Title 11 — Labor and Industrial Relations

Nothing in this subchapter shall preclude an otherwise eligible claimant from drawing total or partial unemployment benefits when he or she has exhausted his or her shared work benefits.

(a) An employer wishing to participate in a shared work program shall submit a signed written shared work compensation plan to the Director of the Division of Workforce Services for approval. (b) The director shall approve a shared work unemployment compensation plan only if the …

(a) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall approve or reject a plan in writing within thirty (30) days of its receipt. (b) Only one (1) plan may be approved for any one (1) employer during any twelve-month period. (c) The reason for rejection shall be final and …

(a) A plan shall be effective on the date specified in the plan or on a date mutually agreed upon by the employer and the Director of the Division of Workforce Services but no earlier than the date of approval of the plan by the director. (b) (1) It shall expire at the end of the…

(a) (1) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services may revoke approval of a plan for good cause.(2) The revocation order shall be in writing and shall specify the date the revocation is effective and the reasons therefor.(3) Good cause shall include, but not be limited to…

(a) An operational, approved, shared work plan may be modified by the employer with the acquiescence of employee representatives if the modification is not substantial and is in conformity with the plan approved by the Director of the Division of Workforce Services, but the modif…

(a) An individual is eligible to receive shared work unemployment compensation benefits with respect to any week only if, in addition to monetary entitlement, the Director of the Division of Workforce Services finds that:(1) During the week, the individual is employed as a member…

(a) The shared work unemployment compensation weekly benefit amount shall be the product of the regular weekly unemployment compensation amount multiplied by the percentage of reduction of at least ten percent (10%) in the individual's usual weekly hours of work. (b) An individua…

(a) If an individual works in the same week for an employer other than the shared work employer, and his or her combined hours of work for both employers are greater than ninety percent (90%) of the normal hours of work with the shared work employer, he or she shall not be entitl…

(a) Shared work unemployment compensation shall be charged to the employer's experience rating accounts in the same manner as unemployment compensation is charged under this chapter. (b) Employers liable for payments in lieu of contributions shall have shared work unemployment co…

An individual who has received all of the combined unemployment compensation and shared work unemployment compensation available in a benefit year shall be considered an exhaustee for purposes of extended benefits, as provided under the provisions of §§ 11-10-534 — 11-10-543, and…

(a) (1) Contributions shall accrue and become payable by each employer for each calendar year in which the employer is subject to this chapter with respect to wages for employment.(2) The contributions shall become due and be paid by each employer to the Director of the Division …

Each employer shall pay contributions equal to two and nine-tenths percent (2.9%) of wages paid by the employer with respect to employment, except as may otherwise be prescribed in § 11-10-703.

(a) (1) (A) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall maintain a separate account for each employer and shall credit the employer's account with all the contributions paid on the employer's own behalf except as otherwise provided in §§ 11-10-701 — 11-10-715.(B) How…

(a) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall, for each calendar year, classify employers in accordance with their actual experience in the payment of contributions on their own behalf and with respect to regular benefits charged against their accounts, with a view…

(a) (1) Each employer's contribution rate beginning January 1 for each twelve-month period shall be determined on the basis of the employer's record through June 30 of the previous calendar year.(2) The record of an employer shall include, for the purpose of computing an employer…

(a) (1) Effective July 1, 2023, each employer shall be required to pay an administrative assessment on wages paid by the employer with respect to employment.(2) This administrative assessment shall not be credited to the separate account of each employer. (1) Effective July 1, 20…

(a) (1) As used in §§ 11-10-701 — 11-10-715:(A) The term “annual payroll” means the total amount of taxable wages paid during a calendar year by an employer for employment and for the employer who has had three (3) or more years of benefit risk experience; and(B) The term “averag…

(a) (1) (A) In addition to the contributions and any stabilization and extended benefits taxes levied under other provisions of §§ 11-10-703 — 11-10-708, each employer, except employers that have made an election to reimburse the Unemployment Compensation Fund under § 11-10-713(c…

(a) For the purposes of §§ 11-10-701 and 11-10-702, wages shall not include that part of remuneration paid to an individual by an employer or the employer's predecessor with respect to the employment during any calendar year which exceeds that part of remuneration paid specified …

(a) (1) Unless otherwise provided in § 11-10-723, any employing unit that acquires the organization, trade, and all of the places of business and substantially all of the assets of any employer, excepting, in any such case, any assets retained by the employer incident to the liqu…

(a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this chapter, if the Director of the Division of Workforce Services finds that an employer's business was closed solely because of the entrance of one (1) or more of the owners, officers, partners, or the majority stockholder int…

(a) Whenever an employer has paid no wages for a period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar quarters following the latest calendar quarter that the employer paid wages in employment, the Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall terminate the employer's experience rati…

(a) Benefits paid to individuals based on wages paid by any nonprofit organization or government employing unit shall be financed in accordance with this section. (b) As used in this section and § 11-10-714:(1) A “government employing unit” is one for which service in employment …

