Oklahoma § 25-1301 - Definitions

§ 25-1301. Definitions

As used in Section 1101 et seq. of this title:

1. "Employer" means:

a.

a legal entity, institution or organization that pays

one or more individuals a salary or wages for work

performance, or

b.

a legal entity, institution or organization which

contracts or subcontracts with the state, a

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governmental entity or a state agency to furnish

material or perform work.

Employer does not include a Native American tribe or a bona fide

membership club, other than a labor organization, that is exempt

from taxation under Title 26, Section 501(c) of the United States

Code;

2. "Employment agency" means a person regularly undertaking

with or without compensation to procure employees for an employer or

to procure for employees opportunities to work for an employer and

includes an agent of such a person;

3. "Labor organization" means:

a.

an organization of any kind, an agency or employee

representation committee, group, association, or plan

in which employees participate and which exists for

the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with

employers concerning grievances, labor disputes,

wages, rates of pay, hours, or other terms or

conditions of employment,

b.

a conference, general committee, joint or system

board, or joint council so engaged which is

subordinate to a national or international labor

organization, or

c.

an agent of a labor organization;

4. “Individual with a disability” means a person who has a

physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more

of such person's major life activities, has a record of such an

impairment or is regarded as having such an impairment;

5. "Age discrimination in employment" means discrimination in

employment of persons who are at least forty (40) years of age;

6. “Sex”, “because of sex” or “based on sex” includes, but is

not limited to, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions;

women affected by pregnancy, childbirth or related medical

conditions shall be treated the same for all employment-related

purposes as other persons not so affected but similar in their

ability or inability to work;

7. “Genetic information” means information derived from the

results of a genetic test. “Genetic information” shall not include

family history, the results of a routine physical examination or

test, the results of a chemical, blood or urine analysis, the

results of a test to determine drug use, the results of a test for

the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus, or the results of

any other test commonly accepted in clinical practice at the time it

is ordered; and

8. “Employee” means an individual who receives a salary or

wages from an employer. Employee shall not include independent

contractors.

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Added by Laws 1968, c. 388, § 301. Amended by Laws 1973, c. 195, §

1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973; Laws 1981, c. 231, § 1; Laws 1985, c.

165, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1992, c. 100, § 1, emerg. eff.

April 17, 1992; Laws 2010, c. 74, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2011,

c. 270, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.