(a) For any occupation, the Director of the Division of Labor may provide, by rule, after a public hearing at which any person may be heard, for the employment in the occupation of learners, apprentices, and full-time students at wages lower than the minimum wage rate provided in § 11-4-210(b) as he or she may find appropriate to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment and to safeguard the minimum wage rate under this subchapter.
(b) No employee shall be employed at wages fixed pursuant to this section, except under special license issued under applicable rules of the director.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Wage and Hour Regulation Generally
Subchapter 2 - Minimum Wage Law
§ 11-4-205. Right of collective bargaining not affected
§ 11-4-209. Director of the Division of Labor — Powers and duties
§ 11-4-212. Allowance for gratuities
§ 11-4-213. Allowance for furnishing board, lodging, apparel, etc
§ 11-4-214. Temporary special exemptions — Definition
§ 11-4-215. Learners, apprentices, and full-time students
§ 11-4-217. Records kept by employer
§ 11-4-218. Employee's remedies