Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-198.1
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Payment of discriminatory wages based on employee's sex
Official statutory text
prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any employer within the State of
Oklahoma to willfully pay wages to women employees at a rate less
than the rate at which he pays any employee of the opposite sex for
comparable work on jobs which have comparable requirements relating
to skill, effort and responsibility, except where such payment is
made pursuant to a seniority system; a merit system; a system which
measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or a
differential based on any factor other than sex.
It shall be unlawful for any employer within the State of
Oklahoma to willfully pay wages to women employees at a rate less
than the rate at which he pays any employee of the opposite sex for
comparable work on jobs which have comparable requirements relating
to skill, effort and responsibility, except where such payment is
made pursuant to a seniority system; a merit system; a system which
measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or a
differential based on any factor other than sex.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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