An employer that provides time off from work for employees to participate in volunteer or community service activities may use this policy to define eligible employees, organizations and types of activities, and to establish leave request and approval requirements.
Arkansas employers that have parental leave policies are required to extend the same leave, under the same terms, to adoptive parents as to biological parents. Employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of leave for adoptive parents and to show their compliance with Arkansas law.