional in the case of City of Oklahoma City v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Dept. of Labor, Okla., 918 P.2d 26 (1995). NOTE: This section repealed by Laws 2015, c. 71, § 1…

NOTE: Entire Oklahoma Minimum Wages on Public Works Act (40 O.S. 1991, §§ 196.1 through 196.14) was held unconstitutional in the case of City of Oklahoma City v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Dept. of Labor, Okla., 918 P.2d 26 (1995). NOTE: This section repealed by Laws 2015, c. 71, § 1…

NOTE: Entire Oklahoma Minimum Wages on Public Works Act (40 O.S. 1991, §§ 196.1 through 196.14) was held unconstitutional in the case of City of Oklahoma City v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Dept. of Labor, Okla., 918 P.2d 26 (1995). NOTE: This section repealed by Laws 2015, c. 71, § 1…

NOTE: Entire Oklahoma Minimum Wages on Public Works Act (40 O.S. 1991, §§ 196.1 through 196.14) was held unconstitutional in the case of City of Oklahoma City v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Dept. of Labor, Okla., 918 P.2d 26 (1995). NOTE: This section repealed by Laws 2015, c. 71, § 1…

NOTE: Entire Oklahoma Minimum Wages on Public Works Act (40 O.S. 1991, §§ 196.1 through 196.14) was held unconstitutional in the case of City of Oklahoma City v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Dept. of Labor, Okla., 918 P.2d 26 (1995). NOTE: This section repealed by Laws 2015, c. 71, § 1…

NOTE: Entire Oklahoma Minimum Wages on Public Works Act (40 O.S. 1991, §§ 196.1 through 196.14) was held unconstitutional in the case of City of Oklahoma City v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Dept. of Labor, Okla., 918 P.2d 26 (1995). NOTE: This section repealed by Laws 2015, c. 71, § 1…

NOTE: Entire Oklahoma Minimum Wages on Public Works Act (40 O.S. 1991, §§ 196.1 through 196.14) was held unconstitutional in the case of City of Oklahoma City v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Dept. of Labor, Okla., 918 P.2d 26 (1995). NOTE: This section repealed by Laws 2015, c. 71, § 1…

NOTE: Entire Oklahoma Minimum Wages on Public Works Act (40 O.S. 1991, §§ 196.1 through 196.14) was held unconstitutional in the case of City of Oklahoma City v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Dept. of Labor, Okla., 918 P.2d 26 (1995). NOTE: This section repealed by Laws 2015, c. 71, § 1…

NOTE: Entire Oklahoma Minimum Wages on Public Works Act (40 O.S. 1991, §§ 196.1 through 196.14) was held unconstitutional in the case of City of Oklahoma City v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Dept. of Labor, Okla., 918 P.2d 26 (1995). NOTE: This section repealed by Laws 2015, c. 71, § 1…