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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 84 §40-2-606. Appeals from tribunal referee decisions to Board of Review. APPEALS FROM TRIBUNAL REFEREE DECISIONS TO BOARD OF REVIEW. The Board of Review shall review the record of an appeal filed by any of the parties entitled to notice on a determination of an appeal tribunal referee. On appeal, the Board of Review may affirm, modify, reverse, or remand any decision of an appeal tribunal referee on the basis of evidence previously submitted, or on the basis of additional evidence received by an appeal tribunal referee on remand. The Board of Review shall promptly notify the parties of its decision in writing, and the decision shall be final unless within thirty (30) days after notice is deemed given, a proceeding for judicial review is initiated pursuant to Section 2-610 of this title. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-606, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 304, § 9, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 2004, c. 102, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2010, c. 216, § 8, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 256, § 5; Laws 2022, c. 360, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.

§40-2-607. Rules and procedures in appeals. RULES AND PROCEDURES IN APPEALS. The Board of Review shall adopt reasonable rules governing the manner of filing appeals and the conduct of hearings and appeals before the Board of Review, consistent with the provisions of the Employment Security Act of 1980. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall adopt and, from time to time, may modify and amend rules governing appeals before the Appeal Tribunal of the Commission and its referees. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall create and maintain a precedent manual to reflect current statutes and statutory changes along with current case law that is applicable to questions of law which may arise during hearing or appeals. The precedent manual shall be updated by the Commission within thirty (30) days of the effective date of any statutory changes and shall be available at the offices of the Commission and on any Internet website maintained by the Commission. When the same or substantially similar evidence is relevant and material to the matters in issue in claims by more than one individual or in claims by a single individual with respect to two (2) or more weeks of unemployment, the same time and place for considering each such claim may be fixed, hearings thereon jointly conducted, a single record of the proceedings made, and evidence introduced with respect to one proceeding considered as introduced in the others, provided that in the judgment of the appeal tribunal referee having jurisdiction of the proceeding, such consolidation would not be prejudicial to any party. No person shall participate as an appeal tribunal referee or member of the Board of Review on any case in which the person has a personal interest. A record shall be kept of