Employment Security Commission, Oklahoma

• 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

• 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...

• 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

• 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

• Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Expands Hours for Jobless Claims

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission is expanding hours at its unemployment call center effective Tuesday because of an increase in jobless claims. The call center will accept calls for unemployment claims from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Initial unemployment claims will be taken at some local work force centers.

• The Journal Record
• January 19, 2009

• Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Launches New Web site.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A new look, easier navigation, faster content control and a new Web site address has accompanied the new Oklahoma Employment Security...

• Business Wire
• August 28, 2009

• Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Plans Web-Based Payment Program

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission has had the legal authority to accept unemployment insurance tax payments via the Internet since 1998 - but the agency still hasn't developed the technology to do so. State Rep. Randy McDaniel, R-Oklahoma City, said Thursday he plans this year to give the OESC the push it needs to finally get a system in place to accept electronic payments.

• The Journal Record
• January 07, 2008

• The Journal Record Business Briefs: January 25, 2011

Statewide jobless rate drops Oklahoma's unemployment rate dropped to 6.8 percent in December from 6.9 percent in November, according to a report released Tuesday by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.

• The Journal Record
• February 01, 2011