§ 21-1-701 — Definitions

As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) "Employee" means a person regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state agency for which: (i) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and (ii) A class title and pay grade are established in the appropriation act for the agency or institution in accordance with the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq. (B) "Employee" does not include a supervisory employee; (2) "Grievance" means an employee's complaint resulting from a termination or suspension; (3) (A) "State agency" means a board, commission, department, division, or office of state government within the executive branch. (B) "State agency" does not include: (i) An institution of higher education; (ii) A public school district; (iii) The Arkansas Department of Transportation; and (iv) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and (4) "Supervisory employee" means an individual having: (A) Authority in the interest of a state agency to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees of the state agency; or (B) If his or her exercise of authority requires the use of independent judgment and is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, the responsibility to direct other employees of the state agency by which he or she is employed.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 1054,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 66, eff. 8/1/2017. Added by Act 2013, No. 1448,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013. See Act 2013, No. 1448, § 2.