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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 201 Amended by Laws 1974, c. 62, § 3; Laws 2017, c. 51, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
§40-61. Disclosure of information by employer - Presumption of good faith - Immunity from liability. A. An employer may disclose information about a current or former employee's job performance to a prospective employer of the current or former employee upon request of the prospective employer and with consent of the current or former employee, or upon request of the current or former employee. A state agency, as defined in Section 840-2.5 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may disclose information regarding a current or former employee's job performance to another state agency which is a prospective employer of the current or former employee without the employee's consent. The employer is presumed to be acting in good faith, unless lack of good faith is shown by a preponderance of the evidence. The current or former employer shall be immune from civil liability for the disclosure or any consequences of such disclosure unless the presumption of good faith is rebutted upon a showing that the information disclosed by the current or former employer was false and the employer providing the information had knowledge of its falsity or acted with malice or reckless disregard for the truth. B. The provisions of this section shall apply to any employee, agent, or other representative of the current or former employer, including a state agency, who is authorized to provide and who provides information in accordance with the provisions of this section. C. Failure to comply with any provision of this section shall not give rise to any liability or causes of action which did not exist prior to July 1, 1995. This section shall only apply to causes of action accruing on and after July 1, 1995. Added by Laws 1995, c. 340, § 22, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 235, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998.
§40-71. Restrictions on employment of children under sixteen. No child under the age of sixteen (16) shall be permitted to work in any occupation or in any establishment other than those occupations permitted by the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938", as amended, 29 U.S.C., Sections 201 through 219, and any regulations related thereto.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Labor upon investigation by himself or the agents of his department, or upon the complaint of the Board of Health, to determine what occupations are injurious to health or morals or especially hazardous to life or limb, and to notify employers in such occupations of his decision, which decision shall be final until such occupations shall be