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§25-1301. Definitions.

As used in Section 1101 et seq. of this title: 1. “Employer” means: a.a legal entity, institution or organization that pays one or more individuals a salary or wages for work performance, or b.a legal entity, institution or organization which contracts or subcontracts with the state, a governmental entity or a state agency to furnish […]

§25-1302. Discriminatory practices – Employers.

A. It is a discriminatory practice for an employer: 1. To fail or refuse to hire, to discharge, or otherwise to discriminate against an individual with respect to compensation or the terms, conditions, privileges or responsibilities of employment, because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information or disability, unless the employer can […]

§25-1303. Discriminatory practices – Employment agencies.

It is a discriminatory practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, an individual because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information or disability, unless the agency can demonstrate that accommodation for the disability would impose an undue hardship on the operation […]

§25-1304. Discriminatory practices – Labor organizations.

It is a discriminatory practice for a labor organization: 1. To exclude or to expel from membership, or otherwise to discriminate against, a member or applicant for membership because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information or disability, unless the organization can demonstrate that accommodation for the disability would impose an undue […]

§25-1305. Discriminatory practices – Training programs.

It is a discriminatory practice for an employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship, on-the-job, or other training or retraining program, to discriminate against an individual because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information or disability, unless the employer, organization or committee can demonstrate that accommodation for the disability would […]

§25-1306. Other discriminatory practices.

It is a discriminatory practice for an employer, labor organization, or employment agency to print or publish or cause to be printed or published a notice or advertisement relating to employment by the employer or membership in or a classification or referral for employment by the labor organization, or relating to a classification or referral […]

§25-1307. Exemptions.

This chapter does not apply to a religious corporation, association, or society with respect to the employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform work connected with the carrying on by the corporation, association, or society of its religious activities. Laws 1968, c. 388, § 307; Laws 1973, c. 195, § 2, emerg. eff. […]

§25-1308. Exceptions.

It is not a discriminatory practice: 1. For an employer to hire and employ an employee, or an employment agency to classify or refer for employment an individual, for a labor organization to classify its membership or to classify or refer for employment an individual, or for an employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee […]

§25-1309. Seniority and merit systems – Compulsory retirement.

Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 1101 et seq. of this title, it is not a discriminatory practice for an employer: 1. To apply different standards of compensation or different terms, conditions, privileges, or responsibilities of employment pursuant to a bona fide seniority or merit system, or a system which measures earnings by quantity or […]

§25-1310. Imbalance.

Nothing contained in Section 1101 et seq. of this title requires an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee subject to Section 1101 et seq. of this title to grant preferential treatment to an individual or to a group because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information of […]

§25-1311. Male and female employees.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it shall not be an unlawful employment practice because of sex to differentiate in employment, compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment between male and female employees if such differences are otherwise required or permitted by the laws of this state, or by the provisions of Section 703 […]

§25-1312. Status Verification System – Definitions.

As used in Sections 6 and 7 of this act: 1. “Status Verification System” means an electronic system operated by the federal government, through which an authorized official of an agency of the State of Oklahoma or of a political subdivision therein may make an inquiry, by exercise of authority delegated pursuant to Section 1373 […]

§25-14. False notice.

A notice which is false when given is not valid by the subsequent happening of the event. R.L.1910, § 2927.

§25-1401. Definitions.

As used in this act unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “place of public accommodation” includes any place, store or other establishment, either licensed or unlicensed, which supplies goods or services to the general public or which solicits or accepts the patronage or trade of the general public or which is supported directly or indirectly […]

§25-1402. Discriminatory practice.

It is a discriminatory practice for a person to deny an individual the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a “place of public accommodation” because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. Added by Laws 1968, c. 388, § 402. Amended by Laws 1985, […]

§25-1451. Definitions.

A. As used in Sections 1451 through 1453 of this title: 1. “Elderly person” means any natural person fifty-five (55) years of age or older; 2. “Dwelling” means: a.any building, structure, or part of a building or structure that is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one or more […]