Arkansas Code
Subchapter 2 - Definitions
§ 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 Division of Workforce Services may, by rule, otherwise prescribe.

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