OK SB550

Prohibits Oklahoma state employers from requiring eligibility requirements such as minimum hours worked or length of service before providing reasonable accommodation, temporary transfer to less strenuous/hazardous positions, or disability leave for employees affected by pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, or adoption.

Requires that accommodations, transfers, or leave must be based on physician's medical advice and only when reasonably accommodated by the employer.

Subjects state employers who deny eligible employees medically advised accommodation to administrative fines by the Commissioner of Labor under Section 89 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Allows affected employees to file civil lawsuits in district court of the county where the state employer is located to enforce the provisions of this section.

Becomes effective November 1, 2017.