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Oklahoma Labor Law Poster Updates

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Workers’ Compensation

  • New Oklahoma workers’ compensation law effective Aug. 26, 2011.
  • Employers required by law to furnish diagnostic services.
  • New information about cumulative trauma includes:
  • Added as new category of work-related injury
  • This type of claim must now be filed within 2 years of when employee was last employed by employer.
  • Any person receiving temporary disability benefits must now report changes in status within 7 days, rather than “promptly” as stated on previous poster.
  • Insurers who do not begin payments when employer has actual notice of an undisputed injury “shall pay” a 15% penalty to employees.  Previous poster said insurer “may be subject to” 15 % penalty in this situation.
  • Claims forms now available online.
  • Heading now refers to “Work Related Injury” instead of “Accidental Injury or Occupational Disease”.
  • New Revision Date of 8/11