How will I know if the OKDHS office where I work is placed on reduced services or closed due to weather conditions?
OKDHS staff should telephone their supervisor. You may also check www.okdhs.org or call (405) 425-2041. • What is the definition of essential, non-essential or conditionally essential staff? • Essential staff – employees who are considered responsible for basic minimum services and who are required to work when state services are temporarily reduced due to hazardous weather conditions. • Non-essential staff – employees who are not responsible for basic minimum services when state services are temporarily reduced due to hazardous weather conditions. • Conditionally essential staff – employees who are non-essential for all purposes except for activating events, at which time their status changes to essential. Examples of conditional essential staff include, but are not limited to, timekeepers when reduced services fall on the date of a payroll deadline or a child welfare specialist if notified that a child in his or her caseload requires immediate services. • If the services within the O
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