OK Labor Laws

September 18th, 2006 Posted by Jared

While surfing on the internet today, I came across the Oklahoma (OK) Labor Laws. They weren’t difficult to find and although there are a lot of them, they were pretty easily understood. Most of them are similar in nature to the other states’ labor laws.

Several of these OK labor laws are required to be posted throughout the businesses in the state. Placed on publications called the Oklahoma labor law posters, employers normally hang these around the work place where employees are often found. Locations where they might be displayed include the time clock area and the employee break room. Some employers want all the required federal and state postings on one publication, so they hang the Oklahoma Complete Labor Law poster.

The simplest of the OK labor laws to find was the minimum wage labor law. In this state, the minimum wage is currently $5.15 per hour. However, in this state I noticed that employers can add the tips, room, board, and uniform cost to the employees’ wages to reach the state’s minimum wage.

OK labor laws also protect the employee by requiring that employers offer a safe and healthy work place. What I found unique about the OK labor laws were they went a step further and stated that the work place could not hurt or harm an employees personal morals. I am unsure how that law is enforced, but I did find it to be different than other state labor laws.

Some of the most detailed of the OK labor laws deal with child labor. They restrict which jobs a minor can hold, the hours the minor can work, and state maximum hours a minor can work per day and per week.

This blog only gives a very limited look at some of the OK labor laws. You would need to do research of your own to find a complete listing. You can also visit an Oklahoma work place and ask to view their Oklahoma labor law posters.

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