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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 76 evidence to the contrary is introduced by or on behalf of the claimant. D. If the employer is determined to be a seasonal employer, the employer shall give notice to each employee of the employer's status as a seasonal employer and the beginning and ending dates of the employer's normal seasonal work periods, and this notice shall be given to the employee within the first seven (7) days of employment. On or before the last day of work in the season, if the employer intends to issue a notice of reasonable assurance of employment for the next season, the employer shall also give notice to each employee advising that the employee shall timely file an initial application for unemployment benefits at the end of the current seasonal work period and file timely weekly continued claims thereafter to preserve the employee's right to receive retroactive unemployment benefits if such employee is not reemployed by the seasonal employer in the subsequent normal seasonal work period. The notice must be on a separate document written in clear and concise language that states these provisions. Failure of the employer to give adequate notice as required by this subsection will result in the termination of the employer as a seasonal employer under subsection E of this section and the allowance of any claim in which the claimant did not receive the required notice. E. The Commission may issue a determination terminating an employer's status as a seasonal employer on the Commission's own motion for good cause, or upon the written request of the employer. The effective date of a termination determination under this subsection shall be set by the Commission. A determination under this subsection may be appealed pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-115 of this title. F. An employer whose status as a seasonal employer is terminated under subsection E of this section shall not reapply for a seasonal employer status determination until after a regularly recurring normal seasonal work period has begun and ended. G. If a seasonal employer informs an employee who received assurance of being rehired that, despite the assurance, the employee will not be rehired at the beginning of the employer's next normal seasonal work period, this section does not prevent the employee from receiving unemployment benefits in the same manner and to the same extent he or she would receive benefits under the Employment Security Act of 1980 from an employer who has not been determined to be a seasonal employer. H. A successor of a seasonal employer is considered to be a seasonal employer unless the successor provides the Commission, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the transfer, with a written request for termination of its status as a seasonal employer in accordance with subsection E of this section.