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AR Code § 11-2-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 11-2-125. Relationship between franchisee and franchisor — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Franchise” means a continuing commercial relationship or arrangement in which the terms of the offer or contract specify or the franchise seller promises or represents, orally or in writing, that:  (A) The franchisee shall obtain the right to operate a business that is identified or associated with the franchisor's trademark, or to offer, sell, or distribute goods, services, or commodities that are identified or associated with the franchisor's trademark;  (B) The franchisor will exert or has authority to exert a significant degree of control over the franchisee's method of operation, or provide significant assistance in the franchisee's method of operation; and  (C) As a condition of obtaining or commencing operation of the franchise, the franchisee makes a required payment or commits to make a required payment to the franchisor or its affiliate;    (2) “Franchisee” means a person that is granted a franchise;  (3) “Franchisor” means a person that grants a franchise and participates in the franchise relationship; and  (4) “Subfranchisor” means a person that functions as a franchisor by engaging in both presale activities and postsale performance.    (b) Notwithstanding a voluntary agreement entered into between the United States Department of Labor and a franchisee, neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor or subfranchisor.
AR Code § 11-2-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Mediation and Conciliation Service Nondisclosure Act|§ 11-2-201. Title

 This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Mediation and Conciliation Service Nondisclosure Act”.
AR Code § 11-2-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Mediation and Conciliation Service Nondisclosure Act|§ 11-2-202. Policy

 It is declared to be the public policy of the State of Arkansas that the successful effectuation of the mission of the Arkansas Mediation and Conciliation Service requires that its mediators and employees maintain a reputation for impartiality and integrity. Labor and management or other interested parties participating in mediation efforts must have the assurance and confidence that information disclosed to mediators and other employees of the service will not subsequently be divulged, either voluntarily or by compulsion, even after the individual is no longer connected with the service.
AR Code § 11-2-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Mediation and Conciliation Service Nondisclosure Act|§ 11-2-203. Definition

 For the purpose of this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the term “person” means one (1) or more individuals, joint ventures, partnerships, associations, corporations, states, municipalities, business trusts, legal representatives, or any organized group of employees.
AR Code § 11-2-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Mediation and Conciliation Service Nondisclosure Act|§ 11-2-204. Records and information confidential

 (a) All files, reports, letters, memoranda, minutes, documents, or other papers in the official custody of the Arkansas Mediation and Conciliation Service or any of its employees, or any other information, whether written or not, obtained in the course of any employee's official duties, relating to or acquired in its or their official activities under the labor laws of the state or the rules lawfully promulgated by the Director of the Division of Labor, are confidential.  (b) No confidential records or information shall be disclosed to any unauthorized person or be taken or withdrawn, copied, or removed from the custody of the service or its employees or former employees by any person or by any agent or representative of the person without the prior written consent of the representatives of both parties to the dispute involved.  (c) All information and material prepared or received by officers or employees shall be held in strictest confidence.  (d) Papers, reports, and copies thereof pertaining to or a part of dispute case files are not personal property but are the property of the state.  (e) Officers or employees terminating their connection with the service shall not be allowed to either keep or obtain copies of dispute case material or other official papers. Furthermore, all information, whether written or not, obtained in the course of their official duties must, after termination of their connection with the service, be treated by former employees with the same confidentiality as if they were still connected with the service.
AR Code § 11-2-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Mediation and Conciliation Service Nondisclosure Act|§ 11-2-205. Compliance with subpoenas

 (a) No officer, employee, former employee, or other person officially connected or formerly officially connected to the Arkansas Mediation and Conciliation Service shall produce or present any confidential records of the service or testify in behalf of any party to any cause pending in any arbitration or other proceedings or court or before any board, commission, committee, tribunal, investigatory body, or administrative agency of the United States or of any state, territory, the District of Columbia, or the state or any municipality or political subdivision thereof with respect to facts or other matters coming to his or her knowledge in his or her official capacity, whether in answer to an order, subpoena duces tecum, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the representatives of both parties to the dispute.  (b)  (1) Whenever any subpoena or subpoena duces tecum calling for confidential records or testimony as described in subsection (a) of this section has been served upon any officer, employee, or other person, he or she will appear in answer thereto and, unless otherwise expressly agreed to by the representatives of both parties to the dispute, respectfully decline, by reason of this section, to produce or present the confidential records or to give testimony.  (2) Immediately upon receipt of the subpoena, the mediator or former mediator or employee should contact the Director of the Division of Labor, who shall immediately notify the staff attorneys of the Department of Labor and Licensing of the state to ensure that the procedures set forth in this subchapter will be followed. The director then shall instruct the staff attorneys to appear in behalf of the mediator and protect the service from any disclosure that violates the provisions contained in this subchapter.    (c) In the event that the court insists that the mediator testify or produce documents, the staff attorneys of the department shall be further instructed to take immediate steps to procure the release of the mediator pending an appeal from the court's decision.
AR Code § 11-2-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Mediation and Conciliation Service Nondisclosure Act|§ 11-2-206. Judicial review

