Maximum benefits payable
Known as the Division of Workforce Services Law
The act spans §§ 11-10-1002 to 11-10-902 (169 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Rankin v. DIRECTOR, ARK. EMPLOY. SEC. DEPT. (2005)
Most recently applied in Rankin v. DIRECTOR, ARK. EMPLOY. SEC. DEPT. (January 2005)
Acts 1941, No. 391, § 3; 1943, No. 138, § 28; 1947, No. 398, § 2; 1949, No. 155, § 3; 1955, No. 395, § 7; 1959, No. 13, § 1; 1981, No. 43, § 3; 1983, No. 482, § 10; A.S.A. 1947,…
(1) For initial claims filed on or after January 1, 2018, the maximum potential benefits of an insured worker in a benefit year shall be the amount equal to the lesser of: Sixteen (16) times his or her weekly benefit amount; or
(2) One-third (1/3) of his or her wages for insured work in his or her base period.
(3) If the total amount of benefits is not a multiple of his or her weekly benefit amount, it shall be computed to the next higher multiple of his or her weekly benefit amount.
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.