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AR Code § 11-11-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-214. Investigation of license applicant by director

 (a) Upon filing of an application for a license as provided in this subchapter, the Director of the Division of Labor shall cause an investigation to be made regarding the character, business integrity, and financial responsibility of the license applicant.  (b) The director shall also determine the suitability or unsuitability of the applicant's proposed office location.  (c) An application for an employment agency's, agency manager's, or employment counselor's license shall be rejected by the director if it is found that any person named in the license application is not of good moral character, business integrity, or financial responsibility or if there is good and sufficient reason within the meaning and purpose of this subchapter for rejecting the application.
AR Code § 11-11-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-215. Employment agency license — Scope — Change of license

 (a)  (1) An employment agent's license issued pursuant to this subchapter shall protect only those persons to whom it is issued and only the location for which it is issued.  (2) A separate license shall be required for each separate office location operated by an employment agency.  (3) No license shall be valid to protect any business transacted under any name other than that designated in the license.    (b) No employment agent shall permit any person not mentioned in the license or license application to become a member, officer, director, shareholder, or partner in the conduct of the business of the employment agent unless written consent of the Director of the Division of Labor and written consent of the surety on the bond required by this subchapter shall first be obtained.  (c) The location of an employment agency shall not be changed without written consent from the Director of the Division of Labor, and a new license application shall be required for any change of office location in excess of twenty-five (25) miles.  (d) A charge of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be made by the Division of Labor for the recording of authorization for each change of office location authorized by this section.
AR Code § 11-11-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-216. Examination for licenses

 (a)  (1)  (A) Before the Director of the Division of Labor issues a license to an applicant for a permanent employment agent's, permanent agency manager's, or permanent counselor's license, the applicant shall be required to successfully complete a written examination prepared by the director.  (B) The examination shall establish the competency of the applicant to:  (i) Operate and conduct an employment agency; or  (ii) Perform service as an agency manager or counselor for the agency.      (2) No examination shall be required for renewal of any license issued pursuant to this subchapter unless the license has been suspended, revoked, or submitted late, causing the application to be treated as a new application.    (b) The Division of Labor shall hold examinations at such times and places as it shall reasonably determine, except that examinations shall be given to license applicants at least once every sixty (60) days.  (c)  (1) An examination fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid by each applicant in addition to the license fee.  (2) The examination fee shall be retained by the division, whether or not the applicant successfully completes the examination.  (3) The examination fee shall be forfeited if the applicant does not take the examination within three (3) months of the application date.
AR Code § 11-11-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-217. License fees

 (a) Before a permanent license shall be granted to a license applicant, an applicant shall pay the following annual fee for each license:  (1) Two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for an employment agency;  (2) Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for an employment agency manager; and  (3) Twenty dollars ($20.00) for an employment counselor.    (b) Multiple licenses for a person simultaneously performing the functions of employment agent, agency manager, or employment counselor will not be required. The person shall procure a license commensurate with the highest level of job duties and responsibilities customarily and regularly performed by the person.  (c) All moneys received from licensing shall be deposited into the general fund of the State Treasury.
AR Code § 11-11-218 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-218. Temporary licenses

 (a)  (1) The Director of the Division of Labor shall have authority to issue a temporary license for operation of a private employment agency, which shall be valid for no more than ninety (90) days, upon submission by the applicant for the license of:  (A) A properly completed application form furnished and approved by the director;  (B) Submission of evidence of the applicant's compliance with the bonding requirements of this subchapter; and  (C) Payment of a temporary license fee of one hundred dollars ($100).    (2) The temporary license may be issued only if, after investigation, it reasonably appears that the applicant will meet the qualifications for a permanent private employment agency license.    (b)  (1) The director shall have authority to issue temporary licenses for agency managers and employment counselors, which shall be valid for no more than ninety (90) days, upon submission by the applicant for such license of:  (A) A properly completed application form, furnished and approved by the director; and  (B) Payment of a temporary license fee of ten dollars ($10.00).    (2) The temporary licenses for agency managers and employment counselors may be issued only if, after investigation, it reasonably appears that the applicant will meet the qualifications for a permanent license as agency manager or employment counselor.  (3) Temporary licenses issued to agency managers and employment counselors are nontransferable and are automatically rescinded upon suspension or termination of the employment of the agency manager or employment counselor.  (4) The director shall approve or reject an application for a temporary agency manager's license or temporary employment counselor's license within five (5) days after receipt of a properly completed application for the license.
AR Code § 11-11-219 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-219. Renewal of licenses

