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53	53		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55		1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57		SENATE BILL 697 By: Treat
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63	63		AS INTRODUCED
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65	65		An Act relating to contracts; creating the Uniform
66	66		Restrictive Employment Agreement Act ; providing short
67	67		title; defining terms; providing scope of act;
68	68		imposing notice requirements; restricting application
69	69		for certain wages; restricting application in cer tain
70	70		circumstances; imposing reasonableness requirement;
71	71		providing for noncompete agreements; providing for
72	72		confidentiality agreements; pro viding for no-business
73	73		agreements; providing for nonsolicitation agreements;
74	74		providing for non-recruit agreements; pr oviding for
75	75		payment-for-competition agreements; providing for
76	76		training-repayment agreements; prohibiting certain
77	77		actions; providing for enf orcement; providing
78	78		remedies; requiring uniformity; creating a savings
79	79		clause; repealing 15 O.S. 2021, Sections 217, 218,
80	80		219, 219A, and 219B, which relate to restraint of
81	81		trade; providing for codification; and providing an
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87	87		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
88	88		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
89	89		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.1 of Title 15, unless there
90	90		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follo ws:
91	91		This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform
92	92		Restrictive Employment Agreement A ct”.
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144	144		SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
145	145		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.2 of Title 15, unless there
146	146		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
147	147		As used in this act:
148	148		1. “Confidentiality agree ment” means a restrictive employment
149	149		agreement that:
150	150		a. prohibits a worker from using or disclosing
151	151		information, and
152	152		b. is not a condition of settlement or other resolution
153	153		of a dispute;
154	154		2. “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical,
155	155		digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar
156	156		capabilities;
157	157		3. “Employer” means a person that hires or contracts with a
158	158		worker to work for the p erson;
159	159		4. “No-business agreement” means a restrictive employment
160	160		agreement that prohibits a w orker from working for a client or
161	161		customer of the employer;
162	162		5. “Noncompete agreement ” means a restrictive employment
163	163		agreement that prohibits a worker from work ing other than for the
164	164		employer. The term does not include a no -business agreement;
165	165		6. “Nonsolicitation agreement ” means a restrictive employment
166	166		agreement that prohibits a worker from solicitin g a client or
167	167		customer of the employer;
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219	219		7. “No-recruit agreement” means a restrictive employment
220	220		agreement that prohibits a worker from hiring or recruiti ng another
221	221		worker of the employer;
222	222		8. “Payment-for-competition agreement ” means a restrictive
223	223		employment agreement that imposes an adverse financial consequence
224	224		on a worker for working other than for the employer but does not
225	225		expressly prohibit the work;
226	226		9. “Person” means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit
227	227		entity, or other legal entity. The term does not include a public
228	228		corporation or government or go vernmental subdivision, agency, or
229	229		instrumentality;
230	230		10. “Record” means information:
231	231		a. inscribed on a tangible medium, or
232	232		b. stored in an electronic or other medium and
233	233		retrievable in perceivable form;
234	234		11. “Restrictive employment agreement ” means an agreement or
235	235		part of another agreement between an employer and worker that
236	236		prohibits, limits, or sets a condition on working other than for the
237	237		employer after the work relationship ends or a sale of a business is
238	238		consummated. The term includes a confidentiali ty agreement, no-
239	239		business agreement, noncompete agreement, nonsolicitation agreement,
240	240		no-recruit agreement, payment -for-competition agreement, and
241	241		training-repayment agreement;
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293	293		12. “Sale of a business” means sale, merger, consolidation,
294	294		amalgamation, reorganization, or other transaction, however
295	295		denominated, of:
296	296		a. all or part of a business or no nprofit entity or
297	297		association, or all or part of its assets, or
298	298		b. a substantial ownership interest in the business or
299	299		nonprofit entity or association;
300	300		13. “Sign” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt
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302	302		a. to execute or adopt a tangibl e symbol, or
303	303		b. to attach to or logically associate with the record an
304	304		electronic symbol, sound, or p rocess;
305	305		14. “Signed agreement” means a restrictive employme nt agreement
306	306		signed by the worker and employer;
307	307		15. “Special training” means instruction or ot her education a
308	308		worker receives from a source other than the employer that:
309	309		a. is designed to enhance the ability of the worker to
310	310		perform his or her work,
311	311		b. is not normally received by other workers, and
312	312		c. requires a significant and identifiable expendi ture by
313	313		the employer distinct from ordinary on-the-job
314	314		training;
315	315		16. “Stated rate of pay” means the compensation, calculated on
316	316		an annualized basis, an employer agrees to pay a worker. The term:
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368	368		a. includes a wage, salary, professional fee, other
369	369		compensation for personal service, and the fair market
370	370		value of all remuneration other than cash, and
371	371		b. does not include:
372	372		(1) a health care benefit, severance pay, ret irement
373	373		benefit, or expense reimbursement,
374	374		(2) distribution of earnings and profit that is not
375	375		compensation for personal service, or
376	376		(3) anticipated but indeterminable compensation,
377	377		including a tip, bonus, or commission;
378	378		17. “Trade secret” has the same meaning as that term is defined
379	379		in paragraph 4 of Section 86 of Title 78 of the Oklahoma Statutes ;
380	380		18. “Training-repayment agreement” means a restrictive
381	381		employment agreement that requires a worker to repay the employer
382	382		for training costs incurred by the em ployer;
383	383		19. “Work” means providing service; and
384	384		20. “Worker” means an individual who works for an employer.
