{"id":"DUT-AR-008","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1937, No. 161, sec. 9)","authority":"Police power of the State; Department of Labor Act of 1937","instrument":"Ark. Code Ann. 11-2-117, Safe place of employment -- Duties of employer and director","title":"Ark. Code Ann. 11-2-117. Safe place of employment -- Duties of employer and director","dateIssued":"2019-07-01","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2019-07-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (five or more employees, other than exclusively farming operations, per 11-2-102); owners of places of employment, places of public assembly and public buildings"],"clause":"Every employer shall furnish employment that is safe for the employees therein and shall furnish and use safety devices and safeguards. The employer shall adopt and use methods and processes reasonably adequate to render such an employment and place of employment safe and shall do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of the employees.","enforcement":"Misdemeanor under 11-2-104 (Ex. DUT-AR-010): $10-$100 or up to six months, each day a separate offense; civil recovery under 11-2-105","functions":[],"notes":"Requires every employer to furnish safe employment and a safe place of employment and to do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect employees\u0027 life, health, safety and welfare, and every employer and owner of a place of employment, public assembly or public building to maintain it so as to render it safe (subsec. (b)).","sourceUrl":"https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-11-labor-and-industrial-relations/ar-code-sect-11-2-117/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":242594,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-AR","url":"/library/DUT-AR-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AR-008","citation":"General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1937, No. 161, sec. 9), Ark. Code Ann. 11-2-117, Safe place of employment -- Duties of employer and director (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-008)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["DUT-AR-011","DUT-AR-010"]}