{"id":"AR-016","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Asa Hutchinson","authority":"Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-101 et seq.","instrument":"Executive Order 20-54","title":"Executive Order Pursuant to the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19... for the Purpose of Clarifying Arkansas Unemployment Insurance Law","dateIssued":"2020-12-29","effective":"2020-12-29","end":"2021-02-27","startDate":"2020-12-29","endDate":"2021-02-27","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["employers","Division of Workforce Services"],"clause":"The unusually high number of unemployment claims between March 11, 2020, and June 30, 2020, are directly attributable to the effects of COVID-19... (2) In computing an employer\u0027s reserve ratio as of June 30, 2020, the requirements of Ark. Code Ann. 11-10-701 et seq. are suspended. The Division of Workforce Services only shall include chargeable regular benefits from July 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020, and shall exclude chargeable regular benefits from April 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020.","enforcement":"Suspension of Ark. Code Ann. 11-10-701 et seq. computations; expires Feb. 27, 2021","functions":["HR (unemployment-insurance charges for Apr. 1-June 30, 2020 excluded)"],"notes":"The Governor\u0027s own finding that the March 11-June 30, 2020 unemployment claims were \u0027directly attributable to the effects of COVID-19\u0027 and that \u0027The economic effects of COVID-19 have severely impacted Arkansas businesses resulting in the layoffs of thousands of Arkansans\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/executiveOrders/EO_20-54.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210517222244/https://governor.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/executiveOrders/EO_21-08.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":189418,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AR","url":"/library/AR-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AR-016","citation":"Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-54 (Dec. 29, 2020) (Ex. AR-016)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["AR-013","AR-012","AR-014","AR-011"]}