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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 167 1993, c. 219, § 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2021, c. 424, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

§40-4-312. Personnel and compensation. PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION. Subject to other provisions of Section 1-101 et seq. of this title, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission is authorized to appoint, fix the compensation and prescribe the duties and powers of such officers, accountants, attorneys, experts and other persons as may be necessary in the performance of its duties under Section 1- 101 et seq. of this title. The Commission is authorized and directed to maintain the existing merit system covering all persons employed in the administration of this act and shall have authority, by rule, to provide for all matters which are appropriate to the establishment and maintenance of a merit system on the basis of efficiency and fitness. The Commission is authorized to adopt rules as may be necessary to meet personnel standards pursuant to the Social Security Act, as amended, and the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system, and for other purposes", approved June 6, 1933, as amended. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 4-312, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 333, § 16, emerg. eff. May 31, 1990; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 130; Laws 2021, c. 424, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

§40-4-313. Commission to cooperate and comply with federal law. COMMISSION TO COOPERATE AND COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW. In the administration of this act the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall cooperate to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this act, with the Social Security Act, as amended, and is authorized and directed to take such action, through the adoption of appropriate rules, administrative methods and standards, as may be necessary to secure to this state and its citizens all advantages available under the provisions of such act, under the provisions of Sections 1602 and 1603 of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act and under the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with States in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes", approved June 6, 1933, as amended. The Commission shall comply with the regulations of the Secretary of Labor relating to the receipt or expenditure by this state of monies granted under any of such acts and shall make such reports, in such form and containing such information as the Secretary of Labor may from time to time require, and shall comply with such provisions as the Secretary of Labor may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.