NOARK Legislation Blog - March 2011 Posts

Monday, March 28, 2011

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield: Support the Arkansas Health Benefit Exchange

by NOARK Webmaster

You may have heard that the Arkansas House Insurance and Commerce Committee will be voting at 9 a.m. tomorrow (March 25, 2011) on House Bill 2138, which will allow Arkansas to set up its own health insurance exchange under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

We hope you will join Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield in supporting this

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Urgent: Contact Your State Representative About SB593

by NOARK Webmaster

All HR Professionals:

SB593, which provides much needed reforms in the Arkansas Unemployment Compensation System, has been passed by the Senate and has been passed out of committee in the House. The next step is a full vote on the floor of the House of Representatives. Please contact your Member of the State House of Representatives NOW to expre

Thursday, March 17, 2011

ARSHRM Professionals: Your Support is Needed!

by NOARK Webmaster

All HR Professionals:

As you all should know by now, the Arkansas Unemployment Trust Fund is seriously in debt to the Federal Government. For the last two years, the Management Team on the ADWS Advisory Council (chaired by Russell Gunter, ARSHRM Governmental Affairs Director) has been working on a solution that was balanced between benefit cuts and taxable wage

Monday, March 14, 2011

HB 1873 Concealed Weapons

by NOARK Webmaster

All HR Professionals:The House of Representatives “railroaded” a bill to passage which would allow any employee with a concealed weapon permit to have a gun, out of sight, in their locked car, while in an employer’s parking lot. A copy of HB1873 is attached. Under the bill, it would be illegal for an employer to prohibit such an employee from having th

Friday, March 11, 2011

HR News Update

by NOARK Webmaster

March 4

Federal Regulatory Developments

Federal Agencies Continue Brisk Rule-Making Pace
While Congress continues to debate proposals to fund the federal government for Fiscal Year 2011, federal agencies continue to churn out new rules affecting the workplace. During the last week of February, SHRM submitted comm

Friday, March 11, 2011

Legislative News from ARSHRM

by NOARK Webmaster

All HR Professionals:

Last year, the Arkansas Supreme Court decided that an individual (supervisor, manager, HR professional, etc.) could be sued personally and be held personally liable for retaliation against an employee. We believe this case was wrongly decided. Representative Linda Tyler of Conway (a former HR professional herself) has agreed to sponsor le