2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 40. Labor
§40-2-503. Claims, notices, and objections.
CLAIMS, NOTICES, AND OBJECTIONS.
A. Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with all rules that the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission may prescribe.
B. Promptly after an initial claim or an additional initial claim is filed, the Commission shall give notice of the claim to the last employer of the claimant for whom the claimant worked at least fifteen (15) working days. These days are not required to be consecutive. Provided, that promptly after the Commission is notified of the claimant's separation from employment obtained during a continued claim series, the Commission shall give notice of the claim to the last separating employer. Notices to separating employers during a continued claim series will be given to the last employer in the claim week without regard to length of employment. Each notice shall contain an admonition that failure to respond to the notice could affect the employer's tax rate.
C. Promptly after the claim is paid for the fifth week of benefits the Commission shall give written notice of the claim to all other employers of the claimant during the claimant's base period. The notice will be given by electronic means, or if the employer has opted out of such method of communication, the notice will be sent by mail.
D. Notice shall be deemed to have been given when the Commission transmits the notice by electronic means or, if the employer has opted out of such method of communication, the notice will be sent by mail.
E. Within ten (10) days after the date the notice is emailed, an employer may send by email all objections to the claim setting forth specifically the facts which:
1. Make the claimant ineligible for benefits under Sections 2-201 through 2-210 of this title;
2. Disqualify the claimant from benefits under Sections 2-401 through 2-417 and 2-419 of this title; or
3. Relieve employer from being charged for the benefit wages of such claimant.
F. An untimely employer objection to a claim for unemployment benefits made pursuant to subsection E of this section may be allowed for good cause shown.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-503, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 259, § 9, emerg. eff. June 25, 1981; Laws 1993, c. 219, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 340, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 30, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2004, c. 102, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2008, c. 132, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2012, c. 196, § 4, emerg. eff. May 8, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 71, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 220, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2018, c. 14, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2019, c. 251, § 5, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 424, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2022, c. 360, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
