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X .»**«.i; OFF] CIAL EDITION : B fe; I . 0\ ^':, ouMK'/A^^myArmvmMiitaivt Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/govlawarcode07a2012 Code Arkansas OF 1987 Annotated VOLUME 7A 2012 Replacement TITLE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 10: TITLE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL 11: RELATIONS (CHAPTERS 1-7) Prepared by the Editorial Staffofthe Publisher Under the Direction and Supervision ofthe ARKANSAS CODE REVISION COMMISSION Senator David Johnson, Chair Senator Sue Madison Representative John Vines Representative Darrin Williams Honorable Bettina E. Brownstein Honorable Don Schnipper Honorable David R. Matthews Honorable Stacy Leeds, Dean, University ofArkansas at Fayetteville, School ofLaw Honorable John DiPippa, Dean, University ofArkansas at Little Rock School ofLaw y Honorable Warren T. Readnour, SeniorAssistant Attorney General Honorable Marty Garrity, Assistant Director for Legal Services of the Bureau ofLegislative Research LexisNexis@ © Copyright 1987, 1996, 2002, 2012 BY The State ofArkansas All Rights Reserved LexisNexis andthe Knowledge Burstlogo areregisteredtrademarks, and Michieis atrademark ofReedElsevierProperties Inc. usedunderlicense. MatthewBenderisaregisteredtrademarkof Matthew BenderProperties Inc. 4063913 ISBN 978-0-7698-4669-9 IP LexisNexis Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. 701 East Water Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902 www.lexisnexis.com (Pub.40604) Sources This volume contains legislation enacted by the Arkansas General Assembly through the 2012 Fiscal Session. Annotations are to the following sources: Arkansas Supreme Court and Arkansas Court ofAppeals Opinions through 2012 Ark. LEXIS 146 (March 15, 2012) and 2012 Ark. App. LEXIS 324 (March 14, 2012). Federal Supplement through February 22, 2012. Federal Reporter 3d Series through February 22, 2012. United States Supreme Court Reports through February 22, 2012. Bankruptcy Reporter through February 22, 2012. Arkansas Law Notes through the 2008 Edition. Arkansas Law Review through Volume 61, p. 787. University ofArkansas at Little Rock Law Review through Volume 30, p. 267. ALR 6th through Volume 64, p. 655. ALR Fed. 2d through Volume 46, p. 473. in Titles of the Arkansas Code 1. General Provisions 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts 2. Agriculture 17. Professions, Occupations, and 3. Alcoholic Beverages Businesses 4. Business and Commercial Law 18. Property 5. Criminal Offenses 19. Public Finance 6. Education 20. Public Health and Welfare 7. Elections 21. Public Officers and Employees 8. Environmental Law 22. Public Property 9. Family Law 23. PublicUtilities andRegulatedIn- 10. General Assembly dustries 11. Labor and Industrial Relations 12. Law Enforcement, Emergency 24. Retirement and Pensions Management, and Military Af- 25. State Government 26. Taxation fairs 13. Libraries,Archives, and Cultural 27. Transportation Resources 28. Wills, Estates, and Fiduciary Re- 14. Local Government lationships 15. Natural Resources and Economic Development IV User's Guide Differences in language, subsection order, punctuation, and other variations in the statute text from legislative acts, supplement pam- phlets, and previous versions of the bound volume, are editorial changes made at the direction oftheArkansas Code Revision Commis- sion pursuant to the authority granted in § 1-2-303. Many ofthe Arkansas Code's research aids, as well as its organiza- tion and other features, are described in the User's Guide, which appears near the beginning ofthe bound Volume 1 ofthe Code.