Arkansas Employment Agency
Licensing requirements for Arkansas employment, staffing and talent agencies.
This page provides an overview of employment services licensing in Arkansas for individuals and agencies. You will find state requirements, application fees, filing instructions, and more. For assistance with licensing, please contact us to learn about our software and managed license services.
Companies that provide employment services in Arkansas must apply for a license prior to doing business. Depending on the services offered, businesses may need to apply for more than one license type, and in some cases, an individual license will be required as well.
Company Licenses
Arkansas Employment and Business Support Services Company Licenses
Arkansas Employment Agency License
Agency: | Arkansas Department of Labor |
Initial Registration
This section applies to firms that are applying for a license in Arkansas for the first time.
Form: | Contact the Department of Labor for an application. |
Agency Fee: | $250 |
Notes: | Operation of an employment agency may also require an individual manager or agent license from the department. |
Bond Amount: | $5,000 |
Registration Renewal
This section applies to firms that are already licensed in Arkansas and need to renew their license.
Form: | Contact the Department of Labor for an application. |
Agency Fee: | $250 |
Due: | Annually |
Arkansas Nurse Staffing Agency License
Not required
Nurse Staffing Agency licensure is not required on the State level in Arkansas.
Arkansas does not currently license nurse staffing agencies.
Arkansas Professional Employer Organization License
Initial Registration
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Agency Fee: | $1,000 |
Notarization Required?: | Required |
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Registration Renewal
Form: | |
Agency Fee: | $1,000 |
Due: | Biennially by the date of issuance. |
Notarization Required?: | Required |
Required Attachments: |
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Financial Reporting
Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Annually by the registration anniversary date. |
Notes: | Licensees must submit a financial statement setting forth the financial condition of the PEO, as of a date not earlier than 180 days before the date the financial statement is submitted to the commissioner. The financial shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and unless the PEO provides financial assurance as set forth in Ark. Code Ann. §23-92-408(a)(2), the financial statement shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant licensed to practice in Arkansas or the state of domicile of the PEO. |
Supplemental Reporting
Quarterly Report
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Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter. |
Arkansas Professional Employer Organization License - Exempt
Initial Registration
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Agency Fee: | $100 |
Notarization Required?: | Required |
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Registration Renewal
Form: | |
Agency Fee: | $100 |
Due: | Biennially by the date of issuance. |
Notarization Required?: | Required |
Required Attachments: |
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Arkansas Professional Employer Organization License - Group
Initial Registration
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Agency Fee: | $1,000 per individual PEO affiliate applicant. |
Notarization Required?: | Required |
Required Attachments: |
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Registration Renewal
Form: | |
Agency Fee: | $1,000 per individual PEO affiliate applicant. |
Due: | Biennially by the date of issuance. |
Notarization Required?: | Required |
Required Attachments: |
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Financial Reporting
Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Annually by the registration anniversary date. |
Notes: | Licensees must submit a financial statement setting forth the financial condition of the PEO, as of a date not earlier than 180 days before the date the financial statement is submitted to the commissioner. The financial shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and unless the PEO provides financial assurance as set forth in Ark. Code Ann. §23-92-408(a)(2), the financial statement shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant licensed to practice in Arkansas or the state of domicile of the PEO. |
Supplemental Reporting
Quarterly Report
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Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter. |
Arkansas Talent Agency License
Agency: | Arkansas Department of Labor |
Notes: | Arkansas does not have a separate talent agency license, but an employment agency license may be required. |
Initial Registration
Agency Fee: | $250 |
Registration Renewal
Form: | Contact the Department of Labor for an application. |
Agency Fee: | $250 |
Due: | Annually |
Employee Leasing Company - Enter into leasing contracts with other businesses that require labor. The leasing company loans its workers to the lessee while still providing specified responsibilities, such as workers compensation insurance, to the employees. This includes long term (6 months or more) temporary arrangements but often excludes temporary help arrangements. Unlike professional employer organizations, employee leasing companies are contracted when an employer needs to hire staff and does not want to handle human resources responsibilities.
Employment Agency - An entity that, for compensation, procures or attempts to procure employment for a person.
Professional Employer Organization - PEOs take on the human resources role for businesses and act as a co-employer in the sense that the client company's workers are administratively employees of the PEO but functionally these employees are controlled by the client company. Unlike employee leasing companies, PEOs are contracted when an employer already has staff and does not want to handle human resources responsibilities.
Staffing Agency - An entity that procures temporary or part-time employment for a person who then works under the supervision of a worksite employer.
Talent Agency - An entity that, for compensation, procures or attempts to procure employment or placement for an artist. (Certain art forms are excluded)
American Staffing Association
Staffing, recruiting, and workforce solution industry advocacy group.
National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS)
Education and training oriented association for personnel services providers.
National Association of Professional Employer Organizations
(NAPEO)
Provides advocacy efforts, information, and other services to members of the employment
industry.