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.
