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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 21 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 21-1-101 — 21-15-113)
Chapter 4 - ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE (§§ 21-4-101 — 21-4-505)
Subchapter 2 - UNIFORM ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE POLICY ACT (§§ 21-4-201 — 21-4-218)
Section 21-4-206 - Sick leave - When granted - Definition
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AR Code § 21-4-206 (2023)
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- (a)
- (1) Sick leave with pay shall be granted to employees when they are incapacitated for the performance of their duties by sickness, injury, or for medical, dental, or optical treatment.
- (2) Sick leave may not be granted for slight illness or indisposition not incapacitating the employee for the performance of his or her regular duties.
- (b)
- (1) Sick leave may also be granted employees due to a death or serious illness of a member of the employee's immediate family.
- (2) For the purposes of this subsection, "immediate family" means the father, mother, sister, brother, husband, wife, child, grandmother, grandfather, grandchild, in-laws, or any individual acting as parent or guardian of an employee.
- (3) As used in subdivision (b)(2) of this section, "child" includes a child in foster care who has been placed in the home of the employee.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 756,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Acts 1975, No. 567, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-2368; Acts 2003, No. 835, § 1.
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