Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-2-404.1

A. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Temporary help firm" means a firm that hires its own

employees and assigns them to clients to support or supplement the

client's work force in work situations such as employee absences,

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temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads and special

assignments and projects;

2. "Temporary employee" means an employee assigned to work for

the clients of a temporary help firm; and

3. "Good cause" means a reason that is significant and would

compel an average reasonable worker, who would otherwise want a

suitable job assignment with a client of the temporary help firm, to

fail to contact the temporary help firm, to refuse an offered

assignment, or to be unavailable for assignment; and

4. "Suitable job assignment" means work, either full-time or

part-time for one or more days or portions thereof, that is in

keeping with the education, training, experience, and ability of the

individual to perform.

B. A temporary employee of a temporary help firm will be deemed

to have left his or her last work voluntarily without good cause

connected with the work if the temporary employee:

1. Does not contact the temporary help firm for reassignment on

completion of an assignment. The temporary help firm shall

establish the manner for a temporary employee to communicate that

his or her assignment has ended and that he or she is available for

reassignment at any time;

2. Refuses a suitable job assignment, without good cause;

3. Communicates his or her decision to cease seeking assignment

for any period of time;

4. Becomes unavailable to accept a suitable job assignment,

without good cause; or

5. Accepts employment with a client of the temporary help firm.

On and after the effective date of this act, the provisions of

this subsection shall apply only if the temporary employee has been

advised of the obligations and been provided a copy of a separate

document written in clear and concise language that states the

provisions in this section and that unemployment benefits may be

denied for failure to comply.

C. For the purposes of the Employment Security Act of 1980, the

temporary help firm is deemed to be the employer of the temporary

employee.