Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Arkansas Attorney General Reports
Decided October 18, 1999Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Shane Broadway State Representative 201 South East 2nd Street Bryant, Arkansas 72202-4025
Dear Representative Broadway:
This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question:
If a firefighter or police officer is off work and receiving Workers' Compensation, and there is a holiday(s) during the time they are off, then in December when they get paid for their holidays, does the city pay the employee for the holiday(s) that occurred while receiving Workers' Compensation?
RESPONSE
In my opinion the answer to this question is unclear under current law. The answer…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Tabor v. Levi Strauss & Co.Court of Appeals of Arkansas · 1990
- Claim of Jones v. Chevrolet-Tonawanda Division, GMCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Deason v. City of RogersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970