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Ark. Code Ann. § 21-3-203

Age discrimination prohibited — Exceptions

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Palmer v. Arkansas Council on Economic Education (2001)

Most recently applied in Leaphart v. Williamson (February 2012)

Acts 1979, No. 25, §§ 2, 3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 12-3502, 12-3503; Acts 1989 (3rd Ex

(1) It shall be unlawful for a public employer to: Fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of the individual's age;

(2) Limit, segregate, or classify employees in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his or her status as an employee because of the individual's age; or

(3) Reduce the wage rate of any employee in order to comply with this subchapter.

(4) It shall not be unlawful for a public employer to: Take any action otherwise prohibited by this subchapter where age is a bona fide occupational qualification, reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business, or where the differentiation is based on reasonable factors other than age; or

(5) Discharge or otherwise discipline an individual for good cause.

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.