§40-2-802. Reports by employers to Employment Security Commission -
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New hire registry.
REPORTS BY EMPLOYERS TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION – NEW HIRE REGISTRY.
A. Employers doing business in the State of Oklahoma shall report to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, the hiring or employment of any person who resides or works in this state to whom the employer anticipates paying earnings.
B. Such report shall contain the employee's name, address, social security number, date of employment, state of employment, along with the employer's name, address, and federal identification number.
C. The report must be made within twenty
(20)days of hiring, or twice monthly, not less than twelve
(12)nor more than sixteen
(16)days apart if reported electronically or magnetically. The report may be made by mailing a copy of the employee's W-4 form, by submitting a fax transmission of the employee's W-4 form, by submitting electronic media in a format that can be used by the Commission, or by any other means authorized by the Commission.
D. The Child Support Enforcement Division shall be the official New Hire Registry for the State of Oklahoma and will obtain the new hire information from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.
E. The Child Support Enforcement Division shall enter into agreements with state agencies administering unemployment, employment services, workforce system programs, workers' compensation, public assistance, Medicaid, food stamps, vocational rehabilitation, and other programs specified by federal law or regulation, to provide such information upon request.
F. Used in this section:
1. "Employee" means an individual who is an employee as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C., Section 3401 et seq. "Employee" does not mean an employee of a federal or state agency performing intelligence or counterintelligence functions if the head of such agency has determined that reporting with respect
to that employee could endanger the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission;
2. "Employer" means an individual or other entity who is an employer as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C., Section 3401(d) and includes any governmental entity and any labor organization; and
3. "Labor organization" means an entity as defined by the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C., Section 152(5) including, but not limited to, any entity known as a "hiring hall" which is used by the organization and an employer to carry out requirements described in Section 8(f)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C., Section 158(f)(3), of an agreement between the organization and the employer. Added by Laws 1994, c. 356, § 34, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 402, § 8, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2001, c. 329, § 1, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 452, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2015, c. 249, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.