Ark. Code Ann. § 21-1-605: Remedies

(a) A court in rendering judgment under this subchapter may order any or all of the following remedies: (1) An injunction to restrain continued violation of the provisions of this subchapter; (2) The reinstatement of the public employee to the same position held before the adverse action or to an equivalent position; (3) The reinstatement of full fringe benefits and retirement service credit; (4) The compensation for lost wages, benefits, and any other remuneration; or (5) The payment by the public employer of reasonable court costs and attorney's fees. (b) (1) A public employee alleging in a civil action that he or she was terminated from his or her position as the result of adverse action prohibited under § 21-1-603 may request an expedited hearing on the issue of the public employee's being reinstated to the public employee's position until the resolution of the civil action brought under this subchapter. (2) If at an expedited hearing the public employee demonstrates that a reasonable person would conclude that his or her termination was a result of adverse action prohibited under § 21-1-603 , the court shall order that the public employee be: (A) Reinstated to his or her position until the conclusion of the civil action brought under this subchapter; or (B) Reinstated to his or her position and placed on paid administrative leave until the conclusion of the civil action brought under this subchapter. Amended by Act 2017, No. 791,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1999, No. 1523, § 5.

(a) A court in rendering judgment under this subchapter may order any or all of the following remedies: (1) An injunction to restrain continued violation of the provisions of this subchapter; (2) The reinstatement of the public employee to the same position held before the adverse action or to an equivalent position; (3) The reinstatement of full fringe benefits and retirement service credit; (4) The compensation for lost wages, benefits, and any other remuneration; or (5) The payment by the public employer of reasonable court costs and attorney's fees.

(1) An injunction to restrain continued violation of the provisions of this subchapter;

(2) The reinstatement of the public employee to the same position held before the adverse action or to an equivalent position;

(3) The reinstatement of full fringe benefits and retirement service credit;

(4) The compensation for lost wages, benefits, and any other remuneration; or

(5) The payment by the public employer of reasonable court costs and attorney's fees.

(b) (1) A public employee alleging in a civil action that he or she was terminated from his or her position as the result of adverse action prohibited under § 21-1-603 may request an expedited hearing on the issue of the public employee's being reinstated to the public employee's position until the resolution of the civil action brought under this subchapter. (2) If at an expedited hearing the public employee demonstrates that a reasonable person would conclude that his or her termination was a result of adverse action prohibited under § 21-1-603 , the court shall order that the public employee be: (A) Reinstated to his or her position until the conclusion of the civil action brought under this subchapter; or (B) Reinstated to his or her position and placed on paid administrative leave until the conclusion of the civil action brought under this subchapter.

(1) A public employee alleging in a civil action that he or she was terminated from his or her position as the result of adverse action prohibited under § 21-1-603 may request an expedited hearing on the issue of the public employee's being reinstated to the public employee's position until the resolution of the civil action brought under this subchapter.

vil action brought under this subchapter.

(1) A public employee alleging in a civil action that he or she was terminated from his or her position as the result of adverse action prohibited under § 21-1-603 may request an expedited hearing on the issue of the public employee's being reinstated to the public employee's position until the resolution of the civil action brought under this subchapter.

(2) If at an expedited hearing the public employee demonstrates that a reasonable person would conclude that his or her termination was a result of adverse action prohibited under § 21-1-603 , the court shall order that the public employee be: (A) Reinstated to his or her position until the conclusion of the civil action brought under this subchapter; or (B) Reinstated to his or her position and placed on paid administrative leave until the conclusion of the civil action brought under this subchapter.

(A) Reinstated to his or her position until the conclusion of the civil action brought under this subchapter; or

(B) Reinstated to his or her position and placed on paid administrative leave until the conclusion of the civil action brought under this subchapter.