employment security commission

• Okla. Court of Civil Appeals Rules Against Okla. Employment Security Commission

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission overstepped its authority by requiring claimants seeking unemployment benefits to hire an attorney only on a contingency-fee basis, an appeals court said. Though the commission claimed the rule would weed out frivolous lawsuits, an appeals court deemed the commission's argument paternalistic and unconstitutional.

• The Journal Record
• October 19, 2007

• in Re Wolverine Radio Company, Debtor. Michigan Employment Security Commission, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Wolverine Radio Company, Inc., Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee., 930 F.2d 1132 (6th Cir. 1991)

David A. Voges, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., Donna K. Welch (argued), Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant. Rozanne M. Giunta ...

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• Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Fears for Its Own Employees' Job Security

Commissioner John Wester's unborn great-grandchildren deserve better than the problem they are about to inherit, he told fellow members of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. The agency responsible for handling unemployment benefits will have to put a third of its employees out on the unemployment line if lawmakers fail to replace dwindling federal funding. This is wrong, and it shouldn't be allowed to happen," said Wester. "This agency has done everything it can to be efficient, always underfunded, always understaffed. But we just can't keep up with all these budget cuts. It's gotten to the point where we're teetering on the edge. In my personal opinion, it's unethical the position where we're being put.

• The Journal Record
• July 02, 2008

• Court Sends Unemployment Tax Case Back to Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

When Snider's Enterprises closed one of its two franchised restaurants, firing all of the employees at the location it shut down, the company's unemployment taxes increased 2,000 percent. The company that later bought out Snider's Enterprises obviously did not want to inherit the Snider Enterprises' full experience rating along with their remaining restaurant. But the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission ruled the successor employer should inherit the full experience rating of the predecessor, even though the location on which the higher experience rating was based was no longer in existence. Conflicting judgments in the courts have sent the case back to the OESC with instructions to make sure their decision is supported by the facts of the case.

• The Journal Record
• December 16, 2007

• 31 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 257, 31 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,440 Ms. Rosie Lee Pegues, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mississippi State Employment Service of the Mississippi Employment Security Commission, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees., 699 F.2d 760 (5th Cir. 1983)

Richard T. Seymour, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants. Fred J. Lotterhos, Leopoldo T. Aragon...

• Federal Circuits

• Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Sponsors Job Fair

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission is sponsoring its Spring Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 10 at the Coca-Cola Event Center, 425 E. California Ave. in Oklahoma City. Dozens of businesses, companies and organizations are expected to participate. Some of the participants will be conducting interviews.

• The Journal Record
• March 31, 2009

• Unempl.Ins.Rep. (Cch) P 22,142 in Re Hollytex Carpet Mills, Inc., Debtor. Hollytex Carpet Mills, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, Defendant-Appellant., 73 F.3d 1516 (10th Cir. 1996)

V. Burns Hargis and Ross A. Plourde, of counsel, McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Plaintiff-Appellee. David T. Hopper, Oklahoma City, Okla...

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• Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Offers Job Fair

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission is sponsoring its Fall Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Coca-Cola Events Center, 425 E. California in Bricktown. Industries recruiting at the job fair will include banking and finance, communications, information technology, logistics, schools, government, home improvement centers, law enforcement, corrections, juvenile detention, staffing services, building and construction trades, manufacturing, health care, nursing home facilities, home health care, hospitality, food service, fast-food management, car rental, transportation, sales, telemarketing and travel.

• The Journal Record
• October 21, 2009

• The Journal Record Business Briefs: March 25, 2011

State jobless rate declines Oklahoma's unemployment rate fell to 6.5 percent in February from 6.6 percent in January and 7.3 percent in February 2010, according to a report from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.

• The Journal Record
• April 01, 2011

• Almeda Farmer; Jacqueline Wilson; Billy Pizano; Maleka Hortelano; Santiago Arbalaez; Claudia Hernandez, on Behalf of Themselves and all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Employment Security Commission of North Carolina; Carolina Employers' Association, Incorporated; North Carolina Growers Association, Incorporated; Dennis Coe, Defendants-Appellees., 4 F.3d 1274 (4th Cir. 1993)

Pamela Rose DiStefano, Farmworkers Legal Services of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, argued (Donnell Van Noppen, III, Patterson, Harkavy, Lawrence, Van N...

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