Arkansas Code Title 11, Chapter 11, Subchapter 2 - Private Employment Agencies

• § 11-11-201 - Title.
  This subchapter may be cited as the "Arkansas Private Employment Agency Act of 1975".
• § 11-11-202 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Agency manager" means the individual designated by the employment agency to conduct the...
• § 11-11-203 - Penalty.
  (a) The Director of the Department of Labor shall have authority to impose a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more...
• § 11-11-204 - Director and Department -- Powers and Duties.
  (a) It shall be the duty of the Department of Labor, and it shall have the power, jurisdiction, and authority to administer and enforce...
• § 11-11-205 -- 11-11-207 - [Repealed.]
• § 11-11-208 - License Required -- Penalties.
  (a) No person shall engage in the business of or act as an employment agent, agency manager, or counselor unless he or she first...
• § 11-11-209 - Certificate of Exemption Required for Certain Organizations.
  (a) Bona fide nursing schools, nurses' registries, management consulting firms, business schools, vocational schools whose primary function and purpose is training and education, and...
• § 11-11-210 - Employment Counselor's License -- Application -- Qualifications.
  (a) To be eligible for application for an employment counselor's license, the applicant shall be: (1) A citizen of the United States; (2) Of...
• § 11-11-211 - Agency Manager License -- Application -- Qualifications.
  (a) To be eligible to apply for a license to act as an agency manager, the applicant shall be: (1) A citizen of the...
• § 11-11-212 - Employment Agency License -- Application -- Qualifications.
  (a) To be eligible to apply for a license to operate an employment agency, the applicant shall be: (1) A citizen of the United...
• § 11-11-213 - Employment Agency License -- Bond Required -- Action on the Bond.
  (a) (1) Every application for issuance or renewal of an employment agency's license shall be accompanied by a bond in the sum of five...
• § 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 Department of Labor shall cause an...
• § 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...
• § 11-11-216 - Examination for Licenses.
  (a) (1) (A) Before the Director of the Department of Labor issues a license to an applicant for a permanent employment agent's, permanent agency...
• § 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)...
• § 11-11-218 - Temporary Licenses.
  (a) (1) The Director of the Department of Labor shall have authority to issue a temporary license for operation of a private employment agency,...
• § 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...
• § 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 Department of Labor and shall...
• § 11-11-221 - Issuance, Refusal, Suspension, or Revocation of License -- Grounds.
  (a) The Director of the Department of Labor shall issue a license as an employment agent, agency manager, or counselor to any person who...
• § 11-11-222 - Refusal, Suspension, or Revocation of License -- Notice and Hearing.
  (a) (1) The Director of the Department of Labor may not refuse to issue a license or suspend or revoke a license unless it...
• § 11-11-223 - Judicial Review of Director's Administrative Orders.
  (a) If the Director of the Department of Labor refuses to grant a license, suspends or revokes a license that has been granted, or...
• § 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...
• § 11-11-225 - Miscellaneous Restrictions and Requirements.
  In addition to other provisions of this subchapter, the following provisions shall govern each and every employment agency: (1) Every employment agent or agency...
• § 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,...
• § 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...
• § 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 Department of Labor a schedule of all fees, charges, and...
• § 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...

Last modified: November 15, 2016