As used in this subchapter:(1)(A) 'Public employee' means a person who performs a full-time or part-time service for wages, salary, or other remuneration for a public employer.(B) 'Public employee' includes without limitation a state employee under § 21-1-610.(C) 'Public employee' does not include a: (i) Public safety officer, including without limitation a:(a) Law enforcement officer; and(b) Firefighter; and(ii) Public transit system employee whose public employer is a recipient of a federal grant administered by the Federal Transit Administration;(2) 'Public employer' means: (A) An agency, department, board, commission, division, office, bureau, council, authority, or other instrumentality of the state, including the offices of the various Arkansas elected constitutional officers and the General Assembly and its agencies, bureaus, and divisions;(B) A state-supported college, university, technical college, community college, or other institution of higher education or a department, division, or agency of a state institution of higher education;(C) The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the circuit courts, and prosecuting attorneys' nt, division, or agency of a state institution of higher education;(C) The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the circuit courts, and prosecuting attorneys' offices; and(D) A public school district, school, or an office or department of a public school district in Arkansas; and(3) 'Strike' means a refusal to work organized by two (2) or more public employees as a form of protest in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from a public employer.Added by Act 2021, No. 612,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.
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