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AR Code § 11-10-512 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-512. Disqualification — Satisfaction

 (a) “Week of Unemployment” Defined. A “week of unemployment” as used in this section and § 11-10-519 means a week during which, except for a disqualification, an individual would be eligible for benefits.  (b) “Week of Disqualification” Defined. A “week of disqualification” as used in this section and § 11-10-519(a)(2) shall be satisfied by a week of unemployment as defined in this section or by a week of employment during which the employee has earnings in an amount equal to his or her weekly benefit amount.
AR Code § 11-10-516 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-516. Disqualification — Refusal to report after layoff

 (a)  (1) If so found by the Director of the Division of Workforce Services, an individual shall be disqualified for benefits if while on a layoff of ten (10) weeks or less, he or she refuses to report for work within one (1) week after notice of recall to the same job or to a suitable job similar to the one from which he or she was laid off, or if while unemployed, he or she voluntarily removes his or her name from a recall list set forth in a written contract of a base-period employer, provided that the employer files a written notice of the refusal of recall or removal from a recall list with the Division of Workforce Services within seven (7) days of the occurrence.  (2) The disqualification shall begin on the date of receipt of the written notice of refusal of recall or removal from the recall list by the division and shall continue until, subsequent to filing his or her claim, he or she has had at least thirty (30) days of employment covered by an unemployment compensation law of this state, or another state, or of the United States.    (b) No individual shall be disqualified under this section if he or she refuses to report for recall to the job or removes his or her name from a recall list as described in subsection (a) of this section because he or she is employed on a full-time basis, has a written offer of a job, or because of circumstances of such nature and compelling urgency that it would be contrary to good conscience to impose a disqualification.
AR Code § 11-10-518 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-518. Disqualification — Certain workers in training program excepted

 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an adversely affected worker covered by a certification under Subchapter A, Chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 may not be determined to be ineligible or disqualified for unemployment insurance or Trade Act benefits payable under Part I, Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 because the individual is in training approved under Part II, Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 because of:  (1) Leaving work which is not suitable employment to begin or continue training; or  (2) The application to any such week in training of provisions of this chapter or any state or federal unemployment insurance law relating to availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work.    (b) For purposes of this section, the term “suitable employment” means, with respect to a worker described in this section, work of a substantially equal or higher skill level than the worker's past adversely affected employment and wages for such work at not less than eighty percent (80%) of the worker's average weekly wage.
AR Code § 11-10-519 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-519. Disqualification — Penalty for false statement or misrepresentation

 (a) If so found by the Director of the Division of Workforce Services, an individual shall be disqualified for benefits:  (1)  (A) If he or she willfully makes a false statement or misrepresentation of a material fact or willfully fails to disclose a material fact in filing an initial claim or a claim renewal, he or she shall be disqualified from the effective date of the disqualification until he or she has twenty (20) weeks of employment in each of which he or she has earned wages equal to at least his or her weekly benefit amount.  (B)  (i) In addition to the twenty-week disqualification in subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section, any weekly benefits payable subsequent to the date of delivery or mailing of the determination shall be terminated.  (ii) The termination shall apply only to benefits payable within the benefit year of the claim with respect to which the claimant willfully made a false statement or misrepresentation;      (2)  (A) For any continued week claimed with respect to which the employee has willfully made a false statement or misrepresentation of a material fact or willfully fails to disclose a material fact in obtaining or attempting to obtain any benefits, and for an additional thirteen (13) weeks of unemployment, as defined in § 11-10-512, and which shall commence with Sunday of the first week with respect to which a claim is filed commencing with the week of delivery or mailing of the determination of disqualification under this section.  (B)  (i) In addition to the thirteen (13) weeks of disqualification, a disqualification of three (3) weeks shall be imposed for each week of failure or falsification.  (ii)  (a) Any weekly benefits payable subsequent to the date of delivery or mailing of the determination shall be terminated.  (b) The termination shall apply only to benefits payable within the benefit year of the claim with respect to which the claimant willfully made a false statement or misrepresentation; and        (3)  (A) The disqualification shall not be applied after five (5) years have elapsed from the date of delivery or mailing of the determination of disqualification under this section.  (B)  (i) A person who is disqualified under this section shall be liable for repayment of any benefits determined to have been collected fraudulently, as well as any other penalties, interest, and costs assessed as a result of the fraudulent activity.  (ii) Until the liabilities have been repaid, the person shall forfeit any right to receive benefits under this chapter.        (b) Upon request of the Legislative Council, the Division of Workforce Services shall provide reports regarding unemployment insurance claim fraud and its efforts to prevent the fraud.
AR Code § 11-10-520 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-520. Claims — Posting of information by employer

