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Arkansas Code Title 11. Labor and Industrial Relations § 11-4-214. Temporary special exemptions--Definition

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Any individual affected by lack of skill, age, or disability in a way that his or her earning capacity is impaired shall be granted a temporary special exemption license or permit authorizing the employment of the individual at wages lower than the minimum prescribed in this subchapter until such time as the Director of the Division of Labor shall hold a hearing and prescribe rules regarding exemption of these individuals as authorized in this section.

(b)(1) The director may provide by rule, after notice and public hearing at which any person may be heard, for the employment in any occupation of individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or disability at wages lower than the minimum wage rate provided in § 11-4-210 as he or she may find appropriate to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, to avoid undue hardship, and to safeguard the minimum wage rate under this subchapter.

(2) In addition, the director, by rule or special order, may provide for the employment of individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or disability in work activities centers under special certificates at wages that are less than the minimum prescribed in § 11-4-210 that the director determines constitutes equitable compensation for the clients in work activities centers.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the term “work activities centers” shall mean centers planned and designed exclusively to provide therapeutic activities for clients with disabilities whose physical and mental impairment is so severe as to make their productivity capacities inconsequential.

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