Title 11 — Labor and Industrial Relations
17 chapters · 538 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-102 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 11-4-102Current 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. § 11-4-103 Employment status
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For purposes of this chapter, employment status as an employee or independent contractor is determined by consideration of the factors required by the Empower Independent Contractors Act of 2019, § 11-1-201 et seq.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-201 Title
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This subchapter shall be known as the “Minimum Wage Act of the State of Arkansas”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-202 Policy
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It is declared to be the public policy of the State of Arkansas to establish minimum wages for workers in order to safeguard their health, efficiency, and general well-being and to protect them as well as their employers from the effects of serious and unfair competition resultin…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-203 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Employ” means to suffer or to permit to work;(2) “Employee” means any individual employed by an employer but shall not include:(A) Any individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity or as an outside commi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-204 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 11-4-204Current 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. § 11-4-205 Right of collective bargaining not affected
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, nothing in this subchapter, including the provisions of § 11-4-218(b), shall be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the right of employers and employees to bargain collectively through representatives …
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-206 Penalties
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(a) (1) Any employer who willfully hinders or delays the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or his or her authorized representative in the performance of his or her duties in the enforcement of this subchapter, willfully refuses to admit the secretary or his or he…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-207 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 11-4-207Current 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. § 11-4-208 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 11-4-208Current 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. § 11-4-209 Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing — Powers and duties
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(a) For any occupation, the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing shall make and revise such administrative rules, including definitions of terms, as he or she may deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subchapter or necessary to prevent the circumvention…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-210 Minimum wage
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(a) (1) Beginning October 1, 2006, every employer shall pay each of his or her employees wages at the rate of not less than six dollars and twenty-five cents ($6.25) per hour except as otherwise provided in this subchapter.(2) Beginning January 1, 2015, every employer shall pay e…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-211 Overtime
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and §§ 11-4-210 and 11-4-212, no employer shall employ any of his or her employees for a work week longer than forty (40) hours unless the employee receives compensation for his or her employment in excess of the hours above specif…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-212 Allowance for gratuities
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(a) Every employer of an employee engaged in any occupation in which gratuities have been customarily and usually constituted and have been recognized as a part of remuneration for hiring purposes shall be entitled to an allowance for gratuities as a part of the hourly wage rate …
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-213 Allowance for furnishing board, lodging, apparel, etc
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(a) An employer of an employee engaged in an occupation in which board, lodging, apparel, or other items and services are customarily and regularly furnished to the employee for his or her benefit is entitled to an allowance for the reasonable value of board, lodging, apparel, or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-214 Temporary special exemptions — Definition
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(a) Any individual affected by lack of skill, age, or disability in a way that his or her earning capacity is impaired shall be granted a temporary special exemption license or permit authorizing the employment of the individual at wages lower than the minimum prescribed in this …
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-215 Learners, apprentices, and full-time students
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(a) For any occupation, the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or his or her designee may provide, by rule, after a public hearing at which any person may be heard, for the employment in the occupation of learners, apprentices, and full-time students at wages lowe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-216 Posting of law
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(a) Every employer subject to any provisions of this subchapter or of any rules issued under this subchapter shall keep a summary of this subchapter, approved by the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or his or her designee, and copies of any applicable rules issu…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-217 Records kept by employer
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(a) Every employer subject to any provision of this subchapter or of any rule issued under this subchapter shall make and keep for a period of not less than three (3) years in or about the premises wherein any employee is employed a record of the name, address, and occupation of …
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-218 Employee's remedies
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(a) (1) Any employer who pays any employee less than the minimum wages, including overtime compensation or compensatory time off as provided by this subchapter, to which the employee is entitled under or by virtue of this subchapter shall:(A) Pay any applicable civil penalties; a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-219 Judicial review
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(a) Any interested person in any occupation for which any administrative rule has been issued under the provisions of this subchapter who may be aggrieved by any rule may obtain a review of the rule in the circuit court of the county of the residence of the aggrieved party by fil…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-220 Person entitled to file a claim
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(a) Any employee covered by this subchapter may file a claim with the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or his or her designee charging that an employer has violated § 11-4-210 or § 11-4-211 as to any employee or other person. (b) The secretary or his or her desi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-221 Relief from liability under this subchapter for failure to pay minimum wage or overtime compensation
