Title 11, Labor and Industrial Relations

(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…

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent children of any age from receiving industrial education furnished by the United States, this state, or any city or town in the state and duly approved by the State Board of Education or by any other duly constituted public authority.

(1) No boy or girl between the ages of sixteen (16) years and eighteen (18) years shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter if:(1) The boy or girl is a graduate of any high school, vocational school, or technical school;(2) The boy or girl is married or is a parent. (1) …

(a) (1) Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, parent, guardian, or custodian who employs or permits or suffers any child to be employed or to work in violation of this subchapter or §§ 11-12-101 — 11-12-105, or any rules issued thereunder, shall be subject to a…

No child under the age of fourteen (14) years shall be employed or permitted to work in any remunerative occupation in this state, except that during school vacation, children under fourteen (14) years may be employed by their parents or guardians in occupations owned or controll…

No child under sixteen (16) years shall be employed or permitted to work in any occupation dangerous to the life and limb, or injurious to the health and morals of the child, or in any saloon, resort, or bar where intoxicating liquors of any kind are sold or dispensed.

(a) (1) No child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed upon the stage of any theater or concert hall or in connection with any theatrical performance or other exhibition or show, and no child shall be employed who has not passed four (4) yearly grades in the publi…

(a) No child under sixteen (16) years shall be employed or permitted to work at any of the following occupations:(1) Adjusting any belt to any machinery;(2) Sewing or lacing machine belts in any workshop or factory;(3) Oiling, wiping, or cleaning machinery or assisting therein;(4…

No child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work for more than six (6) days in any week, nor more than forty-eight (48) hours in any week, nor more than eight (8) hours in any day or before 6:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m., except that on…

(1) A child under seventeen (17) years of age shall not be employed or permitted to work in any occupation:(1) More than six (6) days in any week;(2) More than fifty-four (54) hours in any week;(3) More than ten (10) consecutive hours in any one (1) day;(4) More than ten (10) hou…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or his or her designee shall have the right to enter any building or premises for the purpose of inspection to ascertain whether any child is employed or permitted to work in violation of the provisions of this subchapter…

(a) The purpose of this section is to provide children with an opportunity to develop business interests and to promote in them a spirit of thrift and industry by encouragement of their engagement in a particular situation when the child, parent, and community will be benefited a…

(a) The purpose of this section is to provide children with an opportunity to develop business interests related to professional baseball and to promote in them a spirit of thrift and industry by encouragement of their engagement in a particular situation when the child, parent, …

(a) As used in this section, “employed in agriculture” means employed as a seasonal agricultural laborer to pick, plant, harvest, grade, sort, or haul any crop, fruit, or vegetable by use of the employee's hands. (b) Except as provided in this section, the provisions of this chap…

(a) As used in this section, “domestic labor” means any occasional, irregular, or incidental work related to and in or around private residences, including, but not limited to babysitting, pet sitting, similar household chores, and manual yard work. This definition specifically e…

(a) As used in this section, “employed as a sports official” means employed as an official, referee, or umpire in organized youth football, baseball, softball, basketball, or soccer leagues. (b) Except as provided in this section, the provisions of this chapter relating to child …

This act shall not repeal any of the mining laws of the state, except wherein it specifically conflicts, but shall be cumulative to all mining laws in force prior to July 1, 1917.

(a) (1) Any person who shall willfully obstruct or hinder the mine inspector in the discharge of his or her duties and every owner, lessee, agent, or manager of a mine who refuses or neglects to furnish the State Mine Inspector the means necessary for making entry, inspection, ex…

It shall be and is made the duty of the prosecuting attorney in the district wherein the State Mine Inspector shall arrest or cause to be arrested any person violating the provisions of the mining laws of the state to at once take charge of and prosecute the person with reasonabl…

(a) The Governor shall appoint a State Mine Inspector, who shall hold office for a term of two (2) years, beginning on July 1 of every odd-numbered year and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. (b) (1) The mine inspector shall be a citizen of good repute and tem…

(a) The State Mine Inspector shall have an office, which may be located in Fort Smith, and shall safely keep all records, papers, documents, and other property pertaining to or coming into his or her hands by virtue of his or her office and deliver them to his or her successor. (…

(a) In addition to the duties imposed upon him or her by law, the State Mine Inspector shall:(1) Recommend to the various operators of coal mines throughout the state all safety rules that he or she shall deem advisable; and(2) Investigate the necessity and feasibility of purchas…

(a) There is created the office of Assistant State Mine Inspector. (b) His or her term of office shall be for a period of two (2) years, to run coextensively with the term of the State Mine Inspector and until his or her successor has been appointed and qualified. (c) He or she s…

(a) The State Mine Inspector shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of the office. (b) (1) It shall be the duty of the mine inspector to examine all mines as often as necessary and not less often than once every three (3) months.(2) The employees of any mine, as contem…

(a) The owner, agent, or operator of a mine is required to furnish all necessary facilities for entering and making the examinations and inspection, and, if the owner, agent, or operator refuses to permit the inspection or to furnish the necessary facilities for entering and maki…

(a) (1) If the inspector shall, after examination of any mine and the works and machinery pertaining thereto, find the mine worked contrary to the provisions of this act or unsafe for the workmen employed therein, the inspector shall file a complaint before the judge of the circu…

(a) The State Mine Inspector is empowered concurrently with the sheriffs and constables throughout the state to make arrests for any violations of the mining laws of this state, but he or she shall make no arrest until after notice has been given as provided in this act. (b) (1) …

(a) Any miner, workman, or other person who shall knowingly injure any water gauge, barometer, air course, or brattice or shall obstruct or throw open any airway, or carry any open flame lamp, or matches, into any mine or shall handle or disturb any part of the machinery of the h…

(a) For any injury to persons or property occasioned by willful violation of this chapter or willful failure to comply with any of its provisions, a right of action shall accrue to any party injured for any direct damages sustained thereby. (b) Should death ensue from any injury,…

(a) (1) The owner, agent, or operator of each and every coal mine in this state shall make, or cause to be made, an accurate and correct map or plan of the entire workings of the mine and every vein or deposit thereof showing the general inclination of the strata, together with a…

(a) (1) Every underground mine shall have at least two (2) separate surface openings.(2) Main slope and drift openings shall be separated by at least twenty-five feet (25′) of natural ground in all mines opened after June 9, 1949.(3) New shafts and partitions therein, made after …

(a) The owner, agent, or operator of every mine, whether operated by shaft, slope, or drift, shall provide and maintain for every mine a sufficient amount of ventilation, to be determined by the State Mine Inspector, not less than two hundred cubic feet (200 cu. ft.) of air per m…

(a) Air regulation of all slopes, drifts, or shafts used for hoisting or hauling coal shall be made at the intake of air into the mine, except at the option of the owner or by direction of the State Mine Inspector, and all air that goes into the mine shall be so split that not mo…

(a) The owner, agent, lessee, or operator of any coal mine in this state, if the mine is worked on the room and pillar plan, shall cause the work to be prosecuted in the mine in the following manner:(1) Two (2) entries parallel with each other must be driven for the ingress and e…

The owner, agent, or operator shall provide that a bore hole shall be kept twenty feet (20′) in advance of the face of each and every working face and at a forty-five degree (45°) angle at intervals of eight feet (8′) on each rib of the working face when driving toward an abandon…

(a) The owner, agent, or operator of every mine operated by shaft shall provide suitable means for signaling between the bottom and top thereof. (b) (1) He or she shall also provide safe means of hoisting and lowering persons in a cage covered with boiler iron, so as to keep safe…