Arkansas Code Title 21, Chapter 5, Subchapter 2 - Uniform Classification and Compensation Act
- § 21-5-201 - Title.
This subchapter may be referred to and cited as the "Uniform Classification and Compensation Act".
- § 21-5-202 - Legislative Intent.
(a) It is the purpose and intent of this subchapter to establish uniform classifications for all affected state employees of agencies, boards, commissions, and...
- § 21-5-203 - Definitions.
As used in this subchapter: (1) "Agency director" means the executive head of all agencies, authorities, departments, boards, commissions, bureaus, councils, or other agencies...
- § 21-5-204 - Exceptions.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, this subchapter does not apply to: (1) The employees of: (A) Elected constitutional officers...
- § 21-5-205 - Effect on Appropriation Acts.
(a) All appropriation acts of all agencies and institutions of higher education subject to the provisions of this subchapter shall be governed by it...
- § 21-5-206 - Legislative Council -- Duties.
In order to assist the General Assembly in more efficiently performing its constitutional duty, that being "... the number and salaries of the clerks...
- § 21-5-207 - Office of Personnel Management -- Duties.
(a) It shall be the duty of the Office of Personnel Management to perform the following administrative responsibilities with respect to the state classification...
- § 21-5-208 - Classification of Positions.
(a) (1) There are established for state agencies and institutions covered by this subchapter the following classification titles and grades. (2) No payment of...
- § 21-5-209 - Compensation Plan.
(a) There is established for state agencies and institutions covered by this subchapter a compensation plan for the setting of salaries and salary increases,...
- § 21-5-210 - Implementation of Plan -- Changes in Class Specifications.
(a) For the purposes of implementing the uniform employee classification and compensation plan for the respective agencies or institutions covered by this subchapter, the...
- § 21-5-211 - Implementation Procedure for Grade Changes -- Salary Adjustments.
(a) The Office of Personnel Management of the Division of Management Services of the Department of Finance and Administration shall have administrative responsibility for...
- § 21-5-212 - Rehired or Transferred Employees.
(a) When an employee who has been terminated for more than thirty (30) working days returns to state service, the rate of pay for...
- § 21-5-213 - [Repealed.]
- § 21-5-214 - New Appointments and Other Compensation Plan Provisions.
(a) A new appointment to a position in a state agency or institution of higher education covered by this subchapter shall not be at...
- § 21-5-215 - [Repealed.]
- § 21-5-216 - [Repealed.]
- § 21-5-217 - [Repealed.]
- § 21-5-218 - Reimbursement for Interpreter Services for Deaf.
Whereas the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Workforce Education currently purchases and sells staff interpreter services for the deaf with four (4)...
- § 21-5-219 - [Repealed.]
- § 21-5-220 - Shift Differential.
(a) (1) Upon the approval of the Office of Personnel Management, an employee whose working hours do not conform to normal state business hours...
- § 21-5-221 - Compensation Differentials.
(a) To address specific employee compensation needs not otherwise provided for in this subchapter, a state agency or institution may pay additional compensation for...
- § 21-5-222 - Salary Administration Grids.
(a) (1) A state agency or institution may request that a salary administration grid be approved for specific classifications of positions assigned to the...
- § 21-5-223 - Severance Pay.
(a) If the agency or institution director determines that it is necessary to implement the state workforce reduction policy due to agency or institution...
- § 21-5-224 - Extra Help Positions.
(a) (1) A position authorized as extra help in an agency or institution shall be assigned an authorized career service classification or a professional...
- § 21-5-225 - Position Pools.
(a) (1) There is established a pool of two hundred fifty (250) career service positions at grade C130 and one hundred fifty (150) professional...
Last modified: November 15, 2016