Ark. Code Ann. § 21-1-801
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As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) "Public employee" means a person who performs a full-time or part-time service for wages, salary, or other remuneration for a public employer. (B) "Public employee" includes without limitation a state employee under § 21-1-610 . (C) "Public employee" does not include a: (i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and (ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration; (2) "Public employer" means: (A) An agency, department, board, commission, division, office, bureau, council, authority, or other instrumentality of the state, including the offices of the various Arkansas elected constitutional officers and the General Assembly and its agencies, bureaus, and divisions; (B) A state-supported college, university, technical college, community college, or other institution of higher education or a department, division, or agency of a state institution of higher education; (C) The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the circuit courts, and prosecuting attorneys' offices; and (D) A public school district, school, or an office or department of a public school district in Arkansas; and (3) "Strike" means a refusal to work organized by two (2) or more public employees as a form of protest in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from a public employer. Added by Act 2021, No. 612,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) (A) "Public employee" means a person who performs a full-time or part-time service for wages, salary, or other remuneration for a public employer. (B) "Public employee" includes without limitation a state employee under § 21-1-610 . (C) "Public employee" does not include a: (i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and (ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;
(A) "Public employee" means a person who performs a full-time or part-time service for wages, salary, or other remuneration for a public employer.
(B) "Public employee" includes without limitation a state employee under § 21-1-610 .
(C) "Public employee" does not include a: (i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and (ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;
(i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and
(a) Law enforcement officer; and
Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and (ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;
(i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and
(a) Law enforcement officer; and
(b) Firefighter; and
(ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;
(2) "Public employer" means: (A) An agency, department, board, commission, division, office, bureau, council, authority, or other instrumentality of the state, including the offices of the various Arkansas elected constitutional officers and the General Assembly and its agencies, bureaus, and divisions; (B) A state-supported college, university, technical college, community college, or other institution of higher education or a department, division, or agency of a state institution of higher education; (C) The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the circuit courts, and prosecuting attorneys' offices; and (D) A public school district, school, or an office or department of a public school district in Arkansas; and
(A) An agency, department, board, commission, division, office, bureau, council, authority, or other instrumentality of the state, including the offices of the various Arkansas elected constitutional officers and the General Assembly and its agencies, bureaus, and divisions;
(B) A state-supported college, university, technical college, community college, or other institution of higher education or a department, division, or agency of a state institution of higher education;
(C) The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the circuit courts, and prosecuting attorneys' offices; and
(D) A public school district, school, or an office or department of a public school district in Arkansas; and
(3) "Strike" means a refusal to work organized by two (2) or more public employees as a form of protest in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from a public employer.
Added by Act 2021, No. 612,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) (A) "Public employee" means a person who performs a full-time or part-time service for wages, salary, or other remuneration for a public employer. (B) "Public employee" includes without limitation a state employee under § 21-1-610 . (C) "Public employee" does not include a: (i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and (ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;
(A) "Public employee" means a person who performs a full-time or part-time service for wages, salary, or other remuneration for a public employer.
(B) "Public employee" includes without limitation a state employee under § 21-1-610 .
(C) "Public employee" does not include a: (i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and (ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;
(i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and
(a) Law enforcement officer; and
Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and (ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;
(i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a: (a) Law enforcement officer; and (b) Firefighter; and
(a) Law enforcement officer; and
(b) Firefighter; and
(ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;
(2) "Public employer" means: (A) An agency, department, board, commission, division, office, bureau, council, authority, or other instrumentality of the state, including the offices of the various Arkansas elected constitutional officers and the General Assembly and its agencies, bureaus, and divisions; (B) A state-supported college, university, technical college, community college, or other institution of higher education or a department, division, or agency of a state institution of higher education; (C) The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the circuit courts, and prosecuting attorneys' offices; and (D) A public school district, school, or an office or department of a public school district in Arkansas; and
(A) An agency, department, board, commission, division, office, bureau, council, authority, or other instrumentality of the state, including the offices of the various Arkansas elected constitutional officers and the General Assembly and its agencies, bureaus, and divisions;
(B) A state-supported college, university, technical college, community college, or other institution of higher education or a department, division, or agency of a state institution of higher education;
(C) The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the circuit courts, and prosecuting attorneys' offices; and
(D) A public school district, school, or an office or department of a public school district in Arkansas; and
(3) "Strike" means a refusal to work organized by two (2) or more public employees as a form of protest in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from a public employer.
Added by Act 2021, No. 612,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.
Status: in_force
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