(AP) – Arkansas agencies will be allowed next month to hire
employees for vacant positions without having to ask permission as they were
required to do under a state hiring freeze.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that starting Aug. 1, agency heads will
be allowed more discretion to fill those vacancies.
employees for vacant positions without having to ask permission as they were
required to do under a state hiring freeze.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that starting Aug. 1, agency heads will
be allowed more discretion to fill those vacancies.
An executive order signed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson the day after he took office
in 2015 had required agency heads to ask permission to hire new employees.
The governor has said the freeze resulted in about 1,400 positions going
unfilled.
About 31,300 people work for state agencies and another 29,600 work in higher
education institutions.
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