Employee Health: Arkansas
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Authors: E. B. Chiles, Cameron C. McCree and Amber Davis-Tanner Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow PLLC
Summary
- Arkansas provides an exemption for employees from vaccination mandates related to COVID-19. See COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Exemption for Employees.
- Arkansas law prohibits smoking in many workplaces. See Smoking in the Workplace.
- Arkansas permits the use of medical marijuana by qualified registered patients with a qualifying medical condition. See Medical Marijuana.
- Employers may face liability for certain expenses for fatalities that occur at work. See Managing an At-Work Fatality.