Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.27E
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Separation agreement
Official statutory text
Any affected employee who receives severance benefits pursuant
to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits
Act shall execute a separation agreement with the employing agency,
on forms to be prescribed by the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services. The forms shall comply with
applicable federal laws and may include but not be limited to the
following elements:
1. Agreement by the affected employee that the receipt of the
benefits is in lieu of continued employment with the agency or other
severance benefits related to the current reduction-in-force;
2. Agreement by the affected employee that, to the extent
allowed by federal or state law, respectively, the affected employee
releases the State of Oklahoma and the agency from all claims,
liabilities, demands and causes of action known or unknown, fixed or
contingent, equitable, legal or administrative, except unemployment
insurance;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 551
3. Agreement by the affected employee that, to the extent
allowed by federal or state law, respectively, the affected employee
releases the State of Oklahoma and the agency from any claim or
cause of action which might arise under federal or state laws
governing the employment relationship; and
4. Agreement by the affected employee that the affected
employee knows and understands that the receipt of severance
benefits is in exchange, to the extent allowed by federal or state
law, for any rights the affected employee may have had to:
a. continued employment with any agency, and
b. future employment with the agency from which separated
for a period of one (1) year from the date of the
agreement, provided that nothing in this subparagraph
shall prohibit an appointing authority of any agency
from employing an affected employee who has received a
severance benefit.
The provisions of this section shall not prohibit any affected
employee from accepting severance benefits from more than one agency
during employment with the State of Oklahoma.
to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits
Act shall execute a separation agreement with the employing agency,
on forms to be prescribed by the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services. The forms shall comply with
applicable federal laws and may include but not be limited to the
following elements:
1. Agreement by the affected employee that the receipt of the
benefits is in lieu of continued employment with the agency or other
severance benefits related to the current reduction-in-force;
2. Agreement by the affected employee that, to the extent
allowed by federal or state law, respectively, the affected employee
releases the State of Oklahoma and the agency from all claims,
liabilities, demands and causes of action known or unknown, fixed or
contingent, equitable, legal or administrative, except unemployment
insurance;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 551
3. Agreement by the affected employee that, to the extent
allowed by federal or state law, respectively, the affected employee
releases the State of Oklahoma and the agency from any claim or
cause of action which might arise under federal or state laws
governing the employment relationship; and
4. Agreement by the affected employee that the affected
employee knows and understands that the receipt of severance
benefits is in exchange, to the extent allowed by federal or state
law, for any rights the affected employee may have had to:
a. continued employment with any agency, and
b. future employment with the agency from which separated
for a period of one (1) year from the date of the
agreement, provided that nothing in this subparagraph
shall prohibit an appointing authority of any agency
from employing an affected employee who has received a
severance benefit.
The provisions of this section shall not prohibit any affected
employee from accepting severance benefits from more than one agency
during employment with the State of Oklahoma.
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