Definitions

Ark. Code Ann. § 21-1-701 — under General Provisions.

Ark. Code Ann. § 21-1-701

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Employee” means a person regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state agency for which:(i) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and(ii) A class title and pay grade are established in the appropriation act for the agency or institution in accordance with the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq.(B) “Employee” does not include a supervisory employee;(2) “Grievance” means an employee's complaint resulting from a termination or suspension;(3) (A) “State agency” means a board, commission, department, division, or office of state government within the executive branch.(B) “State agency” does not include:(i) An institution of higher education;(ii) A public school district;(iii) The Arkansas Department of Transportation; and(iv) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and(4) “Supervisory employee” means an individual having:(A) Authority in the interest of a state agency to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees of the state agency; or(B) If his or her exercise of authority requires the use of independent judgment and is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, the responsibility to direct other employees of the state agency by which he or she is employed.

(1) (A) “Employee” means a person regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state agency for which:(i) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and(ii) A class title and pay grade are established in the appropriation act for the agency or institution in accordance with the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq.(B) “Employee” does not include a supervisory employee;

(A) “Employee” means a person regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state agency for which:(i) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and(ii) A class title and pay grade are established in the appropriation act for the agency or institution in accordance with the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq.

(i) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and

(ii) A class title and pay grade are established in the appropriation act for the agency or institution in accordance with the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq.

(B) “Employee” does not include a supervisory employee;

(2) “Grievance” means an employee's complaint resulting from a termination or suspension;

(3) (A) “State agency” means a board, commission, department, division, or office of state government within the executive branch.(B) “State agency” does not include:(i) An institution of higher education;(ii) A public school district;(iii) The Arkansas Department of Transportation; and(iv) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and

(A) “State agency” means a board, commission, department, division, or office of state government within the executive branch.

(B) “State agency” does not include:(i) An institution of higher education;(ii) A public school district;(iii) The Arkansas Department of Transportation; and(iv) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and

(i) An institution of higher education;

(ii) A public school district;

(iii) The Arkansas Department of Transportation; and

(iv) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and

(4) “Supervisory employee” means an individual having:(A) Authority in the interest of a state agency to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees of the state agency; or(B) If his or her exercise of authority requires the use of independent judgment and is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, the responsibility to direct other employees of the state agency by which he or she is employed.

(A) Authority in the interest of a state agency to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees of the state agency; or

(B) If his or her exercise of authority requires the use of independent judgment and is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, the responsibility to direct other employees of the state agency by which he or she is employed.