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Arkansas Code Title 21. Public Officers and Employees § 21-5-224. Extra help positions

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

(a)(1) A position authorized as extra help in a state agency shall be assigned an authorized classification by the agency, and any person hired in an extra help position shall meet the minimum qualifications and any other requirements set by the official class specification of the classification assigned to the position.

(2) The rates of pay for extra help employees shall be set in accordance with and shall not exceed those provided in this subchapter, or its successor, for the appropriate classification.

(3) Extra help employees of state agencies shall not exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours per fiscal year as set out in § 19-4-521.

(b) The salary eligibility for an employee transferring or returning from an extra help position to a regular position shall be determined in the same manner as established for newly hired employees.

(c) A former employee from a state agency, board, or commission who is rehired in an extra-help position is ineligible for benefits except holiday pay and as authorized by the Office of Personnel Management.

(d) A Department of the Military employee hired in an extra help position located at Robinson Maneuver Training Center or Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center shall not:

(1) Receive pay in an amount to exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the maximum annual salary for a comparable position under this subchapter; and

(2) Be employed for a period of time to exceed one thousand eight hundred (1,800) hours per fiscal year.

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