§ 21-5-224 - Extra help positions. - Arkansas Statutes

21-5-224. Extra help positions.

(a) (1) A position authorized as extra help in an agency or institution shall be assigned an authorized career service classification by the agency or institution, and any person hired in an extra help position shall meet the minimum qualifications and any other requirements set by the official class specification of the classification assigned to the position.

(2) The rates of pay for extra help employees shall be set in accordance with and shall not exceed those provided in this subchapter, or its successor, for the appropriate classification.

(3) Extra help employees of agencies may not exceed one thousand (1,000) hours per fiscal year as set out in 19-4-521.

(4) Extra help employees of institutions of higher education may not exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours per fiscal year as set out in 6-63-314.

(b) The salary eligibility for an employee transferring or returning from an extra help position to a regular position shall be established at the minimum entrance rate of pay for the grade of the assigned classification with the following exceptions:

(1) The classification has an established current labor market special entry rate;

(2) The position is approved for shift differential in accordance with this subchapter;

(3) The employee's eligibility is based on prior state service in a regular position; or

(4) A base range salary has been approved under 21-5-214(a)(1).

(d) A former employee from a state agency, institution, board, or commission who is rehired in an extra-help position is ineligible for benefits except holiday pay.