Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-2-410
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Participation in labor disputes
Official statutory text
PARTICIPATION IN LABOR DISPUTES. (1) An individual shall be
disqualified to receive benefits for any week with respect to which
the Commission finds that his unemployment is due to a stoppage of
work which exists at the factory, establishment or other premises at
which he is or was last employed, because of a labor dispute.
(2) This section shall not apply if it is shown that:
(a) He is not participating in or directly interested in
the labor dispute which caused the stoppage of work;
(b) He does not belong to a grade or class of workers of
which, immediately before the commencement of the
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stoppage, there were members employed at the premises
at which the stoppage occurs, any of whom are
participating in or directly interested in the
dispute; or
(c) The employer has locked out his employees.
(3) Provided, that if in any case separate branches of work
which are commonly conducted as separate businesses in separate
premises are conducted in separate departments of the same premises,
each such department shall, for the purpose of this section, be
deemed to be a separate factory, establishment or other premises.
disqualified to receive benefits for any week with respect to which
the Commission finds that his unemployment is due to a stoppage of
work which exists at the factory, establishment or other premises at
which he is or was last employed, because of a labor dispute.
(2) This section shall not apply if it is shown that:
(a) He is not participating in or directly interested in
the labor dispute which caused the stoppage of work;
(b) He does not belong to a grade or class of workers of
which, immediately before the commencement of the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 69
stoppage, there were members employed at the premises
at which the stoppage occurs, any of whom are
participating in or directly interested in the
dispute; or
(c) The employer has locked out his employees.
(3) Provided, that if in any case separate branches of work
which are commonly conducted as separate businesses in separate
premises are conducted in separate departments of the same premises,
each such department shall, for the purpose of this section, be
deemed to be a separate factory, establishment or other premises.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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