The Arkansas
Employment Security Division was created in 1937 by Act 155 of the Arkansas
Legislature, and was known as the Bureau of Labor's Unemployment Compensation
Division. With its establishment, all Arkansas employers were required to
contribute a percentage of their employees' earnings to funds that could be
used in the event that these workers became involuntarily unemployed.
In 1941, the
Unemployment Compensation Division changed its name to the Arkansas Employment
Security Division. It also restructured its mission and services in order to
better handle the state's influx of industrial defense projects and workers.
This name and mission
remained until 2005, when the division reorganized to become the Department of
Workforce Services. The mission was rewritten to reflect the growing need for
the state's workers and employers to compete in a global economy.
In addition to linking
workers and job-seekers with a variety of employment services, the department
maintains records on unemployment insurance, workforce investment activities,
and labor market information.
This collection
contains annual reports, handbooks, service bulletins, research and statistics,
Advisory Council quarterly meeting minutes, conference proceedings, laws and
regulations, reports on Arkansas' industry and agriculture, and a variety of
miscellaneous documents.
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- 1937 (Box 1)
- 1938
- 1940
- 1941
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944
- 1945
- 1948
- 1949
- 1949
- 1950
- 1951
- 1952
- 1953
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960 (Box 2)
- 1961
- 1962
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972 (Box 3)
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984 (Box 4)
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- Arkansas Service Bulletin
- 1938 April (Box 5)
- 1938 June
- 1938 July
- 1938 August
- 1938 September
- 1940 May
- 1940 July
- 1940 October
- 1941 January
- 1951 first quarter
- Arkansas Agricultural Activities
- 1950 (Box 6)
- 1951
- 1953
- Handbook of Employment Security Statistics
- 1938-1958 (Box 7)
- 1959-1963
- 1964-1968
- Handbook of Employment Security Activities
- 1956 (Box 8)
- 1956-1957
- 1957-1958
- 1958-1962
- 1958-1959
- 1959-1960
- 1959-1963
- 1960-1961
- 1960-1964
- 1961-1965
- 1962-1966
- 1963-1967
- 1964-1968
- 1965-1969
- 1966-1970 (Box 9)
- 1968-1972
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- Arkansas' Industrial Progress
- 1970-1977
- 1970-1979
- Law and regulations
- 1973 July 1
- 1977 July 1
- Research and statistics
- 1979 June (Box 10)
- 1980 July
- Advisory Council quarterly meetings
- 1977 March 11
- 1977 June 30
- 1977 September 9
- 1977 December 8
- 1978 March 10
- 1978 June 30
- 1978 September 22
- 1978 December 8
- Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies
- Proceedings, 1974 September 9-12
- Proceedings, 1975 September 20-23
- Statistical review
- 1979 August (Box 11)
- 1979 September
- 1979 October
- 1979 November
- 1979 December
- 1980 January
- 1980 February
- 1980 June
- 1980 July
- 1980 August
- 1990 first quarter
- 1990 second quarter
- 1990 third quarter
- 1990 fourth quarter
- 1991 first quarter
- 1991 second quarter
- 1991 third quarter
- 1991 fourth quarter
- 1992 first quarter
- 1992 second quarter
- Annual Planning Information
- Fiscal year 1979 Fayetteville-Springdale (Box 12)
- Fiscal year 1979 Fort Smith
- Fiscal year 1979 Little Rock-North Little Rock
- Fiscal year 1979 Pine Bluff
- Fiscal year 1979 includes data for balance of state and central Arkansas consortium
- Fiscal year 1980 Fayetteville-Springdale
- Fiscal year 1980 Fort Smith
- Fiscal year 1980 Little Rock-North Little Rock
- Fiscal year 1980 Pine Bluff
- Fiscal year 1980 includes data for balance of state and central Arkansas consortium
- Fiscal year 1982
- Fiscal year 1983
- Fiscal year 1984
- Fiscal year 1985 and 1986
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 statewide
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 central (Box 13)
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 west central
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 north central
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 western
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 city of Little Rock
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 northeast
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 eastern
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 Fayetteville-Springdale
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 northwest
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 Pine Bluff
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 Fort Smith
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 Little Rock-North Little Rock
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 southwest
- Fiscal years 1989 and 1990 southeast
- Program years 1991 and 1992 central service delivery area
- Program years 1991 and 1992 statewide
- Program years 1993 and 1994 statewide
- Program years 1993 and 1994 central service delivery area
- Miscellaneous reports
- Tabular summary of statistics of public assistance, 1937 (Box 14)
- Staffing Patterns for Manufacturing Industries in Arkansas
- United States employment service, 1942 January 1
- Operations manual, 1948
- Classification and compensation plan
- Rules for the merit system of personnel adminsistration
- Report, 1953 June
- Employment bulletin, 1953 July
- Functional codes for time distribution, 1953 July 1
- Average weekly earnings, 1967
- Employment and payrolls, fourth quarter 1967
- Current employment developments, 1970
- Correction to 1971 and 1972 fiscal year handbook
- Current employment developments, 1972-1974
- Arkansas job openings 1973
- Employment trends
- Employment service management data, 1979 December-1980 September
- Unemployment insurance claims, 1980 February 9-1980 November 15
- Youth in Arkansas, 1981 July
- Arkansas' youth in SMSAs, 1981 September
- Unemployment insurance handbook
