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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to promote drug-free workplaces in order that employers in this state may be afforded the opportunity to maximize their levels of productivity, enhance their competitive positions in the marketplace, and reach their desired levels of success without experiencing the costs, delays, and tragedies associated with work-related accidents resulting from drug or alcohol abuse by employees. It is further the intent of the General Assembly that drug and alcohol abuse be discouraged and that employees who choose to engage in drug or alcohol abuse face the risk of unemployment and the forfeiture of workers' compensation benefits.
(b)(1) If an employer implements a drug-free workplace program under this chapter that includes notice, education, and procedural requirements for testing for drugs and alcohol under rules developed by the Workers' Health and Safety Division, the covered employer may require the employee to submit to a test for the presence of drugs or alcohol, and if a drug or alcohol is found to be present in the employee's system at a level prescribed by statute or by rule adopted under this chapter as excessive, the employee may be terminated and may be precluded from workers' compensation medical and indemnity benefits.
(2) However, a drug-free workplace program shall require the covered employer to notify all employees that it is a condition of employment for an employee to refrain from reporting to work or working with the presence of drugs or alcohol in the employee's body, and if an injured employee refuses to submit to a test for drugs or alcohol, the employee may be precluded from workers' compensation medical and indemnity benefits.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 11. Labor and Industrial Relations § 11-14-101. Legislative intent - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-11-labor-and-industrial-relations/ar-code-sect-11-14-101/
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