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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 77 I. At the time an employee is hired by a seasonal employer, the employer shall notify the employee in writing if the employee will be a seasonal worker. The employer shall provide the worker with written notice of any subsequent change in the employee's status as a seasonal worker. If an employee of a seasonal employer is denied benefits because that employee is a seasonal worker, the employee may contest that designation by filing an appeal pursuant to the provisions of Part 6 of Article 2 of the Employment Security Act of 1980. J. As used in this section: 1. "Construction industry" means the work activity designated in Sector Group 23 – Construction of the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) published by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 2017 edition; 2. "Normal seasonal work period" means that period, or those periods, of time during which an individual is employed in seasonal employment, as determined by the Commission; 3. "Seasonal employment" means the employment of one or more individuals primarily hired to perform services during regularly recurring periods of twenty-six (26) weeks or less in any fifty-two- week period other than services in the construction industry; 4. "Seasonal employer" means an employer, other than an employer in the construction industry, who applies to the Commission for designation as a seasonal employer and whom the Commission determines to be an employer whose operations and business require employees engaged in seasonal employment; and 5. "Seasonal worker" means a worker who has been paid wages by a seasonal employer for work performed only during the normal seasonal work period. Added by Laws 2016, c. 338, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 424, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

§40-2-501. Applicability. APPLICABILITY. This part applies to procedures for benefits. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-501, eff. July 1, 1980.

§40-2-502. Posting of information. POSTING OF INFORMATION. Each employer shall post and maintain in places readily accessible to its employees, statements concerning benefit rights, claims for benefits and any other matters relating to the administration of this act as the Commission may by rule prescribe. Each employer shall supply to its employees copies of statements or other materials relating to claims for benefits when and as the Commission may by rule prescribe. Statements and other materials shall be supplied by the Commission to all Oklahoma employers through the Internet website of the Commission, without cost to the employer.