Arkansas Code Title 11. Labor and Industrial Relations § 11-10-312. Federal-state cooperation

(1) Ensure that the provisions are so interpreted and applied as to meet the requirements of the federal act referred to in this subsection as interpreted by the United States Department of Labor; and

(2) To the extent benefits do not conflict with § 11-10-311 and to the extent the director in his or her discretion deems it necessary, secure to this state the full reimbursement of the federal share of extended benefits paid under this chapter that are reimbursable under the federal act referred to in this subsection.

(1) Require the director to participate in, nor preclude the director from ceasing to participate in, any voluntary, optional, special, or emergency program offered by the United States Government, including without limitation programs offered under the Social Security Act, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or any other federal program enacted to address exceptional unemployment conditions; or

(2) Conflict with § 11-10-105 or § 11-10-311.