Arkansas Employment and Labor Law Updates 2023


December

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


November

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


October

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


September

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


August

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


July

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


June

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


May

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


April

State Employees Maternity Leave

Bill

Senate Bill 426 (2023)

Summary

Extends maternity leave for state employees; amends the law concerning the catastrophic leave program; declares an emergency.

Enacted

04/12/2023

Effective Date

04/12/2023

Topics

Industry: Public_employer


Uniform Attendance and Leave Policy Act

Bill

House Bill 1775 (2023)

Summary

Amends the law concerning the uniform attendance and leave policy act; amends the law concerning sick leave; creates foster care leave.

Enacted

04/12/2023

Effective Date

07/31/2023

Topics

Industry: Public_employer


Child Labor Violations Penalties

Bill

Senate Bill 390 (2023)

Summary

Amend the law regarding child labor; increases the amount of civil penalties for violations; extends the time for assessments of civil penalties by the director of the Division of Labor; establishes criminal penalties; establishes penalties for hindering investigations; clarifies the law regarding workers’ compensation related to child labor resulting from initiated act 4 of 1948.

Enacted

04/11/2023

Effective Date

07/31/2023

Topics

Claims_and_Penalties: Civil_penalty; Wage_and_Hour: Child_labor


Commercial Driver Alcohol and Drug Testing Act

Bill

Senate Bill 341 (2023)

Summary

Amends the commercial driver alcohol and drug testing act to comply with federal motor carrier safety administration regulations; provides that upon receipt of an application to issue, renew, transfer, or upgrade a commercial driver license or commercial learner permit, the Office of Driver Services shall request the driver’s record from the Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.

Enacted

04/11/2023

Effective Date

07/31/2023

Topics

Industry: Transportation; Workplace_Behavior: Drug_testing


Compensation and Benefits of Public Officers

Bill

House Bill 1160 (2023)

Summary

Regulates compensation and benefits of public officers and employees; defines voluntary products; clarifies supervision of voluntary products offered to participants in the state and public-school life and health insurance program; amends the administration of cafeteria plans for certain public officers and employees.

Enacted

04/11/2023

Effective Date

07/31/2023

Topics

Industry: Public_employer


Leave Time

Bill

House Bill 1703 (2023)

Summary

Amends the law concerning leave time for deputy sheriffs, municipal police officers, and firefighters; adds military leave for full-time deputy sheriffs, municipal police officers, and firefighters.

Enacted

04/10/2023

Effective Date

07/31/2023

Topics

Industry: Public_employer


Natural Hair Crown Act

Bill

House Bill 1576 (2023)

Summary

Establishes the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act; prohibits discrimination based upon natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle in public schools and in state- supported two-year or four-year institutions of higher education; adds definitions to the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993.

Enacted

04/10/2023

Effective Date

07/31/2023

Topics

Prohibited_Practices: Culture, Discrimination, Ethnicity, Hairstyles, Race


March

Youth Hiring Act

Bill

House Bill 1410 (2023)

Summary

Dispenses with the State’s requirement that children under a specified age have to obtain permission from the Division of Labor in order to be employed; restores decision-making to parents concerning their children; streamlines the hiring process for children under a specified age; provides that the division should not require that a child under a specified age verify proof of their age through an employment certificate as a condition of employment.

Enacted

03/06/2023

Effective Date

07/31/2023

Topics

Employee_obligation: Certification; Employment_relations: Employee_under_16; Wage_and_Hour: Certificate, Wage_and_Hour: Child_labor


February

Family Leave Insurance

Bill

Senate Bill 111

Summary

Creates a new line of insurance, known as family leave insurance, to allow an insurer licensed to transact accident and health or life insurance business in the State to issue an insurance policy covering the risk of family leave; provides that family leave insurance may be written as an amendment or rider to a group disability income insurance policy or a separate group insurance policy purchased by an employer or included in a group disability income insurance policy.

Enacted

02/17/2023

Effective Date

07/31/2023

Topics

Leave_laws: Bonding, Exigency, Family, Insurance_rider, Medical, Military, Parental


January

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.

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