§ 11-11-220 - Cessation of business by licensee. - Arkansas Statutes

11-11-220. Cessation of business by licensee.

(a) (1) If an employment agent ceases business operations, the agent shall, as soon as reasonably possible, notify the Department of Labor and shall deliver, or forward by mail, the agent's license to the department. Failure to give notice, or failure to deliver such employment agent's license, shall be a violation of 11-11-208.

(2) (A) Where one (1) or more individuals, on the basis of whose qualifications an agency license has been obtained, ceases to be connected with the licensed business for any reason whatsoever, the agency business may be carried on for a temporary period not to exceed thirty (30) days, under such terms and conditions as the Director of the Department of Labor shall provide by regulation for the orderly closing of the business or the replacement and qualification of a new member, partner, or corporate officer, director, or shareholder.

(B) The agency's authorization to continue to do business under this subchapter beyond the thirty-day period provided in this subdivision (a)(2) shall be contingent upon approval by the director of any new member, principal, partner, officer, director, or shareholder.

(b) (1) If an agency manager terminates his or her employment with an employment agency by which he or she is employed, the agency shall notify the department, as soon as is reasonably possible, to enable the department to know at all times the identity of the person charged with the general management of each of the agency's office locations.

(2) The employment agency shall also deliver, or forward by mail, the agency manager's license, together with the reasons why the agency manager has terminated his or her position with the employment agency.

(c) If an employment counselor terminates his or her employment with the employment agency by which he or she is employed, the agency shall, as soon as is reasonably possible, notify the department and deliver, or forward by mail, the employment counselor's license to the department, together with the reasons for his or her termination.