Title 11 — Labor and Industrial Relations
17 chapters · 538 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-101 Suitable temperature, humidity, and air space required
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(a) In every factory, mill, workshop, mercantile establishment, laundry, or other establishment, adequate measures shall be taken for securing and maintaining a reasonable, and as far as possible, an equable temperature consistent with the reasonable requirements of the manufactu…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-102 Removal of gas, effluvia, and dust required
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(a) All factories, mills, workshops, mercantile establishments, laundries, and other establishments shall be kept free from gas or effluvia arising from any sewer, drain, privy, or other nuisance on the premises. (b) All poisonous or noxious gases arising from any process and all…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-103 Cleaning required
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(a) All decomposed, fetid, or putrescent matter and all refuse, waste, and sweepings of any factory, mill, workshop, mercantile establishment, laundry, or other establishment shall be removed at least once each day and be disposed of in such manner as not to cause a nuisance. (b)…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-104 Wet floors — Certain precautions required
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(a) In all establishments where any process is carried on which makes the floors wet, the floors shall be constructed and maintained with due regard for the health of the employees. (b) Gratings or dry standing room shall be provided wherever practicable at points where employees…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-105 Safe doors, stairways, and elevators required
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(a) All doors used by employees as entrances to or exits from factories, mills, workshops, mercantile establishments, laundries, or other establishments of a height of two (2) stories or over shall open outward and shall be so constructed as to be easily and immediately opened fr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-106 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 11-5-106Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-107 Inspection of working place — Findings
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(a) The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or any of his or her deputies or inspectors shall have the right to enter any factory, mill, workshop, mercantile establishment, laundry, or other establishment where three (3) or more persons are employed for the purpose…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-108 Order to correct conditions — Issuance
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(a) The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or any of his or her deputies or inspectors may issue a written order to the owner, manager, superintendent, or other person in control or management of the place or establishment for the correction of any condition cause…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-109 Order to correct conditions — Conclusiveness — Action to set aside
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(a) The findings and orders shall be prima facie valid, reasonable, and just and shall be conclusive unless attacked and set aside in the manner provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section. (b) (1) The owner or owners, manager, superintendent, or other person in control o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-110 Order to correct conditions — Penalties for noncompliance
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(a) Upon the failure or refusal of the owner, manager, superintendent, or other person in control or management of a place or establishment, to comply with an order issued pursuant to § 11-5-108 within the time therein specified, unless the order has been attacked and suspended o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-111 Penalty for violation of §§ 11-5-101 — 11-5-110
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(a) Any employer violating the provisions of §§ 11-5-101 — 11-5-110 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) (1) Upon conviction, the employer shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).(2) Each day's violation shall constitut…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-112 Separate facilities for males and females required
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(a) There shall be provided in every factory, manufacturing establishment, workshop, or other place where six (6) or more males and females are employed separate toilets and washrooms for males and females. (b) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or his or …
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-113 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 11-5-113Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-114 Requiring use of out-of-state mail-order pharmacy
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any employer providing pharmacy services, including prescription drugs, to employees as a part of a health care program to require the employee to obtain drugs from an out-of-state mail-order pharmacy as a condition of obtaining the employer's payment…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-115 Prevention of workplace violence
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(a) If an employer or an employer's employee or invitee has:(1) Suffered unlawful violence by an individual as defined by § 5-13-310, terroristic act; § 5-14-103, rape; § 5-14-114, capital rape; §§ 5-13-201 — 5-13-203, battery; §§ 5-26-301 — 5-26-309, domestic battering and assau…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-116 Break time for expressing breast milk
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(a) (1) An employer shall provide reasonable unpaid break time each day to an employee who needs to express breast milk for her child in order to maintain milk supply and comfort.(2) To the extent possible, the break time required under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall ru…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-117 Possession of firearm in private employer parking lot — Definition
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(a) (1) As used in this section, “parking lot” means a designated area or structure or part of a structure intended for the parking of motor vehicles.(2) (A) “Parking lot” does not include a parking lot owned, maintained or otherwise controlled by the Department of Corrections or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-118 [Expired.]
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A.C.A. § 11-5-118Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-301 Purpose
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(a) This subchapter provides for the minimum precautions to be taken during any excavation, demolition, transportation of equipment, construction, repair, or operation in the proximity of energized overhead electrical lines. (b) (1) The purposes of this subchapter are to provide …
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-302 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Authorized person” means:(A) Employees of an electrical utility company with respect to the electrical system of such a company, and the employees of a transportation system with respect to the electrical …
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-303 Application of National Electrical Safety Code
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The provisions of the National Electrical Safety Code, as adopted by the State of Arkansas, shall apply in the interpretation of this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-304 Exceptions
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This subchapter does not apply to the construction, reconstruction, operation, and maintenance of energized overhead electrical lines and their supporting structures and associated equipment by an authorized electrical person nor to any authorized person engaged in the constructi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-305 Penalty for violations
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(a) Every person, firm, corporation, or association who violates any of the provisions of this subchapter shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000); and in addition thereof, if the violation results in physical or electric…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-306 Use of alternative devices or methods
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Where specific devices or methods are mentioned in this subchapter, other devices or methods which will secure equally good results may be used, subject to the approval of the enforcing authority.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-307 Notification
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(a) (1) When any person, firm, or corporation desires to temporarily carry on any function, activity, work, or operation in closer proximity to any energized overhead electrical line or conductor than permitted by this subchapter, the person or persons responsible for the work to…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-308 Prohibited acts
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(a) No person, firm, corporation, or association shall, individually or through an agent or employee, and no person as an agent or employee of any person, firm, corporation, or association, shall perform, require, or permit any agent or employee to perform any function or activit…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-309 Warning signs
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(a) The owner, agent, or employer responsible for the operation of equipment shall post and maintain in plain view of the operator on each crane, derrick, power shovel, drilling rig, hay loader, hay stacker, pile driver, or similar apparatus, any part of which is capable of verti…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-401 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Genetic Information in the Workplace Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-402 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “DNA” means deoxyribonucleic acid;(2) “Employer” means employer as the term is defined in Section 3(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938;(3) (A) “Genetic information” means information derived from th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-403 Prohibition of employer's use of genetic test or information
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(a) An employer shall not seek to obtain or use a genetic test or genetic information of the employee or the prospective employee for the purposes of distinguishing between or discriminating against or restricting any right or benefit otherwise due or available to an employee or …
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-404 Penalty for violation of § 11-5-403
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Any employer who violates the prohibitions of § 11-5-403 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-405 Exclusion for insurers
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Notwithstanding any language in this subchapter to the contrary, this subchapter shall not apply to an insurer or to an individual or third party dealing with an insurer in the ordinary course of underwriting, conducting, or administering the business of life, disability income, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-501 Microchip implantation of employees — Definitions
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Employee” means a person who:(A) Is employed by an employer; or(B) Contracts to perform certain work away from an employer's premises, uses his or her own methods to accomplish the work, and is subject to the control of the employer only as to the…