2022

• 2% Cost of Living Adjustment added to employee's base salary.

• Mileage reimbursement rate increased after our request.

 

​2021

• Protection of retirees’ health insurance prescription drug plan.
   

2020

• Protection of your retirement plan.

• Proposed legislation would have reduced current and retired employees’ monthly retirement benefit.
   

2019

• Career service recognition payment increases. $13 million annual increase for tenured employees.

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2017

• New pay plan passed. 

• ​Paid maternity leave legislation passed. 

• ​Performance pay returned to a percentage of your base salary.

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2015

• An act to study increasing employee retention passed and created a task force.

• ​An act to include certain college savings plans for voluntary payroll deduction passed.

• ​An act to authorize paid leave for absence during a national disaster for a state or city employee simultaneously employed as a federal emergency disaster relief team employee.

• ​An act to amend payment for claims to covered public employees to include certain forms of cancer developed by firefighters in the line of duty.

• ​An act to clarify the Ceal Act to include graduations, homecoming ceremonies, award and scholarship presentations, and classroom parties.

• ​Political Freedom Act - increased protection for state employees from discipline from public employer.​Amendment to the Uniform Shared Leave Act to include maternity leave.​

• ASEA drafts act to allow accrued time to be paid out in the event of death in the line of duty for officers of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas Highway Department.

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2013

• Successful Un-Can the COLA campaign.

• ​Home Health aides' mileage reimbursement rate increase.

• ​Catastrophic Leave amended to let employees donate leave to a specific co-worker in their agency.

• ​CEAL Act Expansion to include guardians of developmentally disabled adults.​

 

2003

• Grandchildren added to "immediate family" for sick leave.

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2001

• Privacy of state employee home addresses established.

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1999

• 28-and-Out passed.

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1997

• Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP).

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1995

• Five-year vesting.

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1991

• Catastrophic Leave Act passed.

• Direct deposit established.

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1998

• Career Service Recognition Program established.

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1985

• Increased employer contribution to health insurance.

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1979

• Employee Suggestion Award Act passed.

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1977

• Non-contributory retirement plan.

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1976

• Uniform Leave and Attendance Act passed.

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1972

• Legislation passing the group health/life insurance plan.

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1967

• ASEA was founded by L.D. Owen. Having no office, he operated out of the trunk of his car while traveling the state talking to state employees.

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