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15-4-2704. Tier system.
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15-4-2704. Tier system.
(a) The Arkansas Economic Development Commission shall establish a tier system that shall rank all seventy-five (75) counties of this state into four (4) divisions on the basis of economic prosperity.
(b) Tier 4 shall be the least prosperous division and tier 1 shall be the most prosperous division.
(c) The assignment of a county to a tier shall be based on a ranking of:
(1) Unemployment rate;
(2) Poverty rate;
(3) Per capita personal income; and
(4) Population change.
(d) The commission shall:
(1) Update ranking statistics annually; and
(2) Place counties into tiers based on the updated statistics.
(e)(1) A county that has experienced a sudden and severe period of economic distress caused by a closure of one (1) or more businesses or a mass layoff at one (1) or more businesses, or both, as documented by notice provided under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2019, that results in the loss of a minimum of five percent (5%) of the county's employed labor force may be moved down one (1) tier upon written request by the county judge of the affected county and approval by the Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.
(2) The five-percent threshold stated in subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall be evidenced by calculating the highest percentage difference in employment between the county's:
(A) Current monthly, not seasonally, adjusted total employed labor force; and
(B) Each of the following:
(i) The previous monthly, not seasonally, adjusted total employed labor force;
(ii) The most recent annually, not seasonally, adjusted total employed labor force; or
(iii) The monthly, not seasonally, adjusted total employed labor forc
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15-4-2704. Tier system.
(a) The Arkansas Economic Development Commission shall establish a tier system that shall rank all seventy-five (75) counties of this state into four (4) divisions on the basis of economic prosperity.
(b) Tier 4 shall be the least prosperous division and tier 1 shall be the most prosperous division.
(c) The assignment of a county to a tier shall be based on a ranking of:
(1) Unemployment rate;
(2) Poverty rate;
(3) Per capita personal income; and
(4) Population change.
(d) The commission shall:
(1) Update ranking statistics annually; and
(2) Place counties into tiers based on the updated statistics.
(e)(1) A county that has experienced a sudden and severe period of economic distress caused by a closure of one (1) or more businesses or a mass layoff at one (1) or more businesses, or both, as documented by notice provided under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2019, that results in the loss of a minimum of five percent (5%) of the county's employed labor force may be moved down one (1) tier upon written request by the county judge of the affected county and approval by the Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.
(2) The five-percent threshold stated in subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall be evidenced by calculating the highest percentage difference in employment between the county's:
(A) Current monthly, not seasonally, adjusted total employed labor force; and
(B) Each of the following:
(i) The previous monthly, not seasonally, adjusted total employed labor force;
(ii) The most recent annually, not seasonally, adjusted total employed labor force; or
(iii) The monthly, not seasonally, adjusted total employed labor force for the same month of the previous year.
(3) If the director approves a county's move to a higher tier, a qualified business that has signed a financial incentive agreement with the commission dated before the director's action shall receive the incentives that were assigned to the county to which it located at the time the financial incentive agreement was signed, regardless of any subsequent change to the tier.
(4) A tier increase approved under this subsection remains in effect until the annual tier rankings are updated under subsection (d) of this section.
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**(a) Definitions** As used in this chapter—
(1) the term “employer” means any business enterprise that employs—
(A) 100 or more employees, excluding part-time employees; or
(B) 100 or more employees who in the aggregate work at least 4,000 hours per week (exclusive of hours of overtime);
(2) the term “plant closing” means the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single site of employment, or one or more facilities or operating units within a single site of employment, if the shutdown results in an employment loss at the single site of employment during any 30-day period for 50 or more employees excluding any part-time employees;
(3) the term “mass layoff” means a reduction in force which—
(A) is not the result of a plant closing; and
(B) results in an employment loss at the single site of employment during any 30-day period for—
(i)
(I) at least 33 percent of the employees (excluding any part-time employees); and
(II) at least 50 employees (excluding any part-time employees); or
(ii) at least 500 employees (excluding any part-time employees);
(4) the term “representative” means an exclusive representative of employees within the meaning of section 159(a) or 158(f) of this title or [section 152 of title 45](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section152&num=0&edition=prelim);
(5) the term “affected employees” means employees who may reasonably be expected to experience an employment loss as a consequence of a proposed plant closing or mass layoff by their employer;
(6) subject to subsection (b), the term “employment loss” means (A) an employment termination, other than a discharge for cause, voluntary departure, or retirement, (B) a layoff exceeding 6 months, or (C) a reduction in hours of work o
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TITLE 29—LABOR
§ 2008
(A) further interview the examinee on the
basis of the results of the test; and
(B) provide the examinee with—
(i) a written copy of any opinion or con-
clusion rendered as a result of the test,
and
(ii) a copy of the questions asked during
the test along with the corresponding
charted responses.
(5) Maximum number and minimum duration
of tests
The examiner shall not conduct and com-
plete more than five polygraph tests on a cal-
endar day on which the test is given, and shall
not conduct any such test for less than a 90-
minute duration.
(c) Qualifications and requirements of examiners
The exemptions provided under subsections
(d), (e), and (f) of section 2006 of this title shall
not apply unless the individual who conducts
the polygraph test satisfies the requirements
under the following paragraphs:
(1) Qualifications
The examiner—
(A) has a valid and current license granted
by licensing and regulatory authorities in
the State in which the test is to be con-
ducted, if so required by the State; and
(B) maintains a minimum of a $50,000 bond
or an equivalent amount of professional li-
ability coverage.
(2) Requirements
The examiner—
(A) renders any opinion or conclusion re-
garding the test—
(i) in writing and solely on the basis of
an analysis of polygraph test charts,
(ii) that does not contain information
other than admissions, information, case
facts, and interpretation of the charts rel-
evant to the purpose and stated objectives
of the test, and
(iii) that does not include any rec-
ommendation concerning the employment
of the examinee; and
(B) maintains all opinions, reports, charts,
written questions, lists, and other records
relating to the test for a minimum period of
3 years after administration
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