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§ 1309. Seniority and merit systems--Compulsory retirement

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 25. Definitions and General Provisions

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions
Chapter 21. Discrimination (Refs & Annos)
Article 3. Discrimination in Employment
25 Okl.St.Ann. § 1309
§ 1309. Seniority and merit systems--Compulsory retirement
Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 1101 et seq. of this title, it is not a discriminatory practice for an employer:
1. To apply different standards of compensation or different terms, conditions, privileges, or responsibilities of employment pursuant to a bona fide seniority or merit system, or a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production or to employees who work in different locations, if the differences are not the result of an intention to discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information; or
2. To give and to act upon the results of a professionally-developed ability test if the test, its administration, or action upon the results is not designed, intended, or used to discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.
3. To require the compulsory retirement of any person who has attained the age of sixty-five (65) and who, for the two-year period immediately before retirement, is employed in a bona fide executive or high policymaking position, if such person is entitled to an immediate nonforfeitable annual retirement benefit from a pension, profit-sharing, savings or deferred compensation plan, or any combination of such plans, of the employer, which equals, in the aggregate, at least Forty-four Thousand Dollars ($44,000.00).

Credits

Laws 1968, c. 388, § 309; Laws 1981, c. 231, § 8; Laws 1985, c. 165, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 2011, c. 270, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
25 Okl. St. Ann. § 1309, OK ST T. 25 § 1309
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 90 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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