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an employer is not subject to liability under this subchapter, on account of the failure of the employer to pay an employee minimum wages or to pay an employee overtime compensation, for or on account of any of the followi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-222 Political subdivisions prohibited from requiring more than federal or state requirements from employers — Definitions
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Employee” means an individual employed in this state by an employer;(2) (A) “Employer” means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity that does business in this state.(B) However, “em…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-301 Definition
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As used in this subchapter, “labor” means work or service performed by a person employed for a period of time for which the wages or salary or remuneration for the work or services is to be paid at stated intervals or at the termination of the employment or for physical work actu…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-302 Act cumulative
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This subchapter is a substitute for Acts 1923, No. 380, but apart from that act is cumulative in its effect and shall not be so construed as to nullify or repeal the laws now existing with regard to liens.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-303 Authority to conduct hearing
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(a) Upon application of either employer or employee, the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or any person authorized by the secretary shall have authority to inquire into, hear, and decide disputes arising from wages earned and shall allow or reject any deduction …
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-304 Judicial review
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(a) If either employer or employee shall fail or refuse to accept the findings of the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or his or her designee, then either shall have the right to proceed at law as provided. (b) If the claim is meritorious, and if within the disc…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-305 Enforcement of laborer's lien
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(a) In all cases where the claimant is entitled to a laborer's lien or a lien on a thing or property worked on, the lien may be enforced as otherwise provided for by law, except that where a sheriff or constable is authorized to take charge of property subject to a lien claim and…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-306 Fees prohibited
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The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or any person designated by him or her shall not charge or be permitted to accept any fees or remuneration whatsoever from any person for the performance of any duties under this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-401 Payment semimonthly
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, all corporations doing business in this state that employ any salespersons, mechanics, laborers, or other servants for the transaction of business shall pay the wages of the employees no less frequently than semimonthly. (…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-402 Discount for advance payment — Payments made in currency
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any milling or manufacturing company, or any other person, corporation, or company employing persons to labor for them in the State of Arkansas, to discount the wages of their employees or laborers when payment is made or demanded before the regular p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-403 Payment by evidence of indebtedness
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any corporation, company, firm, or person engaged in any trade or business in this state, either directly or indirectly, to issue, sell, give, or deliver to any person employed by the corporation, company, firm, or person, in payment of wages, whether…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-404 Payment by sale of goods or supplies
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(a) If any corporation, company, firm, or person shall coerce or compel or attempt to coerce or compel any employee in its employment to purchase goods or supplies in payment of wages, whether the wages are earned or not, from any corporation, company, firm, or person, the first-…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-405 Payment on discharge
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(a) An employer that discharges an employee is required to pay all wages due by the next regular payday. (b) An employer that fails to make the payment required under subsection (a) of this section within seven (7) days of the next regular payday shall owe the employee double the…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-601 Discrimination on the basis of sex prohibited
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(a) Every employer in the state shall pay employees equal compensation for equal services, and no employer shall discriminate against any employee in the matter of wages or compensation solely on the basis of the sex of the employee. (b) An employer who violates or fails to compl…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-607 Definitions for §§ 11-4-608 — 11-4-612
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(1) As used in §§ 11-4-608 — 11-4-612, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) (A) “Employee” means an individual who performs services for an employer for wages in a lawful business, industry, trade, profession, or enterprise, and the individual's employment status has been de…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-608 Penalties for violation of this section, §§ 11-4-607, and 11-4-609 — 11-4-612
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Any employer who violates any provision of this section, §§ 11-4-607, and 11-4-609 — 11-4-612, or who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because the employee has made a complaint to his or her employer, the Secretary of the Department of Labor an…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-609 Administration of this section, §§ 11-4-607 and 11-4-608, and 11-4-610 — 11-4-612
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The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or his or her designee shall have the power and it shall be his or her duty to carry out and administer the provisions of this section, §§ 11-4-607, 11-4-608, and 11-4-610 — 11-4-612.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-610 Wage discrimination between sexes prohibited
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(a) No employer shall discriminate in the payment of wages as between the sexes or shall pay any female in his or her employ salary or wage rates less than the rates paid to male employees for comparable work. (b) Nothing in §§ 11-4-607 — 11-4-612 shall prohibit a variation in ra…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-611 Action to collect unpaid wages
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(a) An employer who violates the provisions of § 11-4-610 shall be liable to the employee or employees affected in the amount of their unpaid wages. (b) (1) Action to recover the wages may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction by any one (1) or more employees.(2) A…
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-4-612 Employer to keep records
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(a) Every employer subject to §§ 11-4-607 — 11-4-612 shall keep and maintain records of the salaries and wage rates, job classifications, and other terms and conditions of employment of the persons employed by him or her and the records shall be preserved for a period of three (3…
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…