{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-2-404.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-2-404.1","heading":"Leaving work voluntarily of temporary employee","body":"A. For the purposes of this section:\n\n1. \"Temporary help firm\" means a firm that hires its own\n\nemployees and assigns them to clients to support or supplement the\n\nclient's work force in work situations such as employee absences,\n\ntemporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads and special\n\nassignments and projects;\n\n2. \"Temporary employee\" means an employee assigned to work for\n\nthe clients of a temporary help firm; and\n\n3. \"Good cause\" means a reason that is significant and would\n\ncompel an average reasonable worker, who would otherwise want a\n\nsuitable job assignment with a client of the temporary help firm, to\n\nfail to contact the temporary help firm, to refuse an offered\n\nassignment, or to be unavailable for assignment; and\n\n4. \"Suitable job assignment\" means work, either full-time or\n\npart-time for one or more days or portions thereof, that is in\n\nkeeping with the education, training, experience, and ability of the\n\nindividual to perform.\n\nB. A temporary employee of a temporary help firm will be deemed\n\nto have left his or her last work voluntarily without good cause\n\nconnected with the work if the temporary employee:\n\n1. Does not contact the temporary help firm for reassignment on\n\ncompletion of an assignment. The temporary help firm shall\n\nestablish the manner for a temporary employee to communicate that\n\nhis or her assignment has ended and that he or she is available for\n\nreassignment at any time;\n\n2. Refuses a suitable job assignment, without good cause;\n\n3. Communicates his or her decision to cease seeking assignment\n\nfor any period of time;\n\n4. Becomes unavailable to accept a suitable job assignment,\n\nwithout good cause; or\n\n5. Accepts employment with a client of the temporary help firm.\n\nOn and after the effective date of this act, the provisions of\n\nthis subsection shall apply only if the temporary employee has been\n\nadvised of the obligations and been provided a copy of a separate\n\ndocument written in clear and concise language that states the\n\nprovisions in this section and that unemployment benefits may be\n\ndenied for failure to comply.\n\nC. For the purposes of the Employment Security Act of 1980, the\n\ntemporary help firm is deemed to be the employer of the temporary\n\nemployee.","path":["OK Code","Title 40"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os40.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"63d8e97a1450e9bf270ae0b373a4670a3bd52422575cfe3f9cc812faf53ae3db","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-2-404","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-2-404.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}