{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-1-608","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 21-1-608","heading":"Notification of rights","body":"(a) A public employer shall use appropriate means to notify its public employees of their protection and obligations under this subchapter. (b) (1) A public employer shall post in a conspicuous place a printed sign at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (81/2\" x 11\") in size that: (A) Informs a public employee of the provisions of this subchapter; (B) Describes an appropriate authority to whom the public employee may communicate in good faith regarding the existence of waste or of a violation; and (C) If a telephone hotline exists for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government, contains the number of the telephone hotline. (2) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall: (A) Prepare the printed sign under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and (B) Make the sign available electronically on its internet website in a format that allows it to be printed by a public employer for posting in compliance with subdivision (b)(1) of this section. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1103,§ 3, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 1999, No. 1523, § 8.\n\n(a) A public employer shall use appropriate means to notify its public employees of their protection and obligations under this subchapter.\n\n(b) (1) A public employer shall post in a conspicuous place a printed sign at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (81/2\" x 11\") in size that: (A) Informs a public employee of the provisions of this subchapter; (B) Describes an appropriate authority to whom the public employee may communicate in good faith regarding the existence of waste or of a violation; and (C) If a telephone hotline exists for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government, contains the number of the telephone hotline. (2) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall: (A) Prepare the printed sign under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and (B) Make the sign available electronically on its internet website in a format that allows it to be printed by a public employer for posting in compliance with subdivision (b)(1) of this section.\n\n(1) A public employer shall post in a conspicuous place a printed sign at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (81/2\" x 11\") in size that: (A) Informs a public employee of the provisions of this subchapter; (B) Describes an appropriate authority to whom the public employee may communicate in good faith regarding the existence of waste or of a violation; and (C) If a telephone hotline exists for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government, contains the number of the telephone hotline.\n\n(A) Informs a public employee of the provisions of this subchapter;\n\n(B) Describes an appropriate authority to whom the public employee may communicate in good faith regarding the existence of waste or of a violation; and\n\n(C) If a telephone hotline exists for the reporting of fraud, waste, or abuse in government, contains the number of the telephone hotline.\n\n(2) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall: (A) Prepare the printed sign under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and (B) Make the sign available electronically on its internet website in a format that allows it to be printed by a public employer for posting in compliance with subdivision (b)(1) of this section.\n\n(A) Prepare the printed sign under subdivision (b)(1) of this section; and\n\n(B) Make the sign available electronically on its internet website in a format that allows it to be printed by a public employer for posting in compliance with subdivision (b)(1) of this section.","path":["AR Code","Title 21","Chapter 1","Subchapter 6"],"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":"32d872e20eb809d99868f2b42f71b5f19a48c54a4309a39298c0f68bcea71af7","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-1-607","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-21-1-610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}