Ark. Code Ann. § 21-1-608
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(a) A public employer shall use appropriate means to notify its public employees of their protection and obligations under this subchapter. (b) (1) A public employer shall post in a conspicuous place a printed sign at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (81/2" x 11") in size that: (A) Informs a public employee of the provisions of this subchapter; (B) Describes an appropriate authority to whom the public employee may communicate in good faith regarding the existence of waste or of a violation; and (C) If a telephone hotline exists for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government, contains the number of the telephone hotline. (2) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall: (A) Prepare the printed sign under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and (B) Make the sign available electronically on its internet website in a format that allows it to be printed by a public employer for posting in compliance with subdivision (b)(1) of this section. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1103,§ 3, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 1999, No. 1523, § 8.
(a) A public employer shall use appropriate means to notify its public employees of their protection and obligations under this subchapter.
(b) (1) A public employer shall post in a conspicuous place a printed sign at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (81/2" x 11") in size that: (A) Informs a public employee of the provisions of this subchapter; (B) Describes an appropriate authority to whom the public employee may communicate in good faith regarding the existence of waste or of a violation; and (C) If a telephone hotline exists for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government, contains the number of the telephone hotline. (2) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall: (A) Prepare the printed sign under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and (B) Make the sign available electronically on its internet website in a format that allows it to be printed by a public employer for posting in compliance with subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(1) A public employer shall post in a conspicuous place a printed sign at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (81/2" x 11") in size that: (A) Informs a public employee of the provisions of this subchapter; (B) Describes an appropriate authority to whom the public employee may communicate in good faith regarding the existence of waste or of a violation; and (C) If a telephone hotline exists for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government, contains the number of the telephone hotline.
(A) Informs a public employee of the provisions of this subchapter;
(B) Describes an appropriate authority to whom the public employee may communicate in good faith regarding the existence of waste or of a violation; and
(C) If a telephone hotline exists for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government, contains the number of the telephone hotline.
(2) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall: (A) Prepare the printed sign under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and (B) Make the sign available electronically on its internet website in a format that allows it to be printed by a public employer for posting in compliance with subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(A) Prepare the printed sign under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and
(B) Make the sign available electronically on its internet website in a format that allows it to be printed by a public employer for posting in compliance with subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 1103,§ 3, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 1999, No. 1523, § 8.
(a) A public employer shall use appropriate means to notify its public employees of their protection and obligations under this subchapter.
(b) (1) A public employer shall post in a conspicuous place a printed sign at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (81/2" x 11") in size that: (A) Informs a public employee of the provisions of this subchapter; (B) Describes an appropriate authority to whom the public employee may communicate in good faith regarding the existence of waste or of a violation; and (C) If a telephone hotline exists for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government, contains the number of the telephone hotline. (2) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall: (A) Prepare the printed sign under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and (B) Make the sign available electronically on its internet website in a format that allows it to be printed by a public employer for posting in compliance with subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(1) A public employer shall post in a conspicuous place a printed sign at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (81/2" x 11") in size that: (A) Informs a public employee of the provisions of this subchapter; (B) Describes an appropriate authority to whom the public employee may communicate in good faith regarding the existence of waste or of a violation; and (C) If a telephone hotline exists for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government, contains the number of the telephone hotline.
(A) Informs a public employee of the provisions of this subchapter;
(B) Describes an appropriate authority to whom the public employee may communicate in good faith regarding the existence of waste or of a violation; and
(C) If a telephone hotline exists for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government, contains the number of the telephone hotline.
(2) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall: (A) Prepare the printed sign under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and (B) Make the sign available electronically on its internet website in a format that allows it to be printed by a public employer for posting in compliance with subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(A) Prepare the printed sign under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and
(B) Make the sign available electronically on its internet website in a format that allows it to be printed by a public employer for posting in compliance with subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 1103,§ 3, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 1999, No. 1523, § 8.
Status: in_force
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