§ 11-10-214 - Unemployment. - Arkansas Statutes

11-10-214. Unemployment.

(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 Department of Workforce Services may, by regulation, otherwise prescribe.