CONTRIBUTIONS.

A. Contributions shall accrue and become payable by each employer for each calendar year in which the employer is subject to the Employment Security Act of 1980, with respect to wages for employment. Such contributions shall become due and be paid by each employer to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission for the Unemployment Compensation Fund in accordance with such rules as the Commission may prescribe, and shall not be deducted, in whole or in part, from the wages of individuals in the employer's employ.

B. In the payment of any contributions, a fractional part of a cent shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one-half cent ($0.005) or more, in which case it shall be increased to one cent ($0.01).

C. Each employer shall be notified of its contribution rate for a given calendar year on or before September 30 of the previous calendar year. The notice shall be mailed to the employer at the employer's last-known address. If the employer has elected to be notified by electronic means according to procedures set out in Oklahoma Employment Security Commission rules, notice shall be deemed to be given when the Commission transmits the notification by electronic means. The employer shall file an appeal to the rate notice within twenty (20) days after the mailing of the notice of the contribution rate, or the date of transmission by electronic means. Upon the filing of a timely appeal, the Commission shall provide for a review and issue a determination to the employer. If the employer does not file a timely appeal, the contribution rate of the employer shall become conclusive and binding.

D. Within twenty (20) days after the date of mailing of the notice of the determination, the employer may file with the Commission at the address prescribed in the notice the employer's specific written objections to the contribution rate so determined. The matter will be heard upon those specific written objections by a representative appointed by the Commission. The decision shall be made in writing and notice shall be mailed to the employer. The employer may appeal to the district court by filing a petition for review with the clerk of that court within thirty (30) days after the date of mailing stated upon the notice of decision.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-102, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 259, § 15, emerg. eff. June 25, 1981; Laws 1993, c. 219, § 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 30, § 12, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2006, c. 176, § 12, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2012, c. 196, § 7, emerg. eff. May 8, 2012; Laws 2019, c. 251, § 7, eff. July 1, 2019.