 (a) Every license issued pursuant to this subchapter shall remain in force for one (1) year from the date of issue or until the end of the state's fiscal year, whichever occurs first, unless the license has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) Applications for renewal of all licenses provided by this subchapter must be filed with the Director of the Division of Labor no later than thirty (30) days prior to expiration of the license.  (c) Any licensee who fails to renew a license by the expiration date shall be automatically suspended from the right to engage in the activity authorized by the license until the license is renewed.  (d) Every application for renewal of a license must be accompanied by payment of the required license fee and evidence of compliance with the bonding requirements of this subchapter.
AR Code § 11-11-220 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-220. Cessation of business by licensee

 (a)  (1) If an employment agent ceases business operations, the agent shall, as soon as reasonably possible, notify the Division of Labor and shall deliver or forward by mail the agent's license to the division. Failure to give notice, or failure to deliver such employment agent's license, shall be a violation of § 11-11-208.  (2)  (A) When one (1) or more individuals, on the basis of whose qualifications an agency license has been obtained, ceases to be connected with the licensed business for any reason whatsoever, the agency business may be carried on for a temporary period not to exceed thirty (30) days, under such terms and conditions as the Director of the Division of Labor shall provide by rule for the orderly closing of the business or the replacement and qualification of a new member, partner, or corporate officer, director, or shareholder.  (B) The agency's authorization to continue to do business under this subchapter beyond the thirty-day period provided in this subdivision (a)(2) shall be contingent upon approval by the Director of the Division of Labor of any new member, principal, partner, officer, director, or shareholder.      (b)  (1) If an agency manager terminates his or her employment with an employment agency by which he or she is employed, the agency shall notify the division, as soon as is reasonably possible, to enable the division to know at all times the identity of the person charged with the general management of each of the agency's office locations.  (2) The employment agency shall also deliver or forward by mail the agency manager's license, together with the reasons why the agency manager has terminated his or her position with the employment agency.    (c) If an employment counselor terminates his or her employment with the employment agency by which he or she is employed, the agency shall, as soon as is reasonably possible, notify the division and deliver or forward by mail the employment counselor's license to the division, together with the reasons for his or her termination.
AR Code § 11-11-221 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-221. Issuance, refusal, suspension, or revocation of license — Grounds

 (a) The Director of the Division of Labor shall issue a license as an employment agent, agency manager, or counselor to any person who qualifies for the license under the terms of this subchapter.  (b) The director may, in addition, refuse to issue a license to any person or may suspend or revoke the license of any employment agent, agency manager, or employment counselor or impose administrative fines as provided for in § 11-11-203 when the director finds that any of the following conditions exist:  (1) That the employment agent, agency manager, or counselor has violated any of the provisions of this subchapter;  (2) That the employment agent, agency manager, or counselor has violated any of the rules or other orders lawfully promulgated by the director;  (3) That the employment agent, agency manager, or counselor has violated the conditions of the bond required by § 11-11-213;  (4) That the person, employment agent, agency manager, or employment counselor has engaged in a fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest practice;  (5) That the person, employment agent, agency manager, or employment counselor has been legally adjudicated incompetent; or  (6) That the applicant is for good and sufficient cause unfit to be an employment agent, agency manager, or employment counselor within the meaning of this subchapter or of any of the rules or orders lawfully promulgated by the director.    (c) This section and § 11-11-222 shall not be construed to relieve any person from civil liability or from criminal prosecution under the provisions of this subchapter or under other laws of this state.
AR Code § 11-11-222 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-222. Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license — Notice and hearing

