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§ 840-2.27E. Separation agreement

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 74. State GovernmentEffective: November 1, 2021

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 74. State Government (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 27A. Oklahoma Personnel Act (Refs & Annos)
Rights and Benefits
State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act
Effective: November 1, 2021
74 Okl.St.Ann. § 840-2.27E
§ 840-2.27E. Separation agreement
Currentness
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;
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.

Credits

Laws 1997, c. 287, § 8, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2002, c. 347, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 212, § 15, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 886; Laws 2021, c. 44, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
74 Okl. St. Ann. § 840-2.27E, OK ST T. 74 § 840-2.27E
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 295 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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