SECTION 335:15-1-5. Duty to plan for fair recruitment

(a)   The Oklahoma Human Rights Commission concludes that there is a substantial likelihood that the location of a plant or other facility in an area which has a low minority population will have an adverse effect on minority employment opportunity in such facility. The difficulties, which minority persons experience in finding housing in areas outside central cities and the inadequacies of public transportation to such areas from places in which substantial proportions of minority persons reside contribute to the persistence of low utilization of minority employees in such facilities. Employers making planning decisions with respect to the location of facilities are advised that, unless they take appropriate action to assure minorities fair employment opportunities in such locations, they will be in violation of Oklahoma laws if the effect of their decision is to restrict or limit minority opportunities.

(b)   Employers contemplating the location or relocation of a facility in an area in which the percentage of minority population is less than half the percentage of minority population in an area within commuting distance of the facility should establish minority employment goals based on minority population, minority work force in relevant job categories, minority unemployment, and availability of minority workers of relevant skill, existing in the area of minority population as well as those located nearer his (their) establishment and, in addition, should adopt as a minimum goals, the retention of the level of minority employee participation which are subject to a relocation move.