 (a)  (1) The mediator or the Director of the Division of Labor on his or her behalf or the Attorney General on his or her behalf may obtain a review of the order requiring him or her to testify.  (2) The review may be obtained by filing in the Supreme Court, within thirty (30) days following the issuance of the order, a written petition praying that the order be modified or set aside.  (3) A copy of the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the Clerk of the Supreme Court to the clerk of the court issuing the order to testify or to produce documents and to the other parties, and thereupon that clerk shall file in the Supreme Court the record in the proceedings.    (b)  (1) Upon filing, the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction of the proceeding and of the question determined therein.  (2) The Supreme Court shall have power to grant such temporary relief or restraining order as it deems just and proper and to make and enter upon the pleadings, testimony, and proceedings set forth in the record a decree affirming, modifying, or setting aside, in whole or in part, the order of the court issuing its order to the mediator to testify or to produce and enforcing the order to the extent that it is affirmed or modified.
AR Code § 11-3-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Labor Relations and Practices|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 11-3-101. Soliciting advertising in name of labor organization

 (a)  (1) Any person, firm, or corporation soliciting advertising in the State of Arkansas in the name of, on behalf of, or claiming to represent bona fide labor organizations shall, prior to the soliciting thereof, file with the Secretary of State a surety bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned that the person, firm, or corporation will well and truly perform any and all contracts entered into between the person, firm, or corporation and any person, firm, or corporation within the state.  (2) The person, firm, or corporation shall further file with the Secretary of State credentials from the organization the person, firm, or corporation represents, signed by the president and secretary and bearing the official seal of the organization.  (3) The bond shall be for the benefit of any person, firm, or corporation who or which has failed to receive any advertising contracted for.    (b) Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the person, firm, or corporation shall be fined in any sum not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
AR Code § 11-3-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Labor Relations and Practices|Subchapter 2 - Hiring Practices|§ 11-3-201. Enticing away laborer prohibited — Penalty

 (a) If any person shall interfere with, entice away, knowingly employ, or induce a laborer who has contracted with another person for a specified time to leave his or her employer before the expiration of his or her contract without the consent of the employer, then, upon conviction before any justice of the peace or circuit court, he or she shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).  (b) In addition, he or she shall be liable to the employer for all advances made by him or her to the laborer by virtue of his or her contract, whether verbal or written, with the laborer and for all damages that he or she may have sustained by reason thereof.
AR Code § 11-3-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Labor Relations and Practices|Subchapter 2 - Hiring Practices|§ 11-3-202. False statements or blacklists to prevent employment prohibited

 (a)  (1) In this state, every person who shall send or deliver, make or cause to be made for the purpose of being delivered or sent, part with the possession of any paper, letter, or writing, with or without a name signed thereto, sign with a fictitious name, or with any letter, mark, or other designation, or publish or cause to be published any false statement for the purpose of preventing another person from obtaining employment in this state or elsewhere shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor.  (2) Every person who shall blacklist any person by writing, printing, or publishing, or causing any of these things to be done, the name or any mark or designation representing the name of any person in any paper, pamphlet, circular, or book, together with any false statement concerning the person so named, or shall publish that anyone is a member of any secret organization, for the purpose of preventing that other person from securing employment, shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor.  (3) Any person who shall do any of the things mentioned in this section for the purpose of causing the discharge of any person employed by any railroad or other company, corporation, or individual shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor.    (b) A person convicted shall be fined in the sum of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned in the county jail for twelve (12) months, or both fined and imprisoned.
AR Code § 11-3-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Labor Relations and Practices|Subchapter 2 - Hiring Practices|§ 11-3-203. Medical examination as condition for employment

 (a)  (1) It is unlawful for any person, partnership, association, or corporation, either for himself or herself or in a representative or fiduciary capacity, to require any employee or applicant for employment, as a condition of employment or continued employment, to submit to or take a physical, medical examination, or drug test unless the physical, medical examination, or drug test is provided at no cost to the employee or applicant for employment and unless a true and correct copy, either original or duplicate original, of the examiner's report of the physical, medical examination, or drug test is furnished free of charge to the applicant or employee upon a written request of the applicant or employee.  (2) It shall further be unlawful for any person, partnership, association, or corporation to require any employee or applicant for employment to pay, either directly or indirectly, any part of the cost of the physical, medical examination, drug test, report, or copy of the report.  (3) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1) of this section, if an employee tests positive for an illegal drug as defined by rule of the Division of Labor, the employer and employee may agree in writing who will bear the cost of future drug tests or screens required as a condition of continued employment.    (b) Each and every violation of any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine in any amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).  (c) The Director of the Division of Labor shall administer and enforce this section, including without limitation, by:  (1) Adopting administrative rules; and  (2) Demanding payment and seeking recovery in a court of competent jurisdiction for charges, fees, wage deductions, or other payments made by employees as a result of an employer's violation of this section.    (d) This section does not change the definition of “medical examination” under any other state or federal statute.
AR Code § 11-3-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Labor Relations and Practices|Subchapter 2 - Hiring Practices|§ 11-3-205. Private employers — Leave for bone marrow or organ donation — Withholding tax credit

