2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 40. Labor
§40-3-203. Election by employer.
ELECTION BY EMPLOYER.
A. An employing unit, not otherwise subject to the Employment Security Act of 1980, which files with the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission its written election to become an employer subject hereto for not less than two (2) calendar years shall, with the written approval of the election by the Commission, become an employer subject hereto to the same extent as all other employers, as of the date stated in the approval, and shall cease to be subject hereto as of January 1 of any calendar year subsequent to the two (2) required calendar years, only if during January of that year it has filed with the Commission a written application for termination of coverage as provided in this section.
B. Any employing unit for which services that do not constitute employment as defined in the Employment Security Act of 1980 are performed may file with the Commission a written election that all such services with respect to which payments are not required under an employment security law of any other state or of the federal government and which are performed by individuals in its employ in one or more distinct establishments or places of business shall be deemed to constitute employment by an employer for all the purposes of the Employment Security Act of 1980 for not less than two (2) calendar years. Upon the written approval of the election by the Commission, the services shall be deemed to constitute employment subject to the Employment Security Act of 1980 from and after the date stated in the approval. The services shall cease to be deemed employment subject hereto as of January 1 of any calendar year subsequent to the two (2) required calendar years, only if during January of that year the employing unit has filed with the Commission a written application for termination of the coverage.
C. The Commission may terminate the election of an employer or employing unit made pursuant to subsection A or B of this section at any time the Commission determines that the employer or employing unit is not abiding by all requirements of the Employment Security Act of 1980 and the rules for the administration of that act, or if the employer or employing unit that has made an election for coverage becomes delinquent in the payment of its unemployment tax contributions, interest, penalties or fees.
D. If the Commission makes a determination that an application of an employer or employing unit submitted under subsections A or B of this section should be denied, or that a voluntary election should be terminated under subsection C of this section, the Commission shall notify the affected employer or employing unit in writing. The notification of the determination shall be delivered to the employer, or mailed to the employer's last-known address.
E. A determination made under this section may be appealed pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-115 of this title.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-203, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 219, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 30, § 19, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2006, c. 176, § 20, eff. July 1, 2006.
