Title 11, Labor and Industrial Relations

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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 …

The provisions of the National Electrical Safety Code, as adopted by the State of Arkansas, shall apply in the interpretation of this subchapter.

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…

(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…

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.

(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…

(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…

(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…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Genetic Information in the Workplace Act”.

(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…

(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 …

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.

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, …

(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…