 (a)  (1) The Director of the Division of Labor may not refuse to issue a license or suspend or revoke a license unless it furnishes the person, employment agent, agency manager, or employment counselor with a written statement of the charges against him or her and affords him or her an opportunity to be heard on the charges.  (2) At the time that written charges are furnished to an employment agency, the director shall make available to the agency a signed written statement by any individual having filed a complaint with the director relative to the matter for which charges have been filed by the director.  (3) The agency shall be given at least twenty (20) days’ written notice of the date and time of the hearing. The notice shall conform to the standards for notices set forth in the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.  (4) The notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address of the person as shown on his or her application for license, or it may be served in the manner in which a summons is served in civil cases commenced in the circuit courts of this state.    (b)  (1) At the time and place fixed for the hearing, the director shall hold the hearing and thereafter make his or her order either dismissing the charges or refusing, suspending, or revoking the license.  (2)  (A) At the hearing, the accused shall have the right to appear personally and by counsel and to cross-examine witnesses against him or her.  (B)  (i) He or she shall be allowed to produce evidence and witnesses in his or her defense and shall have the right to have witnesses subpoenaed.  (ii) The subpoenas shall be issued by the director.        (c)  (1) A stenographic record of all proceedings shall be made, and a transcript of the proceedings shall be made if desired by the Division of Labor or by the accused.  (2) The transcript shall be paid for by the party ordering it.
AR Code § 11-11-224 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-224. Deceptive practices

 (a) No employment agent shall publish or cause to be published any fraudulent or misleading notice or advertisement of the employment agency by means of cards, circulars, or signs or in newspapers or other publications.  (b) All letterheads, receipts, and blanks shall contain the full name and address of the employment agency, and the licensee shall state in all notices and advertisements the fact that the licensee is or conducts a private employment agency.  (c) No employment agency shall print, publish, or paint on any sign or window or insert in any newspaper or publication a name similar to that of the Arkansas State Employment Service or any other governmental agency.  (d) No employment agency shall print or stamp on any receipt or on any contract used by the agency any part of this subchapter unless the entire section from which the part is taken is printed or stamped thereon.  (e) No employment agency shall allow any person in its employment to use any names other than their legal names in the course of and in respect to their employment with the agency.  (f) No employment agency or its employees or agents shall give any information or make any representation to any applicant, where the agency or its employees or agents know or reasonably should know that the information or representation is false.  (g) No employment agency or its employees or agents shall knowingly withhold from a job applicant any information material to a job to which that applicant is referred.  (h) No employment agent or its agents or employees shall engage in any conduct in the course of its business that constitutes a fraudulent, dishonest, or deceptive practice, whether or not the conduct is prohibited by this subchapter.  (i) No contracts, forms, or schedules used by employment agencies in their dealings with the public shall contain any false, ambiguous, or misleading information.
AR Code § 11-11-226 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-226. Designation of manager required

 (a) Every employment agency shall designate an agency manager at each office location of that agency, who shall be responsible for the general management, administration, and operation of that office location.  (b) The agency manager must comply with the licensing requirements of §§ 11-11-210 — 11-11-212, 11-11-214, 11-11-217, 11-11-218, 11-11-220(a)(1) and (b), and 11-11-226.  (c) Every employment agency must maintain an agency manager at each of its office locations.
AR Code § 11-11-227 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-227. Fee restrictions and requirements

