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Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 1-101 (2026)

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SHORT TITLE. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Employment Security Act of 1980. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 1-101, eff. July 1, 1980.

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Cited in 12 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2026 · leading case: Karnes v. Boeing Co., 335 F.3d 1189 (10th Cir. 2003).
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Karnes v. Boeing Co., 335 F.3d 1189 (10th Cir. 2003). “The purpose of the Employment Security Act is to set up a system of public employment offices and an unemployment compensation fund to assist Oklahoma’s unemployed citizens. Id. § 1-102(1). It is unclear whether this statute provides a private cause of action and, if it does,…”
Health Care Assocs., Inc. v. Oklahoma Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 2001 OK 50, 26 P.3d 112. · cites it 3× “¶ 4 On appeal, the district court reversed that decision holding that the nurses were independent contractors under the Employment Security Act of 1980, Okla. Stat. tit. 40, §§ 1-101 through 9-104 (1991).”
Vester v. Bd. of Review of Oklahoma Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 697 P.2d 533 (Okla. 1985). “40 O.S.1981 §§ 1-101 through 9-104. 3 . Tynes v.”
Grace Drilling Co. v. Novotny, 811 P.2d 907 (Okla. Civ. App. 1991). “Subject employee had been a good one for six-and-one-half years without a blemish on his record. Then one day he returns from a two-week leave and responds to a request for urine testing.”
Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. v. Oklahoma Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 913 P.2d 1377 (Okla. Civ. App. 1996). “The underlying purpose of the Oklahoma Employment Security Act, 40 O.S. § 1-101 et seq., is to avoid the “economic insecurity due to unemployment” by “setting aside compulsory reserves to be used for the benefit of persons unemployed through no fault of their own.”
Davis v. Oklahoma Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 817 P.2d 741 (Okla. Civ. App. 1991). “The Employment Security Act of 1980, (Act), 40 O.S.1981 §§ 1-101, et seq., became effective July 1, 1980.”
Gabbert v. Bd. of Review ex rel. Oklahoma Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 1997 OK CIV APP 44, 943 P.2d 158. “After they received notification in early 1995 from Bridgestone that it had hired permanent replacements, Petitioners filed for unemployment insurance benefits pursuant to the Oklahoma Employment Security Act of 1980, 40 O.S.1991 § 1-101 et seq. Petitioners were initially…”
King, No. 5:25-cv-01274 (W.D. Okla. Dec. 9, 2025). “” ProFrac contends that Oklahoma’s Employment Security Act of 1980, Okla. Stat. tit. 40, §§ 1-101 et seq., provides a comprehensive administrative scheme that governs unemployment benefits and there is no private right of action allowing a former employee to sue an employer that…”
Oklahoma Emp. Sec. Comm'n v. James L. Brewer II, No. 25-01016 (Bankr. N.D. Okla. May 18, 2026). “7 Okla. Stat. tit. 40, §§ 1-101 to 9-104. 8 Id.”
Church of Holistic Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Review, 866 P.2d 1224 (Okla. Civ. App. 1993). “In this appeal, Employer additionally argues error of the OESC in refusing to consider Employer's assertion of exemption from unemployment taxation as a predominantly religious entity, that is, that Claimant was not engaged in a covered “employment” under the Oklahoma Employment…”
N. Oklahoma Butane v. Oklahoma Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 1997 OK CIV APP 85, 953 P.2d 58. “Northern’s sole contention on appeal is that Commission erred in 'its interpretation of the Oklahoma Employment Security Act, 40 O.S.1991 § 1-101 et seq. (the Act), when Commission calculated Northern’s contribution rate.”
Reddell v. Oklahoma Emp. Sec. Comm'n, 1999 OK CIV APP 131, 994 P.2d 1188. ““Eligibility” requirements of the Employment Security Act of 1980 (the Act), 40 O.S.1991 § 1-101 et seq., appear in Part 2 of the Act, §§ 2-201 to 2-209, whereas conditions for “disqualification” under the Act appear in Part 4.”
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