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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 13 §40-600.7. Contract requirements – Rights and duties of employer, employee, and client – Notice – Workers’ compensation – Benefit plans – Liability – Sales tax. ............................................................... 329 §40-600.8. Unemployment compensation contributions. ......................................................................... 332 §40-600.9. Refusal to register - Suspension or revocation of registration. ............................................... 332 §40-701. Contract between minor and union. .......................................................................................... 332 §40-800. Occupational Licensing Review Act. ............................................................................................ 333 §40-800.1. Occupational Licensing Advisory Commission – Dissolution. .................................................. 333 §40-801. Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act. ........................................................... 335 §40-900. Short title — Oklahoma Workforce Transformation Act. ........................................................... 335 §40-901. Definitions. .................................................................................................................................. 336 §40-902. Creation of Oklahoma Workforce Commission. ......................................................................... 336 §40-903. Commission membership. .......................................................................................................... 336 §40-904. Powers, duties, and responsibilities. .......................................................................................... 337 §40-905. Programs — Administration — Rules. ........................................................................................ 339 §40-906. Oklahoma Workforce Commission Revolving Fund. ................................................................... 340

§40-1. Commissioner of Labor - Powers and duties. A. The Commissioner of Labor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Labor, and shall supervise the work of that Department. B. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Labor to: 1. foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of this state; 2. improve working conditions of the wage earners; 3. advance opportunities of wage earners for profitable employment; and 4. carry into effect all laws in relation to labor enacted by the Legislature for which responsibility is assigned to the Commissioner of Labor. C. The Commissioner of Labor may administer oaths, issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and take testimony in all matters relating to the proper enforcement of all laws over which the Commissioner has supervision pursuant to the provisions of the laws of this state. R.L.1910, § 3703; Laws 1910-11, c. 128, p. 281, § 1; Laws 1980, c. 159, § 7, emerg. eff. April 2, 1980; Laws 1991, c. 122, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991.

§40-1.1. Reciprocal agreements with labor departments of other states - Actions upon claims arising in other states. A. The Commissioner of Labor may enter into reciprocal agreements with the Labor Department or corresponding agency of another state, or with the person, board, officer, or commission authorized to act on behalf of that department or agency having jurisdiction for the collection of wages unlawfully withheld from employees by out-of-state employers and for the collection of other debts lawfully owed to the State Department of Labor.