Arkansas § 6-63-321 Overtime, incentives, and differentials for direct and indirect unclassified patient care personnel at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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§ 6-63-321 — Overtime, incentives, and differentials for direct and indirect unclassified patient care personnel at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Arkansas § 6-63-321

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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-63-321 (2026).

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(a)All unclassified positions employed to provide or support patient care at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are eligible for overtime at the rate of one and one-half (11/2) times their regular hourly rate.

(b)In addition to overtime, unclassified direct and indirect patient care employees scheduled to work shifts outside of normal operating schedules may be eligible to receive up to twenty-four percent (24%) of the hourly rate paid as a shift differential.

(c)(1) All unclassified positions employed to provide or support patient care at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall be eligible to receive incentive pay not to exceed one and two-tenths (1.2) times their base hourly rate.

(2)All unclassified employees required to work in specialty areas shall be el

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(a) All unclassified positions employed to provide or support patient care at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are eligible for overtime at the rate of one and one-half (11/2) times their regular hourly rate. (b) In addition to overtime, unclassified direct and indirect patient care employees scheduled to work shifts outside of normal operating schedules may be eligible to receive up to twenty-four percent (24%) of the hourly rate paid as a shift differential. (c) (1) All unclassified positions employed to provide or support patient care at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall be eligible to receive incentive pay not to exceed one and two-tenths (1.2) times their base hourly rate. (2) All unclassified employees required to work in specialty areas shall be eligible to receive up to ten percent (10%) of the hourly rate paid as a specialty differential while working in such areas. (d) (1) When overtime, shift differentials, standby pay, incentive pay, or specialty differentials are provided to employees as stated in this section, the total may exceed the line item maximum salaries for those positions. (2) This section does not apply to the positions of Patient Care Administrator, Associate Administrator, or Assistant Administrator of Patient Care. (e) (1) In addition, the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences may also make special compensation allowances available, in such amounts as the board may determine or justify equitable in view of the current requirements for registered nurses in the Clinical Programs of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the availability of registered nurses for employment in the Little Rock metropolitan area. (2) However, the special compensation allowances approved by the board for a single individual shall not exceed the state line item maximum by more than twenty percent (20%) for those positions.