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- Jurisdiction
- Arkansas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Police power of the State; Department of Labor Act of 1937
- Issued
- 2019-07-01 July 1, 2019
- Effective
- standing (read as 2019-07-01)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since July 1, 2019 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesStanding duty
- 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
- Character
- workplace duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Arkansas DUT-AR
Operative words
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.
Penalty
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
What it required
Requires every employer to furnish safe employment and a safe place of employment and to do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect employees' 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)).
Retrieval noteFindLaw text 'Current as of March 28, 2024'; unchanged since Acts 2019, No. 910 (cross-checked against the Official Code of Arkansas Annotated, Release 78 (Nov. 6, 2020), UniCourt copy). Arkansas has no OSHA-approved State plan; this State duty runs alongside 29 U.S.C. 654 (Ex. DUT-AR-011).