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Bone marrow donor” means a person from whose body bone marrow is taken to be transferred to the body of another person;  (2) “Organ” means a human organ that is capable of being transferred from the body of a person to the body of another person, including eyes;  (3) “Organ donor” means a person from whose body an organ is taken to be transferred to the body of another person; and  (4)  (A) “Private employer” means a sole proprietor, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity with one (1) or more employees.  (B) “Private employer” does not include a municipality, county, state agency, institution of higher education, or other public employer.      (b)  (1) In addition to any medical, personal, or other paid leave provided by the employer, a private employer shall grant an employee an unpaid leave of absence to allow the employee to serve as an organ donor or a bone marrow donor if the employee requests a leave of absence in writing.  (2) The length of the leave of absence shall be equal to the time requested by the employee or ninety (90) days, whichever is less.  (3) A private employer may grant a paid or unpaid leave of absence for a length of time greater than ninety (90) days.    (c)  (1) If a private employer agrees to pay the employee's regular salary or wages during the leave of absence required under subsection (b) of this section, then the private employer is entitled to a credit against the private employer's Arkansas withholding tax liability.  (2)  (A) The amount of the credit provided in subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the regular salary or wages paid to the employee while the employee was on a leave of absence required under subsection (b) of this section.  (B) However, if the private employer grants the employee a leave of absence greater than ninety (90) days, the credit provided under this subsection shall be limited to the regular salary or wages paid during the first ninety (90) days of the leave of absence.    (3) The credit shall be taken within one (1) year of the date upon which the leave required under subsection (b) of this section begins.    (d) This section shall not apply if the employee is eligible for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.
AR Code § 11-3-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Labor Relations and Practices|Subchapter 2 - Hiring Practices|§ 11-3-206. Copies of employee background checks

 Upon the request of an employee or an applicant for employment, an employer that receives background check information regarding an employee or an applicant for employment shall provide a copy of the background check information to the employee or applicant for employment.
AR Code § 11-3-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Labor Relations and Practices|Subchapter 3 - Right to Work|§ 11-3-301. Policy

 Freedom of organized labor to bargain collectively and freedom of unorganized labor to bargain individually is declared to be the public policy of the state under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 34.
AR Code § 11-3-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Labor Relations and Practices|Subchapter 3 - Right to Work|§ 11-3-302. Enforcement

 The power and duty to enforce this subchapter is conferred upon and vested in the circuit court of the county in which any person, group of persons, firm, corporation, unincorporated association, labor organization, or representatives thereof who violate this subchapter, or any part hereof, reside or have a place of business or may be found and served with process.
AR Code § 11-3-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Labor Relations and Practices|Subchapter 3 - Right to Work|§ 11-3-303. Union affiliation or nonaffiliation not to be condition of employment

 No person shall be denied employment because of membership in or affiliation with a labor union, nor shall any person be denied employment because of failure or refusal to join or affiliate with a labor union, nor shall any person, unless he or she shall voluntarily consent in writing to do so, be compelled to pay dues or any other monetary consideration to any labor organization as a prerequisite to, condition of, or continuance of employment.
AR Code § 11-3-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Labor Relations and Practices|Subchapter 3 - Right to Work|§ 11-3-304. Contracts to exclude persons from employment prohibited

 (a) No person, group of persons, firm, corporation, association, or labor organization shall enter into any contract to exclude from employment:  (1) Persons who are members of, or affiliated with, a labor union;  (2) Persons who are not members of, or who fail or refuse to join or affiliate with, a labor union; and  (3) Persons who, having joined a labor union, have resigned their membership or have been discharged, expelled, or excluded.    (b)  (1) Any person, group of persons, firm, corporation, association, labor organization, or representatives thereof, either for themselves or others, who sign, approve, or enter into a contract contrary to the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the person, group of persons, firm, corporation, association, labor organization, or representatives thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).  (2) Each day that the unlawful contract is given effect, or in any manner complied with, shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be punishable as such as provided in this section.
AR Code § 11-3-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Labor Relations and Practices|Subchapter 4 - Labor Disputes|§ 11-3-401. Prevention of lawful employment prohibited

 (a)  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person by the use or threat of the use of force or violence to prevent or attempt to prevent any person from engaging in any lawful vocation within this state.  (2) Any person guilty of violating this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by confinement in the Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year nor more than two (2) years.    (b)  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person acting in concert with one (1) or more other persons to assemble at or near any place where a labor dispute exists and by force or violence prevent or attempt to prevent any person from engaging in any lawful vocation.  (2) It shall also be unlawful for any person acting either by himself or herself or as a member of any group or organization or acting in concert with one (1) or more other persons to promote, encourage, or aid any such unlawful assemblage.  (3) Any person guilty of violating this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by confinement in the Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year nor more than two (2) years.    (c) The term “labor dispute” as used in this section shall include any controversy between an employer and two (2) or more employees concerning the terms or conditions of employment or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment.  (d) The provisions of this section shall be cumulative of all other existing criminal laws of this state upon the same subject, and in the event of a conflict between existing articles and the provisions of this section, then and in that event, the provisions, offenses, and punishments set forth herein shall prevail over the existing articles.