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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 75 2. There is good cause for the claimant's failure to participate in re-employment services. Added by Laws 2015, c. 249, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2015. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 251, § 4, eff. July 1, 2019.

§40-2-422. Seasonal workers and employers. A. Unemployment benefits based on services by a seasonal worker performed in seasonal employment are payable only for weeks of unemployment that occur during the normal seasonal work period. Benefits shall not be paid based on services performed in seasonal employment for any week of unemployment that begins during the period between two (2) successive normal seasonal work periods to any individual if that individual performs the service in the first of the normal seasonal work periods and if there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the service for a seasonal employer in the second of the normal seasonal work periods. The notice of reasonable assurance shall be given by the employer to the employee in writing on or before the last day of work in the season. If benefits are denied to an individual for any week solely as a result of this section and the individual is not offered an opportunity to perform in the second normal seasonal work period for which reasonable assurance of employment had been given, the individual is entitled to a retroactive payment of benefits under this section for each week that the individual previously filed a timely claim for benefits. An individual may apply for any retroactive benefits under this section in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of the Employment Security Act of 1980. B. If an individual has been employed by a nonseasonal employer during the base period of the individual's benefit year, the individual may become eligible for benefits during that between- season denial period based only on the wages of the nonseasonal employment. C. Not less than twenty (20) days before the estimated beginning date of a normal seasonal work period, an employer may apply to the Commission in writing for designation as a seasonal employer. At the time of application, the employer shall conspicuously display a copy of the application on the employer's premises. Within ninety (90) days after receipt of the application, the Commission shall determine if the employer is a seasonal employer. The employer may appeal this decision pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-115 of this title. A determination of the Commission concerning the status of an employer as a seasonal employer, or the decision of the Assessment Board or a court of this state through the administrative appeal process, which has become final, may be introduced in any proceeding involving a claim for benefits, and the facts found and decision issued in the determination or decision shall be conclusive unless substantial