Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-4-312: Personnel and compensation

PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION.

Subject to other provisions of Section 1-101 et seq. of this

title, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission is authorized to

appoint, fix the compensation and prescribe the duties and powers of

such officers, accountants, attorneys, experts and other persons as

may be necessary in the performance of its duties under Section 1-

101 et seq. of this title. The Commission is authorized and

directed to maintain the existing merit system covering all persons

employed in the administration of this act and shall have authority,

by rule, to provide for all matters which are appropriate to the

establishment and maintenance of a merit system on the basis of

efficiency and fitness. The Commission is authorized to adopt rules

as may be necessary to meet personnel standards pursuant to the

Social Security Act, as amended, and the Act of Congress entitled

"An Act to provide for the establishment of a national employment

system, and for other purposes", approved June 6, 1933, as amended.