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AR Code § 11-10-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 2 - Definitions|§ 11-10-214. Unemployment

 (a) As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, an individual shall be deemed “unemployed” with respect to any week during which:  (1) He or she performs no services;  (2) No wages are payable to him or her with respect to that week, or if wages are payable to him or her for any week of less than full-time work, the wages are less than one hundred forty percent (140%) of his or her weekly benefit amount; and  (3) He or she is not on leave approved by an employer under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., as in effect January 1, 2003.    (b) An individual's week of unemployment shall be deemed to commence the day on which he or she registers at a local employment office, except as the Director of the Division of Workforce Services may, by rule, otherwise prescribe.
AR Code § 11-10-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 2 - Definitions|§ 11-10-216. Week

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, “week” means a seven-consecutive-calendar-day period beginning on Sunday at 12:01 a.m. and ending on Saturday at midnight.
AR Code § 11-10-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 2 - Definitions|§ 11-10-217. Insured work

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, “insured work” means employment for employers.
AR Code § 11-10-218 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 2 - Definitions|§ 11-10-218. Rate year

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, “rate year” means a twelve-month period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31.
AR Code § 11-10-219 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 2 - Definitions|§ 11-10-219. Computation date

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, “computation date” means June 30 of the preceding calendar year.
AR Code § 11-10-220 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 2 - Definitions|§ 11-10-220. Educational institutions

 (a)  (1) As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, “institution of higher education” means an educational institution that:  (A) Admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate;  (B) Is legally authorized in this state to provide a program of education beyond high school;  (C) Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's or higher degree, provides a program which is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, or offers a program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation; and  (D) Is a public or other nonprofit institution.    (2) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of subdivision (a)(1) of this section, all colleges and universities in this state are institutions of higher education for purposes of this section.    (b) For the purposes of this chapter, an educational institution, other than an institution of higher education, is one:  (1) In which participants, trainees, or students are offered an organized course of study or training designed to transfer to them knowledge, skills, information, doctrines, attitudes, or abilities from, by, or under the guidance of an instructor or teacher;  (2) Which is approved, licensed, or issued a permit to operate as a school by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education or other government agency that is authorized within the state to approve, license, or issue a permit for the operation of a school;  (3) Which offers a course of study or training which may be academic, technical, trade, or in preparation for gainful employment in a recognized occupation; and  (4) Which does not meet the definition of “institution of higher education” as set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
AR Code § 11-10-221 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 2 - Definitions|§ 11-10-221. Hospital

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, “hospital” means an institution that has been licensed, certified, or approved by the Division of Health Facilities Services of the Department of Health, as a hospital.
AR Code § 11-10-222 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 2 - Definitions|§ 11-10-222. United States

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the term “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, includes the states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
AR Code § 11-10-223 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 2 - Definitions|§ 11-10-223. Supplemental benefit payments

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the term “supplemental benefit payments” means unemployment benefit payments made under a private unemployment compensation plan.
AR Code § 11-10-224 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 2 - Definitions|§ 11-10-224. References to gender

 Throughout this chapter, the pronoun “he” is deemed to include the masculine gender, the feminine gender, and, in the case of employers who are not persons, the neuter gender.
AR Code § 11-10-225 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 2 - Definitions|§ 11-10-225. American vessel

 “American vessel” means any vessel documented or numbered under the laws of the United States; and includes any vessel which is neither documented or numbered under the laws of the United States nor documented under the laws of any foreign country, if its crew is employed solely by one (1) or more citizens or residents of the United States or corporations organized under the laws of the United States or of any state.
AR Code § 11-10-226 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 2 - Definitions|§ 11-10-226. American aircraft

 “American aircraft” means an aircraft registered under the laws of the United States.
AR Code § 11-10-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 3 - Administration and Enforcement|§ 11-10-301. Division of Workforce Services — Creation — Director

 (a)  (1) There is created a division to be known as the “Division of Workforce Services”.  (2) The division shall be administered by a full-time salaried director.  (3) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (4) The director shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Commerce.  (5) The director shall have resided in the state for at least five (5) years and shall be a qualified elector.    (b) Before entering upon his or her duties, the director shall take and subscribe, and file in the office of the Secretary of State, an oath to support the United States Constitution and the Arkansas Constitution and to faithfully perform the duties of the office upon which he or she is about to enter.  (c) The director shall have such power and authority as he or she deems reasonable and proper for the effective administration of this chapter and will faithfully perform his or her duties and properly account for all funds received and disbursed by him or her under authority of this chapter.  (d) The director shall be the agent for service of process for all legal actions arising under this chapter or to which the division shall be named a party.  (e) The director shall procure an official seal, and every paper executed by the director in pursuance of law and sealed with the seal of his or her office shall be received in evidence in any court or other tribunal in this state and may be recorded in the same manner and with like effect as instruments regularly acknowledged.  (f)  (1) The director shall have the authority to institute and prosecute in his or her name, as such, all suits, certificates of assessment, and other proceedings necessary for the collection of any taxes or overpayments collectible by him or her and which have become delinquent.  (2) No deposits of advance costs shall be required of the director in any suit or proceedings, nor shall he or she be required to give bond for costs, indemnity, or stay as a condition to the institution of any suit or proceedings, or to the issuance, service, or execution of any process therein, or ancillary thereto, or the appeal from any adverse action.    (g)  (1) The director shall not be required to advance or pay any court costs to any court clerk for the institution or prosecution of any suit filed in his or her official capacity.  (2) No bond shall be required of the director in obtaining restraining orders, injunctions, or in any other cases where a bond is required to be made by a litigant, including supersedeas bond upon appeal.
AR Code § 11-10-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 3 - Administration and Enforcement|§ 11-10-303. Division of Workforce Services — Employee insurance plans