 (a) When employment lasts less than ninety (90) calendar days, regardless of the reason, no employment agency may charge an employee a fee of more than one-ninetieth (1/90th) of the permanent placement fee for each calendar day of the employment. Under no circumstances shall the fee exceed twenty percent (20%) of an employee's actual gross earnings if employment lasts less than thirty (30) days or forty percent (40%) of an employee's actual gross earnings if employment lasts more than thirty (30) days but less than ninety (90) days.  (b)  (1) When a promissory note is used by the agency, it shall be clearly identified as such and shall not be executed until the placement is made.  (2) The defense of no or insufficient consideration shall be good as against a holder of any such employment agency fee note.    (c)  (1) When a dispute concerning a fee exists, the Division of Labor may conduct an investigation to determine all of the facts concerning the dispute. Thereafter, the Director of the Division of Labor shall issue a decision and order resolving the dispute.  (2) Any person aggrieved by this decision and order may obtain review of this decision and order pursuant to § 11-11-222.    (d)  (1) Any schedule of fees to be charged by an employment agency for its services shall be furnished to all applicants upon making application with the agency.  (2)  (A) The forms, fee schedules, and contracts utilized by an employment agency shall contain no ambiguous, false, or misleading information.  (B) No contract or fee schedule shall contain smaller than eight-point type.      (e)  (1) All fee schedules used in the business of an employment agency must be furnished to job applicants and fee-paying employers and shall state in dollars and cents the amount of any fee charged by the agency for its services.  (2) Percentages shall not be used by agencies in schedules of fees to be charged for their services, except when the annual salary for a job is twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) or more.    (f) It shall be unlawful for any employment agency to impose, enforce, collect, or receive a fee for performance of any service for a job applicant, or for a prospective employer, unless the agency makes every reasonable effort to disclose the exact dollar amount of the fee to the applicant or prospective employer prior to commencement of employment of an applicant by an employer.  (g) Nothing in this section or this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit an employment agency from contracting with an employer on a fee-paid basis to pay the fee for the placement services for an employee without an actual job placement or to prohibit an agency from charging a fee to an employer for a retained services contract to search for applicants for an employer without an actual job placement.
AR Code § 11-11-228 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-228. Filing of fee schedule, forms, and contracts required

 (a) It shall be the duty of every employment agency to file with the Division of Labor a schedule of all fees, charges, and commissions that the agency expects to charge and collect for its service, together with a copy of all forms and contracts to be used in dealings with the public in the operation of its business.  (b) The fee schedules, contracts, and forms shall be filed with the division on the date of the agency's application for initial or renewal licensing under this subchapter.  (c) Any amendments or supplements to fee schedules, contracts, or forms filed with the division must be filed at least fifteen (15) days before the amendment or supplement is to become effective.  (d) It shall be unlawful for any employment agency to charge, demand, collect, or receive a greater compensation for any service performed by the agency than is specified in fee schedules filed with the division or than is specified by this subchapter.
AR Code § 11-11-229 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 11 - Employment Offices and Agencies|Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies|§ 11-11-229. Records required

 (a) It shall be the duty of every employment agency to keep a complete record of all orders for employees that are received from prospective employers. This record shall contain the date when the order was received, the name and address of the employer seeking the services of an employee, the name of the individual placing the order, the duties of the position to be filled, the qualifications required of the employee, the salary or wages to be paid, and the probable duration of the job.  (b) It shall be the duty of every employment agency to keep a complete record of each applicant who is referred by the agency to an employer for a job interview. This record shall contain the date when the applicant was referred to a prospective employer for a job or interview, the name of the applicant, and the name of the firm to whom the applicant is referred.  (c)  (1) It shall be the duty of every employment agency to keep a complete register called a “business transaction record”, which shall consist of the name of the individual placed, the date of the placement, the name of the employer, the starting date of the position, the starting salary, the amount of the fee charged, and the remarks column.  (2) The remarks column will state the amount of any adjustment or refund made.    (d)  (1) Prior to referral of any person to a job or interview or prior to placement of any job advertisement, an employment agency must have a current bona fide job order.  (2) It shall be the duty of every employment agency to maintain a copy of any job advertisement and the job order pertaining to any advertisement in a readily available record.    (e) All of the records listed in this section shall be kept in the employment agency office and shall be open during office hours to inspection by the Division of Labor and its duly authorized agents.  (f) No employment agent or his or her employee shall knowingly make any false entry or omission in the records.
AR Code § 12-1-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-1-101. Recidivism reporting — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “recidivism” means a criminal act that results in the rearrest, reconviction, or return to incarceration of a person with or without a new sentence during a three-year period following the person's release from custody.  (b) An entity that makes a recidivism report under this title shall use the definition of recidivism in this section for purposes of the recidivism report.