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8-7-1013. Complaints and investigations.
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8-7-1013. Complaints and investigations.
(a) Complaints received orally or in writing from public employees, their designated representatives, or public employers related to alleged violations of this subchapter shall be investigated in a timely manner by the Director of the Division of Labor.
(b) Officers or duly designated representatives of the director shall have the right of entry into any workplace or work area of a public employer during normal business hours to inspect and investigate complaints within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner.
(c) The director shall have the same powers, duties, and authority to administer and enforce the provisions of this subchapter as are contained in §§ 11-2-108, 11-2-115, 11-2-116, and 11-2-118. Provided, however, that if there is a conflict between the provisions of this subchapter and the provisions of §§ 11-2-108, 11-2-115, 11-2-116, and 11-2-118, the provisions of this subchapter shall prevail.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 8-7-1013
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8-7-1013. Complaints and investigations.
(a) Complaints received orally or in writing from public employees, their designated representatives, or public employers related to alleged violations of this subchapter shall be investigated in a timely manner by the Director of the Division of Labor.
(b) Officers or duly designated representatives of the director shall have the right of entry into any workplace or work area of a public employer during normal business hours to inspect and investigate complaints within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner.
(c) The director shall have the same powers, duties, and authority to administer and enforce the provisions of this subchapter as are contained in §§ 11-2-108, 11-2-115, 11-2-116, and 11-2-118. Provided, however, that if there is a conflict between the provisions of this subchapter and the provisions of §§ 11-2-108, 11-2-115, 11-2-116, and 11-2-118, the provisions of this subchapter shall prevail.
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11-2-108. Director — Powers and duties generally.
In addition to such other duties and powers as may be conferred upon him or her by law, the Director of the Division of Labor shall have the power, jurisdiction, and authority:
(1) To enforce all labor laws in the State of Arkansas, the enforcement of which is not otherwise specifically provided for;
(2) To administer and enforce all laws, rules, and regulations that are the duty of the Division of Labor to administer and enforce;
(3) To direct, except as otherwise provided, make, or cause to be made all necessary inspections to see that all laws and rules made pursuant thereto that the division has the duty, power, and authority to enforce are promptly and effectively carried out; and
(4) To make investigations, collect and compile statistical information, and report upon conditions of labor generally and upon all matters relating to the enforcement and effect of the provisions of this subchapter and of the rules issued under this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 11-2-108
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11-2-115. Employer records — Inspection.
(a)(1) Every employer or owner shall furnish to the Director of the Division of Labor any information that the director is authorized to require and shall make true and specific answers to all questions, whether submitted orally or in writing, authorized to be put to the employer or owner.
(2)(A) Every employer shall keep a true and accurate record of the name, address, and occupation of each person employed by the employer, of the daily and weekly hours worked by each person, and of the wages paid each pay period to each person.
(B) The records shall be kept on file for at least one (1) year after the date of the record.
(C) No employer shall make or cause to be made any false entries in any record.
(b) The director and any authorized representative of the Division of Labor shall, for the purpose of examination, have access to and the right to copy from any book, account, record, payroll, paper, or documents relating to the employment of workers.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 11-2-115
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 11-2-115. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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11-2-116. Entry and inspection of workplace, etc.
(a) The Director of the Division of Labor and his or her authorized representatives shall have the power and authority to enter any place of employment, place of public assembly, or public building for the purpose of collecting facts and statistics relating to the employment of workers and of making inspections for the proper enforcement of all labor laws of the state.
(b) No employer or owner shall refuse to admit the director or his or her authorized representatives to his or her place of employment, public building, or place of public assembly.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 11-2-116
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 11-2-116. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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11-2-118. Oaths, certifications, subpoenas, etc. — Enforcement by contempt.
(a) The Director of the Division of Labor and any officer of the Division of Labor designated by the director, in the performance of any duty or the execution of any power prescribed by law, shall have the power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents, records, and testimony.
(b) In case of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify to any matter regarding which he or she may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent jurisdiction or the judge thereof, upon application of the director or any officer or agent of the division, to compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued for the court or a refusal to testify therein.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 11-2-118
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 11-2-118. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.