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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.
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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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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.
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Jobless rates drop in all 77 counties
OKLAHOMA CITY - Unemployment rates declined in all 77 Oklahoma counties in March, according to a report from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.
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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.
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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.
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- A new look, easier navigation, faster content control and a new Web site address has accompanied the new Oklahoma Employment Security...
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Jobless rates increase in Okla.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Unemployment rates increased in 76 of Oklahoma's 77 counties in May, according to a report released Thursday by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.
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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.
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State jobless rate falls to 6 pct.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma's unemployment rate dropped to 6 percent in February from 6.1 percent in January and 6.1 percent in February 2011, according to a monthly report from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.