 (a) Each employer shall post and maintain, in places readily accessible to individuals in the employer's employ, printed statements concerning benefit rights, claims for benefits, and such other matters relating to the administration of this chapter as the Director of the Division of Workforce Services may by rule prescribe.  (b) Each employer shall supply to those individuals copies of such printed statements or other materials relating to claims for benefits when, and as, the director may by rule prescribe.  (c) The printed statements and other materials shall be supplied by the director to each employer without cost to the employer.
AR Code § 11-10-521 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-521. Claims — Filing — Notice to last employer

 (a) Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with rules the Director of the Division of Workforce Services prescribes.  (b)  (1)  (A) A notice of the filing of an initial claim shall be immediately mailed or posted online under subsection (c) of this section, or both, to the employing unit known to the claimant as his or her last employer.  (B) An employer notified under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section may choose to receive and respond to notice under this section through the mail or through the online program under subsection (c) of this section, or both.    (2)  (A) If a last employer fails to respond within ten (10) calendar days to a notice under this section, the last employer shall be deemed to have waived the right to respond.  (B) If a last employer's right to respond has been deemed waived under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section, the director may accept the statement given by the claimant as his or her reason for separation from the last employer and may base his or her determination on the statement given by the claimant.      (c) On or before January 1, 2012, the director shall make available on the website of the Division of Workforce Services a program that will allow employers the option to receive and respond to notice under this section.
AR Code § 11-10-525 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-525. Claims — Administrative appeal — Review by Board of Review

 (a) An appeal filed by any party shall be allowed as of right if the determination was not affirmed by the appeal tribunal.  (b) The Board of Review, on its own motion and within the time specified in § 11-10-524, may initiate a review of the decision of an appeal tribunal or determination of a special examiner or may allow an appeal from the decision on application filed within the time by any party entitled to notice of the decision.  (c)  (1) Upon review on its own motion or upon appeal and on the basis of evidence previously submitted in the case, or upon the basis of any additional evidence as it may direct be taken, the board may affirm, modify, reverse, dismiss, or remand the case.  (2) In cases where the board directs that additional evidence be taken in an appeal involving an intrastate claim, an in-person hearing shall be granted if requested by any interested party.    (d) The board shall promptly notify the parties to any proceeding before it of its decision, including its findings and conclusions in support of the decision.  (e) The decision shall be final unless within thirty (30) calendar days after the mailing of notice thereof to the parties' last known address or in the absence of the mailing, within thirty (30) calendar days after the delivery of the notice, a proceeding for judicial review is initiated pursuant to § 11-10-529.  (f) However, upon denial by the board of an application for appeal from the decision of an appeal tribunal, the decision of the appeal tribunal shall be deemed to be a decision of the board within the meaning of this section for purposes of judicial review and shall be subject to judicial review within the time and in the manner provided for with respect to decisions of the board, except that the time for initiating the review shall run from the date of notice of the order of the board denying the application for appeal.
AR Code § 11-10-526 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-526. Claims — Administrative appeal — Procedure

