{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-38-38-35","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 38, § 38-35","heading":"Civil liability - Damages","body":"Every person, firm or corporation who discharges an employee,\n\ncauses an employee to be discharged, takes other adverse action\n\nagainst an employee or requires an employee to use sick, annual or\n\nvacation leave because of said employee’s absence from employment by\n\nreason of said employee’s having been required to serve as a grand,\n\nmulticounty grand, or petit juror on a grand, multicounty grand, or\n\npetit jury shall be liable to the employee in a civil action at law\n\nfor both actual and exemplary damages. Damages shall include all\n\npecuniary losses suffered including, but not limited to, lost\n\nearnings, both past and future, the value of lost leave, mental\n\nanguish and all reasonable damages incurred in obtaining other\n\nsuitable employment. The provisions of this section shall not\n\nrequire an employer to pay an employee wages for the time the\n\nemployee is absent from employment for jury duty unless the employee\n\ntakes paid leave for that purpose. It shall be the decision of the\n\nemployee whether to use paid leave or take leave without pay for\n\nabsence from employment for jury duty.","path":["OK Code","Title 38"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os38.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"c5ab5a75329892404e56cd53a4f206f93891050c1271ac28c5c1e50b7f232093","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-38-38-34","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-38-38-36"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}