385	385		Worker includes an employee, independent contractor, extern, intern,
386	386		volunteer, apprentice, sole proprietor who provides service to a
387	387		client or customer, and an individual who provides service through a
388	388		business or nonprofit entity or associ ation. Worker does not
389	389		include an individual, even if the individual performs incidental
390	390		service for the employer, whose sole relationship with the employer
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443	443		a. as a member of a board of directors or oth er governing
444	444		or advisory board,
445	445		b. an individual under whose authority the powers of a
446	446		business or nonprofit enti ty or association are
447	447		exercised,
448	448		c an investor, or
449	449		d. a vendor of goods.
450	450		SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
451	451		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.3 of Title 15, unless there
452	452		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
453	453		A. This act applies to a restrictive employment agreement. If
454	454		a restrictive employment agreement is p art of another agreement,
455	455		this act does not affect other parts of th e other agreement.
456	456		B. This act supersedes common law only to the extent that it
457	457		applies to a restric tive employment agreement but otherwise does not
458	458		affect principles of law and equity consistent with this act.
459	459		C. This act does not affect agreements to take an action solely
460	460		to transfer, perfect, or enforce a patent, copyright, trade secret,
461	461		or similar right.
462	462		D. This act does not affect a noncompetition obligati on arising
463	463		solely as a result of an existing ownership interest in a business
464	464		entity.
465	465		E. This act does not affect an agreement that requires a worker
466	466		to forfeit compensation after the work relati onship ends, including
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518	518		vacation or retirement benefits, the right to which accrued before
519	519		the work relationship end ed.
520	520		SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
521	521		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.4 of Title 15, unless there
522	522		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fo llows:
523	523		A. Except as provided in subsection E of this section, a
524	524		restrictive employment agreeme nt is prohibited and un enforceable
525	525		unless:
526	526		1. The employer provides a copy of the proposed agreement in a
527	527		record to:
528	528		a. subject to subsection B of this section, a prospective
529	529		worker, at least fourteen (14) days before the
530	530		prospective worker accepts work o r commences work,
531	531		whichever is earlier,
532	532		b. a current worker who receives a material increase in
533	533		compensation or a change in job status or
534	534		responsibilities, at least fourteen (14) days before
535	535		the increase or change, whichever is earlier, or
536	536		c. a departing worker who is given consideration in
537	537		addition to anything of value to which the worker
538	538		already is entitled, at least fourteen (14) days
539	539		before the agreement is required to be signed;
540	540		2. With the copy of the proposed agreement provided under
541	541		paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section, the employer provides
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593	593		the worker in a record the separate notice, in the preferred
594	594		language of the worker if available, pr escribed by the Department of
595	595		Labor under subsection D of this section;
596	596		3. The proposed agreement and the signed agreement clearly
597	597		specify the information, type of work ac tivity, or extent of
598	598		competition that the agreement prohibits, limits, or s ets conditions
599	599		on after the work relationship ends;
600	600		4. The agreement is in a record separately signed by the worker
601	601		and employer and the employer promptly provides the worker a cop y of
602	602		the signed agreement; and
603	603		5. Subject to subsection C of this section, the employer
604	604		provides an additional copy of the agreement to the worker, not
605	605		later than fourteen (14) days after the worker, in a record,
606	606		requests a copy, unless the employer reasonably and in go od faith is
607	607		unable to provide the copy not later than fourteen (14) days after
608	608		the request and the worker is not prejudiced by the delay.
609	609		B. A worker may waive the fourteen-day requirement of
610	610		subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section if the
611	611		worker receives the signed agreement before beginn ing work. If the
612	612		worker waives the requirement, the worker may rescind the entire
613	613		employment agreement not later than fourteen (14) days after the
614	614		worker receives the agreement.
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666	666		C. An employer is no t required under paragraph 5 of subsection
667	667		A of this section to provide an additio nal copy of the agreement
668	668		more than once during a calendar year.