 (a)  (1) The Board of Review, appeal tribunal, and special examiners shall not be bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence or by technical rules of procedure, but any hearing or appeal before the tribunals shall be conducted in such manner as to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties.  (2) In like manner as provided at § 11-10-307(a) for the adopting, amending, or rescinding of general rules by the Director of the Division of Workforce Services, the board may adopt reasonable rules governing the manner of filing appeals, the conduct of hearings, and other appellate procedures, consistent with this chapter.    (b) Hearings on appeals before an appeals tribunal or before the board shall not be held sooner than five (5) days from the date of the mailing of notice thereof to the parties to the appeal.  (c) When the same or substantially similar evidence is relevant and material to the matters in issue in claims by more than one (1) individual or in claims by a single individual with respect to two (2) or more weeks of unemployment, the same time and place for considering each claim may be fixed, hearings jointly conducted, a single record of the proceedings made, and evidence introduced with respect to one (1) proceeding considered as introduced in the others, provided that in the judgment of the examiner or tribunal having jurisdiction of the proceeding, consolidation would not be prejudicial to any party.  (d) No person shall participate on behalf of the director or the board in any case in which he or she has a direct or indirect interest.  (e) A record shall be kept of all testimony and proceedings before special examiners or in connection with an appeal, but the testimony need not be transcribed unless further review is initiated.  (f) Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to §§ 11-10-520 — 11-10-532 shall be allowed fees at a rate fixed by the director, and fees of witnesses subpoenaed on behalf of the director or any claimant shall be deemed part of the expense of administering this chapter.
AR Code § 11-10-527 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-527. Claims — Conclusiveness of determinations and decisions

 (a) Except insofar as reconsideration of any determination is had under the provisions of § 11-10-522, any right, fact, or matter in issue, directly passed upon or necessarily involved in a determination or redetermination that has become final, or in a decision on appeal under §§ 11-10-523 — 11-10-530 that has become final, shall be conclusive for all the purposes of this chapter as between the Director of the Division of Workforce Services, the claimant, and all employing units who had notice of the determination, redetermination, or decision.  (b) Subject to appeal proceedings and judicial review as provided in §§ 11-10-520 — 11-10-532, any determination, redetermination, or decision as to rights to benefits shall be conclusive for all the purposes of this chapter and shall not be subject to collateral attack by any employing unit, irrespective of notice.
AR Code § 11-10-528 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-528. Claims — Administrative appeal — Rule of decision

 (a) The final decisions of the Board of Review or of an appeal tribunal, and the principles of law declared by it in arriving at the decisions, unless expressly or impliedly overruled by a later decision of the board or by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be binding upon the Director of the Division of Workforce Services and any examiner or appeal tribunal in subsequent proceedings which involve similar questions of law.  (b)  (1) However, if in connection with any subsequent proceeding, the director, an examiner, or appeal tribunal has serious doubt as to the correctness of any principle so declared, then they may certify their findings of fact in the case, together with the question of law involved, to the board.  (2) After giving notice and reasonable opportunity for hearing upon the law to all parties to the proceedings, the board shall certify to the director, the examiner, or appeal tribunal and the parties its answer to the question submitted.    (c) If the question thus certified to the board arises in connection with a claim for benefits, the board in its discretion may remove to itself the entire proceedings on the claim. After proceeding in accordance with the requirements of §§ 11-10-523 — 11-10-530 with respect to proceedings before an appeal tribunal, the board shall render its decision upon the entire claim.  (d) Any decision made under this section after removal of the proceeding upon a claim to the board shall have the effect of a decision under § 11-10-525 and shall be subject to judicial review within the same time and to the same extent.
AR Code § 11-10-530 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-530. Claims — Administrative appeal — Representation

 (a) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall be a party entitled to notice in any proceeding involving a claim for benefits before a special examiner, an appeal tribunal, or the Board of Review.  (b) In any proceeding for judicial review pursuant to § 11-10-529, the director may be represented by any qualified attorney employed by the director and designated by him or her for that purpose, or at the director's request by the Attorney General.
AR Code § 11-10-531 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-531. Claims — Payment of benefits

