17 chapters · 524 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-501 Limitations on compensation — Death and disability
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(a) (1) Compensation to the injured employee shall not be allowed for the first seven (7) days' disability resulting from injury, excluding the day of injury.(2) If a disability extends beyond that period, compensation shall commence with the ninth day of disability.(3) If a disa…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-502 Limitations on compensation — Exceptions
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(a) The benefits shall be paid for a period not to exceed four hundred fifty (450) weeks of disability, except that this limitation shall not apply in cases of permanent total disability or death. (b) (1) (A) For injuries occurring on or after March 1, 1981, but on or before Dece…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-503 Violation of safety provisions
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other definition of extra-hazardous employer as provided by § 11-9-409(c), any employer who fails to utilize the consultative safety services available through the Division of Labor, its own insurance carrier, or a private safety consultant shall be id…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-504 Additional compensation — Illegally employed minor
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(a) Where an injury or death is sustained by a minor employed in violation of federal or state statutes pertaining to minimum ages for employment of minors, including without limitation § 11-6-101 et seq., compensation or death benefits provided for by this chapter shall be doubl…