 (a) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services is authorized to formulate, adopt, and administer plans to provide the regular employees of the Division of Workforce Services, as an incident of their employment, with group life insurance or insurance against the payment of medical and hospital expenses or any similar type of insurance.  (b) Any plan adopted shall be paid pursuant to the contract entered into with one (1) or more insurance companies authorized to do business in this state, and it may require the payment of all or any part of the premium by the division or by the employees.  (c) If any plan adopted requires contributions by the employees, the director may provide for the withholding of the amount of the employees' contribution from their salaries. However, the contributing share of funds paid by the division as the employer shall come from funds granted to the agency by the United States Department of Labor for such purposes.  (d) The plan may provide for the continuation of any insurance provided on the same or on a different basis upon termination of employment or after the retirement of any employee who retires after March 3, 1971, pursuant to the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System.  (e) Any plan adopted shall provide benefits similar to those made available by the United States Government to its employees generally, and the cost thereof per employee shall not exceed the cost per employee that the United States Government pays for similar insurance benefits.  (f) Participation by any employee of the division in any plan adopted shall be on a voluntary basis at the option of the employee.
AR Code § 11-10-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 3 - Administration and Enforcement|§ 11-10-304. Arkansas State Employment Service — Creation

 (a) The Arkansas State Employment Service is established within the Division of Workforce Services.  (b) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services, in the conduct of the service, shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such numbers and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this chapter and for the purpose of performing such functions as are within the purview of the Act of the United States Congress of June 6, 1933, hereinafter referred to as the “Wagner-Peyser Act”.  (c) The provisions of that act of the United States Congress are accepted by this state, and the division is designated and constituted the agency of this state for the purposes of that act.  (d) All moneys received by this state under that act of the United States Congress shall be paid into the Employment Security Administration Fund, § 11-10-320, and shall be expended solely for the maintenance of the state system of public employment offices.  (e)  (1) For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices and promoting the use of their facilities, the director is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Railroad Retirement Board, or any other agency of the United States or of this or any other state, charged with the administration of any law whose purposes are reasonably related to the purposes of this chapter.  (2) As a part of such agreements, the director may accept moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution to the maintenance of the state system of public employment offices or as reimbursement for services performed.  (3) All moneys received for these purposes shall be paid into the Employment Security Administration Fund.    (f) In addition to the services and activities otherwise authorized by this chapter, the division may perform, or contract for the performance of, such other services and activities as shall be specified in contracts for payment or reimbursement of the costs thereof made with the United States Secretary of Labor, with any federal, state, or local public agency, or administrative entity, or with any employer or private for-profit or nonprofit organization under, in accordance with, and in furtherance of the purposes of the Job Training Partnership Act, Pub. L. No. 97-300 [repealed].
AR Code § 11-10-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 3 - Administration and Enforcement|§ 11-10-307. Director — Rules

 (a)  (1) General and special rules may be adopted, amended, or rescinded by the Director of the Division of Workforce Services only after public hearing or opportunity to be heard thereon, on which proper notice has been given.  (2) General rules shall become effective ten (10) days after filing with the Secretary of State and publication in one (1) or more newspapers of general circulation in this state.  (3) Special rules shall become effective ten (10) days after notification to or mailing to the last known address of the individuals or employing units affected thereby.    (b) Rules may be adopted, amended, or rescinded by the director and shall become effective in the manner and at the time prescribed by the director.
AR Code § 11-10-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 3 - Administration and Enforcement|§ 11-10-308. Director — Administrative determinations of coverage

