Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-165.4
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Bona fide disagreements
Official statutory text
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 247
A. In order to successfully allege a bona fide disagreement
over the amount of wages, the employer shall:
1. Pay such amount as the employer concedes to be due, without
condition, within the time required by Sections 165.2 and 165.3 of
this title; and
2. Provide to the employee, within fifteen (15) days of either
receipt of a wage claim form from the Department of Labor or
certified mail receipt of written demand from an employee, written
explanation of the relevant facts and/or evidence which supports the
belief of the employer that the wages in dispute are not owed.
B. Acceptance by the employee of any payment made under this
section shall not constitute a release as to the balance of the wage
claim.
C. Payment in accordance with this section shall constitute
payment for the purposes of complying with Sections 165.2 and 165.3
of this title only in those instances where there exists a bona fide
disagreement over the amount of wages as defined by Section 165.1 of
this title.
D. The Commissioner may set the contested amounts for
administrative hearing pursuant to Section 165.7 of this title.
A. In order to successfully allege a bona fide disagreement
over the amount of wages, the employer shall:
1. Pay such amount as the employer concedes to be due, without
condition, within the time required by Sections 165.2 and 165.3 of
this title; and
2. Provide to the employee, within fifteen (15) days of either
receipt of a wage claim form from the Department of Labor or
certified mail receipt of written demand from an employee, written
explanation of the relevant facts and/or evidence which supports the
belief of the employer that the wages in dispute are not owed.
B. Acceptance by the employee of any payment made under this
section shall not constitute a release as to the balance of the wage
claim.
C. Payment in accordance with this section shall constitute
payment for the purposes of complying with Sections 165.2 and 165.3
of this title only in those instances where there exists a bona fide
disagreement over the amount of wages as defined by Section 165.1 of
this title.
D. The Commissioner may set the contested amounts for
administrative hearing pursuant to Section 165.7 of this title.
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