Oklahoma § 74-954 - Discrimination in state employment

§ 74-954. Discrimination in state employment

It is hereby prohibited for any department or agency of the

State of Oklahoma, or any official or employee of the same for and

on behalf of the State of Oklahoma: to refuse to employ or to

discharge any person, otherwise qualified, on account of race,

color, creed, national origin, age, handicap, or ancestry; to

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discriminate for the same reasons in regard to tenure, terms, or

conditions of employment; to deny promotion or increase in

compensation solely for these reasons; to publish an offer of

employment based on such discrimination; to adopt or enforce any

rule or employment policy which so discriminates as to any employee;

or to seek such information as to any applicant or employee or to

discriminate in the selection of personnel for training solely on

such basis. These provisions shall be cumulative and in addition to

existing laws relating to discrimination in the classified service.

It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission

to investigate, upon its own initiative, upon complaint filed by any

aggrieved person, or upon complaint filed by the Attorney General's

Office of Civil Rights Enforcement, any violation of this section

and to enforce compliance with the same, both in the classified and

the nonclassified service. The Attorney General's Office of Civil

Rights Enforcement shall investigate, upon its own initiative or on

complaint filed with it, any such violation and may file a formal

complaint with the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission. When any

complaint is filed by the Attorney General with the Oklahoma Merit

Protection Commission, the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission

shall set a hearing on the same, at which hearing the Attorney

General, or his or her representative, may appear and present the

finding of the Attorney General in regard to such violation. In the

enforcement of this section, the Oklahoma Merit Protection

Commission shall follow the provisions of existing laws relating to

hearings, procedures, and notices, and shall have power to enforce

its orders pertaining to violations of this section as is provided

by law in regard to the classified service.

Added by Laws 1963, c. 322, § 4, emerg. eff. June 21, 1963. Amended

by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 52, eff. July 1, 1982; Laws 1985, c. 165, §

20, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 158, § 26, operative July 1,

1986; Laws 2013, c. 214, § 31, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.