669	669		D. The Department of Labor shall prescribe the notice an
670	670		employer must provide under paragraph 2 of subsection A of this
671	671		section. The notice must inform the worker, in language an average
672	672		reader can understand, of the requirements of this act, including
673	673		the requirements of subsection A of this section and Sections 5
674	674		through 14 of this act , and state that this act establishes
675	675		penalties against an employer that e nters into a prohibited
676	676		agreement. The Department shall make the notice available to
677	677		employers on its publicly accessible website or in other appropriate
678	678		ways. The Department may:
679	679		1. Produce a separate notice for each type o f restrictive
680	680		employment agreement; and
681	681		2. Translate the notice into languages other than English used
682	682		by a substantial por tion of the state’s labor force.
683	683		E. This section does not apply to a restrictive employment
684	684		agreement in connection with the sale o f a business of which the
685	685		worker is a substantial owner and consents to the sale.
686	686		SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
687	687		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.5 of Title 15, unless th ere
688	688		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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739	739
740	740		A restrictive employment agree ment, other than a confidentiality
741	741		agreement or training -repayment agreement, is:
742	742		1. Prohibited and unenforceable if, when the worker signs the
743	743		agreement, the worke r has a stated rate of pay less than the annual
744	744		mean wage of employees in this state as determined by the United
745	745		States Department of L abor; and
746	746		2. Unenforceable if, at any time during the work relationship,
747	747		the worker’s compensation from the employer, ca lculated on an
748	748		annualized basis, is less than the annual mean wage of employees in
749	749		this state as determined by the United States Department of L abor.
750	750		SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
751	751		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.6 of Title 15, unless there
752	752		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fo llows:
753	753		A restrictive employment agreement, other than a confiden tiality
754	754		agreement or training-repayment agreement, is unenforceable if:
755	755		1. The worker resigns for go od cause attributable to the
756	756		employer; or
757	757		2. The employer terminates the worker for a reas on other than
758	758		willful misconduct or the completion of the agreed work or the term
759	759		of the contract.
760	760		SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
761	761		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.7 of Title 15, unless there
762	762		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fol lows:
763	763
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814	814		A restrictive employment agreement is prohibited and
815	815		unenforceable unless it is reasonable.
816	816		SECTION 8. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
817	817		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.8 of Title 15, unless there
818	818		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
819	819		A noncompete agreement is prohibited and unenforceable unless:
820	820		1. The agreement protects any of the following legitimate
821	821		business interests:
822	822		a. the sale of a business of which the worker is a
823	823		substantial owner and consents to the sale,
824	824		b. the creation of a business in which the worker is a
825	825		substantial owner,
826	826		c. a trade secret, or
827	827		d. an ongoing client or customer relationship of the
828	828		employer;
829	829		2. When the worker signs the agreement and through the time of
830	830		enforcement, the agreement is narrowly tailored in duration,
831	831		geographical area, and scope of actual competition to protect an
832	832		interest under paragraph 1 of this section, and the interest can not
833	833		be protected adequately by another restrictive employment agreement;
834	834		and
835	835		3. The prohibition on competition lasts not longer than:
836	836
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887	887		a. five (5) years after the work relationship ends when
888	888		protecting an interest under subparagraph a or b of
889	889		paragraph 1 of this section, or
890	890		b. one (1) year after the work relationship ends when
891	891		protecting an interest under subparagraph c or d of
892	892		paragraph 1 of this section but not an interest under
893	893		subparagraph a or b of paragraph 1 of this section.
894	894		SECTION 9. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
895	895		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.9 of Title 15, unless there
896	896		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
897	897		A confidentiality agreement is prohibited and un enforceable
898	898		unless the worker may use and disclose information that:
899	899		1. Arises from the worker’s general training, knowledge, skill,
900	900		or experience, whether gained on the job or otherwise;
901	901		2. Is readily ascertainable to the relevant public; or
902	902		3. Is irrelevant to the employer’s business.
903	903		SECTION 10. NEW LAW A new secti on of law to be codified
904	904		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.10 of Title 15, unless there
905	905		is created a duplication in numbering, rea ds as follows:
906	906		A no-business agreement is prohibited and une nforceable unless
907	907		the agreement:
908	908		1. Applies only to a prosp ective or ongoing client or customer
909	909		of the employer with which the worker had worked personally; and
910	910
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961	961		2. Lasts not longer than six (6) months after the work
962	962		relationship between the employer and worker ends.
963	963		SECTION 11. NEW LAW A n ew section of law to be codified
964	964		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.11 of Title 15, unless there
965	965		is created a duplication in numberi ng, reads as follows:
966	966		A nonsolicitation agreement is prohibi ted and unenforceable
967	967		unless the agreement:
968	968		1. Applies only to a prospective or ongoing client or customer
969	969		of the employer with which the worker had worked personally; and
970	970		2. Lasts not longer th an one (1) year after the work
971	971		relationship between the empl oyer and worker ends.
