{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-11-10-214","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 11-10-214","heading":"Unemployment","body":"(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, an individual shall be deemed \"unemployed\" with respect to any week during which: (1) He or she performs no services; (2) No wages are payable to him or her with respect to that week, or if wages are payable to him or her for any week of less than full-time work, the wages are less than one hundred forty percent (140%) of his or her weekly benefit amount; and (3) He or she is not on leave approved by an employer under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., as in effect January 1, 2003. (b) An individual's week of unemployment shall be deemed to commence the day on which he or she registers at a local employment office, except as the Director of the Division of Workforce Services may, by rule, otherwise prescribe. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 804, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 184, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1941, No. 391, § 2; 1949, No. 155, § 2; 1971, No. 35, § 4; 1977, No. 366, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-1103; Acts 1987, No. 753, § 2; 1991, No. 48, § 1; 1991, No. 100, § 4; 2003, No. 1223, § 2.\n\n(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, an individual shall be deemed \"unemployed\" with respect to any week during which: (1) He or she performs no services; (2) No wages are payable to him or her with respect to that week, or if wages are payable to him or her for any week of less than full-time work, the wages are less than one hundred forty percent (140%) of his or her weekly benefit amount; and (3) He or she is not on leave approved by an employer under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., as in effect January 1, 2003.\n\n(1) He or she performs no services;\n\n(2) No wages are payable to him or her with respect to that week, or if wages are payable to him or her for any week of less than full-time work, the wages are less than one hundred forty percent (140%) of his or her weekly benefit amount; and\n\n(3) He or she is not on leave approved by an employer under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., as in effect January 1, 2003.\n\n(b) An individual's week of unemployment shall be deemed to commence the day on which he or she registers at a local employment office, except as the Director of the Division of Workforce Services may, by rule, otherwise prescribe.","path":["AR Code","Title 11","Chapter 10","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"3e8b54c804f480a8d93747fcc3ae03b8881cedf428368731b0fdb2349b087eea","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-11-10-213","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-11-10-215"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}