Notwithstanding any provisions in § 11-10-713, any nonprofit organization, state hospital, state institution of higher education, or group of such employers that, prior to January 1, 1969, paid contributions required by § 11-10-701, and, pursuant to § 11-10-713, elected by March …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no employer shall be liable for payments in lieu of contributions with respect to extended benefit payments which are wholly reimbursed to the state by the federal government. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of thi…

(a) (1) If contributions are not paid on the date on which they are due and payable as prescribed by the Director of the Division of Workforce Services, the whole or part thereafter remaining unpaid shall bear interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month from…

(a) (1) (A) If, after due notice, any employer defaults in any payment of contributions or interest thereon, the amount due may be collected by civil action in the name of the Director of the Division of Workforce Services.(B) The employer adjudged in default shall pay the costs …

(a) (1) In the event of any distribution of an employer's assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this state, including any receivership, assignment for benefit of creditors, adjudicated insolvency, composition, or similar proceeding, contributions then or ther…

(a) (1) If not later than three (3) years after the date of payment of any amount as a contribution, interest, or penalty pursuant to this chapter, any employer who has made such a payment makes application for an adjustment thereof in connection with a subsequent contribution, i…

(a) (1) If any person, firm, or corporation shall become delinquent in the payment of any contribution, interest, or penalties required to be paid by this chapter, it shall be the duty of the Director of the Division of Workforce Services, when the amount of the contribution, int…

(a) All contributions due under this chapter shall be assessed in the manner provided by this chapter within four (4) years after reports of the contributions have been filed by the employer, and no proceedings in court shall be begun after the expiration of the period, except as…

(a) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services or his or her designated representative may give notice of impoundment of any deposits in any bank or savings and loan institution payable to the order of any employer owing any delinquent contributions, interest, and penalti…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following shall apply regarding assignment of rates and transfers of experience:(1) If an employer transfers its trade or business, or a portion thereof, to another employer and, at the time of the transfer, there is any common …

(a) There is established as a special fund, separate and apart from all public moneys or funds of this state, the “Unemployment Compensation Fund”, which shall be administered by the Director of the Division of Workforce Services exclusively for the purposes of this chapter. (b) …

(a) (1) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall be ex officio treasurer and custodian of the Unemployment Compensation Fund and disbursing officer of the Division of Workforce Services.(2) The director shall administer the Unemployment Compensation Fund and shall…

(a) (1) Money requisitioned from this state's account in the federal Unemployment Trust Fund shall be used exclusively for the payment of benefits and for refunds from the Unemployment Trust Fund authorized by this chapter, except that money credited to this state's account pursu…

(a) The provisions of this subchapter, to the extent that they relate to the federal Unemployment Trust Fund, shall be operative only so long as the federal Unemployment Trust Fund continues to exist and so long as the United States Secretary of the Treasury continues to maintain…

(a) (1) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services is assigned responsibility for the administration of the State New Hire Registry.(2) The director shall hire an administrator of the State New Hire Registry who shall serve at the pleasure of the director. (1) The Directo…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Administrator” means the administrator of the State New Hire Registry;(2) “Employee” means an individual who is an employee as defined in Chapter 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 but does not include an employee of a federal or state agency…

The General Assembly finds that the employment of minor children in the entertainment industry is necessary to create realistic theatrical, motion picture, radio, and television productions and to promote industry and economic growth. The purpose of this chapter is to provide min…

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Employ” means to use the services of an individual in any remunerative occupation; and(2) “Entertainment industry” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or group of persons using the se…

(a) Any person, firm, corporation, or association who violates a provision of this chapter or a lawful rule promulgated under this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty in accordance with the provisions of § 11-6-103. (b) (1) Any person who willfully or intentionally violat…

(a) A child under sixteen (16) years of age may be employed in the entertainment industry, and the provisions of §§ 11-6-101 — 11-6-111, with respect to child labor, shall not be applicable to the employment of child actors as authorized in this chapter. (b) No child under sixtee…

(1) The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing shall have the authority to:(1) Promulgate rules for the implementation of this chapter;(2) Suspend or revoke a permit for the employment of a child in the entertainment industry for cause;(3) Enter or authorize his or he…

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(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to promote drug-free workplaces in order that employers in this state may be afforded the opportunity to maximize their levels of productivity, enhance their competitive positions in the marketplace, and reach their desired levels of s…

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Alcohol” has the same meaning in this chapter as when used in the federal regulations describing the procedures used for the testing of alcohol by programs operating pursuant to the authority of the United St…

(a) This chapter applies to a drug-free workplace program implemented pursuant to rules adopted by the Director of the Workers' Health and Safety Division of the Workers' Compensation Commission. (b) The application of the provisions of this chapter is subject to the provisions o…

(a) (1) A covered employer may test a job applicant for alcohol or for any drug described in § 11-14-102. Provided, for public employees such testing shall be limited to the extent permitted by the Arkansas Constitution and the United States Constitution. A covered employer may t…