2015 Arkansas Code
Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits
Subchapter 10 - Employee Performance Evaluation
§ 21-5-1003 - Performance evaluation process.

(a) Each agency, board, commission, or institution of higher education shall revise or develop an evaluation process suited to the mission of the agency, board, commission, or institution of higher education if:

(1) The employee's evaluation is conducted annually;

(2) The process of evaluation begins at least ninety (90) days before the employee's eligibility date, as defined by the guidelines of the Office of Personnel Management of the Division of Management Services of the Department of Finance and Administration as they existed on January 1, 2007;

(3) The employee's evaluation is completed thirty (30) days before the employee's eligibility date unless the agency director has extended for good cause the employer's date for completing the employee's evaluation;

(4) The evaluation process identifies performance that is "unsatisfactory", "satisfactory", "above average", and "exceeds standards"; and

(5) The evaluation process complies with the guidelines established by the office.

(b) The agency, board, commission, or institution of higher education shall implement the performance evaluation process required by subsection (a) of this section after it is approved by the office.