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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 69 then, employment for which the individual would have the physical and mental ability to perform. (3) Upon receipt of fifty percent (50%) of his benefits, suitable work shall not be limited to his customary or registered occupation. (4) If the majority of the weeks of work in an individual's base period includes part-time work, the individual shall not be denied unemployment benefits under any provisions of this act relating to availability for work, active search for work, or failure to accept work, solely because the individual is seeking only part-time work. The phrase "seeking only part-time work", as used in this subsection, means the individual claiming unemployment benefits is available for a number of hours per week that are comparable to the individual’s part-time work experience in the base period. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-408, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 460, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
§40-2-409. Conditions exempting otherwise suitable work. CONDITIONS EXEMPTING OTHERWISE SUITABLE WORK. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, no work shall be deemed suitable and benefits shall not be denied under this act to any otherwise eligible individual for refusing to accept new work under any of the following conditions: (1) If the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout or other labor dispute; (2) If the wages, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality; (3) If as a condition of being employed the individual would be required to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organization; (4) If the new work involved a substantial degree of risk to his health, safety or morals. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-409, eff. July 1, 1980.
§40-2-410. Participation in labor disputes. PARTICIPATION IN LABOR DISPUTES. (1) An individual shall be disqualified to receive benefits for any week with respect to which the Commission finds that his unemployment is due to a stoppage of work which exists at the factory, establishment or other premises at which he is or was last employed, because of a labor dispute. (2) This section shall not apply if it is shown that: (a) He is not participating in or directly interested in the labor dispute which caused the stoppage of work; (b) He does not belong to a grade or class of workers of which, immediately before the commencement of the