AR HB1177

Employers cannot ask applicants or employees during interviews if they will consent to microchip implantation, and cannot require microchips as a condition of employment.

Employers are prohibited from coercing, intimidating, or retaliating against employees who refuse microchip implantation, and cannot withhold wages, promotions, or employment benefits based on refusal.

Microchips may only be implanted with written employee consent, and employees may request removal at any time with removal required within 30 days of the request.

Employers must pay all costs associated with implanting and removing microchips and all medical costs from bodily injury caused by the implant, and must disclose what data will be maintained and how it will be used.

Upon employee termination, microchips must be removed within 30 days unless the employee elects to retain it, in which case the employee assumes all associated costs.