Oklahoma workplace safety is a topic of discussion
If you drive about an hour and a half northeast of Tulsa, you will come to the town of Miami. That is where Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Labor Melissa Houston recently spoke to a group of community leaders on a variety of subjects. As you probably know,...
Oklahoma waits to hear from court on workers’ compensation
Oklahoma has questions and our state Supreme Court has answers. No one knows yet when those answers about workers' compensation will be delivered, however. As you know, last month the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the opt-out portion of our 2013 workers' comp...
Employers sometimes try to skirt workers’ comp laws
It's a dodge used by some unscrupulous construction businesses in Tulsa and elsewhere: misclassifying employees. Like most shady business dealings, it is done to enhance a business's bottom line at the expense of employees. An employee misclassified as independent...