Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-2-607
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Rules and procedures in appeals
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RULES AND PROCEDURES IN APPEALS.
The Board of Review shall adopt reasonable rules governing the
manner of filing appeals and the conduct of hearings and appeals
before the Board of Review, consistent with the provisions of the
Employment Security Act of 1980. The Oklahoma Employment Security
Commission shall adopt and, from time to time, may modify and amend
rules governing appeals before the Appeal Tribunal of the Commission
and its referees. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall
create and maintain a precedent manual to reflect current statutes
and statutory changes along with current case law that is applicable
to questions of law which may arise during hearing or appeals. The
precedent manual shall be updated by the Commission within thirty
(30) days of the effective date of any statutory changes and shall
be available at the offices of the Commission and on any Internet
website maintained by the Commission. When the same or
substantially similar evidence is relevant and material to the
matters in issue in claims by more than one individual or in claims
by a single individual with respect to two (2) or more weeks of
unemployment, the same time and place for considering each such
claim may be fixed, hearings thereon jointly conducted, a single
record of the proceedings made, and evidence introduced with respect
to one proceeding considered as introduced in the others, provided
that in the judgment of the appeal tribunal referee having
jurisdiction of the proceeding, such consolidation would not be
prejudicial to any party. No person shall participate as an appeal
tribunal referee or member of the Board of Review on any case in
which the person has a personal interest. A record shall be kept of
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all testimony and proceedings before an appeal tribunal referee, but
the testimony need not be transcribed unless judicial review is
initiated. Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to this section shall be
allowed fees at a rate fixed by the Commission, and fees of
witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of the Commission, the employer, or
any claimant, shall be deemed part of the expense of administering
the Employment Security Act of 1980.
The Board of Review shall adopt reasonable rules governing the
manner of filing appeals and the conduct of hearings and appeals
before the Board of Review, consistent with the provisions of the
Employment Security Act of 1980. The Oklahoma Employment Security
Commission shall adopt and, from time to time, may modify and amend
rules governing appeals before the Appeal Tribunal of the Commission
and its referees. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall
create and maintain a precedent manual to reflect current statutes
and statutory changes along with current case law that is applicable
to questions of law which may arise during hearing or appeals. The
precedent manual shall be updated by the Commission within thirty
(30) days of the effective date of any statutory changes and shall
be available at the offices of the Commission and on any Internet
website maintained by the Commission. When the same or
substantially similar evidence is relevant and material to the
matters in issue in claims by more than one individual or in claims
by a single individual with respect to two (2) or more weeks of
unemployment, the same time and place for considering each such
claim may be fixed, hearings thereon jointly conducted, a single
record of the proceedings made, and evidence introduced with respect
to one proceeding considered as introduced in the others, provided
that in the judgment of the appeal tribunal referee having
jurisdiction of the proceeding, such consolidation would not be
prejudicial to any party. No person shall participate as an appeal
tribunal referee or member of the Board of Review on any case in
which the person has a personal interest. A record shall be kept of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 84
all testimony and proceedings before an appeal tribunal referee, but
the testimony need not be transcribed unless judicial review is
initiated. Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to this section shall be
allowed fees at a rate fixed by the Commission, and fees of
witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of the Commission, the employer, or
any claimant, shall be deemed part of the expense of administering
the Employment Security Act of 1980.
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