 (a) Benefits shall be paid promptly in accordance with an initial determination or redetermination that the benefits are due or in accordance with a subsequent decision by any appellate tribunal, board, or court that the benefits are due.  (b) The pendency of an appeal shall not of itself suspend or stay the payment of benefits once they have been determined to be due.  (c) Benefits determined to be due shall remain payable during any appeal until the determination has been modified or reversed by a subsequent decision or redetermination, in which case payment of benefits shall be suspended until such time as benefits might later be determined or decided to be due.
AR Code § 11-10-533 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-533. Claims — Investigation of claims filed by state employees

 (a) The Division of Workforce Services shall investigate all claims for benefits filed by state employees whether or not the employing state agency lodges a protest to the payment of the benefits.  (b) The investigation shall result in a determination of the eligibility of the employee for payment of benefits.
AR Code § 11-10-535 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-535. Extended benefits — Effect of provisions relating to regular benefits

 Except when the result would be inconsistent with the other provisions of this section, as provided in the rules of the Director of the Division of Workforce Services, the provisions of this chapter which apply to claims for, or the payment of, regular benefits shall apply to claims for, and the payment of, extended benefits.
AR Code § 11-10-536 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-536. Extended benefits — Eligibility

 An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with respect to any week of unemployment in his or her eligibility period only if the Director of the Division of Workforce Services finds that with respect to that week:   (1) He or she is an exhaustee as defined in § 11-10-534(3);  (2) He or she has satisfied the requirements of §§ 11-10-534 — 11-10-543 for the receipt of regular benefits that are applicable to individuals claiming extended benefits, including not being subject to a disqualification for the receipt of benefits; and  (3)  (A) He or she was paid wages that exceeded forty (40) times his or her weekly benefit amount during the base period that established his or her last benefit year for the receipt of regular benefits;  (B) He or she has one and one-half (1½) times his or her insured wages in the calendar quarter of the base period in which his or her insured wages were the highest; or  (C) He or she has provided evidence of twenty (20) weeks of full-time insured employment in the base period that served as the basis for his or her extended benefits claim.
AR Code § 11-10-537 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-537. Extended benefits — Weekly amount

 The weekly extended benefit amount payable to an individual for a week of total unemployment in his or her eligibility period shall be an amount equal to the weekly benefit amount payable to him or her during his or her applicable benefit year.
AR Code § 11-10-538 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-538. Extended benefits — Total amount

 (a) The total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to his or her applicable benefit year shall be the least of the following amounts:  (1) Fifty percent (50%) of the total amount of regular benefits which are payable to him or her under this chapter in his or her applicable benefit year; or  (2) Thirteen (13) times his or her weekly benefit amount which was payable to him or her under this chapter for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year.    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of §§ 11-10-534 — 11-10-543, or of any federal law, including the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Pub. L. No. 97-35, if the benefit year of an adversely affected worker covered by a certification under Subchapter A, Chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, ends within an extended benefit period, the number of weeks of extended benefits that the worker would, but for this section, be entitled to in that extended benefit period shall be reduced but not below zero by the number of weeks for which the worker was entitled, during such benefit year, to trade readjustment allowances under Part I, Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974. For purposes of this section, the terms “benefit year” and “extended benefit period” shall have the same respective meanings given to them in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.
AR Code § 11-10-539 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 10 - Division of Workforce Services Law|Subchapter 5 - Benefits Generally|§ 11-10-539. Extended benefits — Period and computations

 (a) Whenever an extended benefit period is to become effective in this state as a result of a state “on” indicator or an extended benefit period is to be terminated in this state as a result of a state “off” indicator, the Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall have published an appropriate notice in newspapers of general circulation in the state.  (b) Whenever during a period when emergency unemployment compensation benefits are being paid under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 or under any subsequent extension or reenactment thereof, the state “on” indicator, as defined in § 11-10-534, triggers on a period of extended benefits, the Governor may elect not to implement the applicable state statutory provisions relative to unemployment compensation, including, but not limited to, §§ 11-10-534 — 11-10-543, and to continue the payment of benefits under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 to those individuals who have exhausted their entitlement to regular unemployment compensation under state law.  (c) Computations required by the provisions of § 11-10-534(8) shall be made by the director in accordance with regulations prescribed by the United States Secretary of Labor.