972	972		SECTION 12. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
973	973		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.12 of Title 15, unless there
974	974		is created a duplication i n numbering, reads as follows:
975	975		A no-recruit agreement is pro hibited and unenforceable unless
976	976		the agreement prohibits hi ring or recruiting only:
977	977		1. Another worker currently working for the employer with whom
978	978		the worker had worked personally; and
979	979		2. Lasts not longer than six (6) months after the work
980	980		relationship between the employer and worker ends.
981	981		SECTION 13. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
982	982		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.13 of Title 15, unless there
983	983		is created a duplication in numbering, rea ds as follows:
984	984
985	985
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1035	1035		A payment-for-competition agreement is prohibited and
1036	1036		unenforceable unless the agreement:
1037	1037		1. Imposes a financial consequence that is not greater than the
1038	1038		actual competitive harm to the employer; and
1039	1039		2. Lasts not longer than one (1) year after the work
1040	1040		relationship between the employer and worker ends.
1041	1041		SECTION 14. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
1042	1042		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.14 of Title 15, unless there
1043	1043		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
1044	1044		A training-repayment agreement is prohibited and unenforceable
1045	1045		unless the agreement:
1046	1046		1. Requires repayment only of the cost of special training;
1047	1047		2. Lasts not longer than two (2) years after the special
1048	1048		training is completed; and
1049	1049		3. Prorates the repayment for work done during the post-
1050	1050		training period.
1051	1051		SECTION 15. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
1052	1052		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.15 of Title 15, unless there
1053	1053		is created a duplication in numbering, reads a s follows:
1054	1054		Except as provided in subsection B of Section 4 of this act or
1055	1055		in the context of resolving an issue in litigation or other dispute
1056	1056		resolution, a party to a restrictive employment agreement may not
1057	1057		waive a requirement of this act or stipulate to a fact to avoid a
1058	1058		requirement of this act.
1059	1059
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1110	1110		SECTION 16. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
1111	1111		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.16 of Title 15, unless there
1112	1112		is created a duplication in number ing, reads as follows:
1113	1113		A. The court may not modify a restrictive employment agreement
1114	1114		to make the agreement enforceable.
1115	1115		B. A worker who is a party to a restrictive employment
1116	1116		agreement or a subsequent employer that has hired or is considering
1117	1117		hiring the worker may seek a declaratory judgment that the agreement
1118	1118		is unenforceable.
1119	1119		C. In addition to other judicial remedi es, a court may award
1120	1120		damages and in a private action, reasonable attorney fees to a party
1121	1121		that successfully challenges or defends against enforceability of a
1122	1122		restrictive employment agreement or proves a violation of this act.
1123	1123		SECTION 17. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
1124	1124		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.17 of Title 15, unless there
1125	1125		is created a duplica tion in numbering, reads as follows:
1126	1126		A. A choice of law provision that applies to a restri ctive
1127	1127		employment agreement is prohibited and unenforceable unles s it
1128	1128		requires that a dispute arising under the agreement be governed by
1129	1129		the law of the jurisdiction w here the worker primarily works for the
1130	1130		employer or, if the work relationship has ended, th e jurisdiction
1131	1131		where the worker primarily worked when the relati onship ended.
1132	1132		B. A choice of venue provision that applies to a restrictive
1133	1133		employment agreement is p rohibited and unenforceable unless it
1134	1134
1135	1135
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1185	1185		requires that a dispute arising under the agreement b e decided in a
1186	1186		jurisdiction where:
1187	1187		1. The worker primarily work s or, if the work relationship has
1188	1188		ended, a jurisdiction where the worker primarily worked when the
1189	1189		relationship ended; or
1190	1190		2. The worker resides at the time of the dispute.
1191	1191		SECTION 18. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
1192	1192		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.18 of Title 15, unless there
1193	1193		is created a duplication in numberi ng, reads as follows:
1194	1194		In applying and construing this uniform act, a court shall
1195	1195		consider the promotion of uniformity of the law amo ng jurisdictions
1196	1196		that enact it.
1197	1197		SECTION 19. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
1198	1198		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.19 of Title 15, unless there
1199	1199		is created a duplication in numberi ng, reads as follows:
1200	1200		Except as provided in Section 20 of this act, this act does not
1201	1201		affect the validity of a restrictive employment agreement in effect
1202	1202		before the effective date of this act.
1203	1203		SECTION 20. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
1204	1204		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 225.20 of Title 15, unless there
1205	1205		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
1206	1206		Paragraph 5 of subsecti on A of Section 4 of this act and Section
1207	1207		5 of this act apply to a restrictive e mployment agreement entered
1208	1208		into before, on, or afte r effective date of thi s act.
1209	1209
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1260	1260		SECTION 21. REPEALER 15 O .S. 2021, Sections 217, 218,
1261	1261		219, 219A, and 219B, are hereby repealed.
1262	1262		SECTION 22. This act shall become effective Novemb er 1, 2023.
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