 (a) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services may, upon his or her own motion or upon application of an employing unit, after notice and opportunity for hearing, make findings of fact and, on the basis thereof, determinations with respect to whether an employing unit constitutes an employer and whether services performed for or in connection with the business of an employing unit constitute employment for that employing unit.  (b)  (1) However, the director may at his or her own instance and shall upon the application of any interested party, certify the question of coverage to the Board of Review for its determination.  (2) An appeal may be taken from a determination made by the director to the board on all matters with respect to coverage determined by the director within twenty (20) days after the mailing of notice of the findings and determination to the employing unit or, in the absence of mailing, within twenty (20) days after the delivery of the notice.    (c) If supported by substantial evidence and in the absence of fraud, a determination of the director, in the absence of appeal therefrom, and a determination of the board shall be conclusive except as to errors of law for all purposes of this chapter except as herein otherwise provided and, together with the record therein made, shall be admissible in any subsequent judicial proceeding involving liability for contributions.  (d) A review of the determination made by the director or the board may be had by filing a petition for review in the Court of Appeals within thirty (30) calendar days after the mailing of notice of the determination to the employing unit's last known address, or in the absence of mailing, within thirty (30) calendar days after the delivery of the notice.  (e)  (1) A determination of the director which has not been appealed and a determination of the board, as provided for in this section, together with the record thereof, may be introduced in any proceeding involving a claim for benefits.  (2) The facts therein found and the determination therein made shall not be binding if evidence to the contrary is introduced in the hearing on the claim for benefits.    (f)  (1) Any party appealing a determination of the director to the board or the court shall be required to file quarterly reports and pay all contributions, penalties, or interest due and owing during the appeal process.  (2) Upon finalization of the appeal, if it is found that no tax is owed or a lesser tax, penalty, or interest is owed, then that amount shall be refunded or credited to the employer's account.
AR Code § 11-10-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 3 - Administration and Enforcement|§ 11-10-309. Director — Publication of rules, reports, etc

 The Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall make available for distribution to the public the text of this chapter, his or her general and special rules, his or her annual report to the Governor, and any other material he or she deems relevant and suitable and shall furnish the materials to any person upon application therefor.
AR Code § 11-10-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 3 - Administration and Enforcement|§ 11-10-310. Director — Personnel

 (a) Subject to other provisions of this chapter, the Director of the Division of Workforce Services is authorized to appoint, fix the compensation, and prescribe the duties and powers of such officers, accountants, attorneys, experts, and other persons as may be necessary in the performance of his or her duties under this chapter.  (b) The director may delegate to any such person such power and authority as he or she deems reasonable and proper for the effective administration of this chapter and may, in his or her discretion, bond any person handling moneys or signing checks hereunder.  (c) The director is authorized and directed to provide for a merit system covering all persons employed in the administration of this chapter and shall have authority, by rule, to provide for all matters that are appropriate to the maintenance of this system on the basis of efficiency and fitness.  (d) The director is authorized to adopt such rules as may be necessary to meet personnel standards promulgated by the Social Security Board pursuant to the Social Security Act, and the Wagner-Peyser Act, and to provide for the maintenance of the merit system required under this section in conjunction with any merit system applicable to any other state agency which meets the personnel standards promulgated by the board.
AR Code § 11-10-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 3 - Administration and Enforcement|§ 11-10-311. Employment stabilization

 The Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent unemployment, to encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining, and vocational guidance, to investigate, recommend, advise, and assist in the establishment and operation by municipalities, counties, planning districts, school districts, and the state of programs for public works to be used in times and places of economic downturn and high unemployment for the purpose of promoting the employment of unemployed and underemployed workers throughout the state, and to these ends, to carry on research and such investigations as he or she shall deem necessary and to publish the results thereof.
AR Code § 11-10-312 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 3 - Administration and Enforcement|§ 11-10-312. Federal-state cooperation

 (a) In the administration of this chapter, the Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall cooperate with the United States Department of Labor to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this chapter and shall take such action, through the adoption of such appropriate rules, administrative methods, and standards as may be necessary to secure to this state and its citizens all advantages available under the provisions of the Social Security Act that relate to unemployment compensation, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, and the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.  (b) In the administration of the provisions in §§ 11-10-534 — 11-10-543, which are enacted to conform with the requirements of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, the director shall take such action as may be necessary to:  (1) Ensure that the provisions are so interpreted and applied as to meet the requirements of the federal act referred to in this subsection as interpreted by the United States Department of Labor; and  (2) Secure to this state the full reimbursement of the federal share of extended benefits paid under this chapter that are reimbursable under the federal act referred to in this subsection.
AR Code § 11-10-313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 3 - Administration and Enforcement|§ 11-10-313. Compensation based on multiple-state earnings

 (a) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of compensation on the basis of combining an individual's wages and employment covered under this chapter with his or her wages and employment covered under the unemployment compensation laws of other states which are approved by the United States Secretary of Labor in consultation with the state unemployment compensation agencies as reasonably calculated to assure the prompt and full payment of compensation in those situations and which include provisions for:  (1) Applying the base period of a single state law to a claim involving the combining of an individual's wages and employment covered under two (2) or more state unemployment compensation laws; and  (2) Avoiding the duplicate use of wages and employment by reason of such combining.    (b)  (1) Any and all wage and employment information necessary for the carrying out of the arrangements shall be promptly provided by employers upon request by the director.  (2) Willful failure to promptly provide the information shall subject an employer to the penalties set forth in § 11-10-106(b).