Oklahoma Code § 40-500

Title 40. Labor: Nonsmoking as condition of employment
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A.  It shall be unlawful for an employer to:
1.  Discharge any individual, or otherwise disadvantage any
individual, with respect to compensation, terms, conditions or
privileges of employment because the individual is a nonsmoker or
smokes or uses tobacco products during nonworking hours; or
2.  Require as a condition of employment that any employee or
applicant for employment abstain from smoking or using tobacco
products during nonworking hours.
B.  Nothing in this section shall prohibit an employer from
offering incentives to an employee to participate in wellness
programs, including, but not limited to, smoking cessation programs,
in conjunction with the employer providing the employee health
insurance coverage.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 172, § 11, emerg. eff. May 8, 1991. Amended
by Laws 1991, c. 295, § 3, emerg. eff. May 29, 1991; Laws 2013, c.
103, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013, and c. 269, § 25, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.

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