diff --git a/.github/workflows/arrow.yml b/.github/workflows/arrow.yml
index faef4ec114e9..bdca76f18bf6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/arrow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/arrow.yml
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
         with:
           rust-version: stable
-      - name: Test default features
+      - name: Test
         run: |
           cargo test -p arrow
-      - name: Test all supported features
+      - name: Test --features=force_validate,prettyprint
         run: |
           cargo test -p arrow --features=force_validate,prettyprint
       - name: Run examples
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
 
   # test compilaton features
   linux-features:
-    name: Feature Compatibility
+    name: Check Compilation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
@@ -77,14 +77,23 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
         with:
           rust-version: stable
-      - name: Test compilation with different features
+      - name: Check compilation
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p arrow
+      - name: Check compilation --no-default-features
         run: |
           cargo check -p arrow --no-default-features
+      - name: Check compilation --all-targets
+        run: |
           cargo check -p arrow --all-targets
+      - name: Check compilation --no-default-features --all-targets
+        run: |
           cargo check -p arrow --no-default-features --all-targets
+      - name: Check compilation --no-default-features --all-targets --features test_utils
+        run: |
           cargo check -p arrow --no-default-features --all-targets --features test_utils
 
-  # test the --features "simd" of the arrow crate. This requires nightly.
+  # test the --features "simd" of the arrow crate. This requires nightly Rust.
   linux-test-simd:
     name: Test SIMD on AMD64 Rust ${{ matrix.rust }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -102,12 +111,14 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
         with:
           rust-version: nightly
-      - name: Run tests
+      - name: Run tests --features "simd"
         run: |
           cargo test -p arrow --features "simd"
-      - name: Check compilation with simd features
+      - name: Check compilation --features "simd"
         run: |
           cargo check -p arrow --features simd
+      - name: Check compilation --features simd --all-targets
+        run: |
           cargo check -p arrow --features simd --all-targets
 
 
@@ -158,4 +169,4 @@ jobs:
           rustup component add clippy
       - name: Run clippy
         run: |
-          cargo clippy -p arrow --features test_common --features prettyprint  --features=async --all-targets --workspace -- -D warnings
+          cargo clippy -p arrow --features=prettyprint,csv,ipc,test_utils --all-targets -- -D warnings
diff --git a/.github/workflows/arrow_flight.yml b/.github/workflows/arrow_flight.yml
index c101afa283a6..e3ca177cb767 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/arrow_flight.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/arrow_flight.yml
@@ -41,9 +41,27 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
         with:
           rust-version: stable
-      - name: Tests with default features
+      - name: Test
         run: |
           cargo test -p arrow-flight
-      - name: Tests with all features
+      - name: Test --all-features
         run: |
           cargo test -p arrow-flight --all-features
+
+  clippy:
+    name: Clippy
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: amd64/rust
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Setup Rust toolchain
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
+        with:
+          rust-version: stable
+      - name: Setup Clippy
+        run: |
+          rustup component add clippy
+      - name: Run clippy
+        run: |
+          cargo clippy -p arrow-flight --all-features -- -D warnings
diff --git a/.github/workflows/parquet.yml b/.github/workflows/parquet.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dfe58a6660f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/parquet.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+---
+# tests for parquet crate
+name: "parquet"
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  # test the crate
+  linux-test:
+    name: Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: amd64/rust
+      env:
+        # Disable full debug symbol generation to speed up CI build and keep memory down
+        # "1" means line tables only, which is useful for panic tracebacks.
+        RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=1"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+      - name: Setup Rust toolchain
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
+        with:
+          rust-version: stable
+      - name: Test
+        run: |
+          cargo test -p parquet
+      - name: Test --all-features
+        run: |
+          cargo test -p parquet --all-features
+
+
+  # test compilaton
+  linux-features:
+    name: Check Compilation
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: amd64/rust
+      env:
+        # Disable full debug symbol generation to speed up CI build and keep memory down
+        # "1" means line tables only, which is useful for panic tracebacks.
+        RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=1"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+      - name: Setup Rust toolchain
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
+        with:
+          rust-version: stable
+      - name: Check compilation
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p parquet
+      - name: Check compilation --no-default-features
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p parquet --no-default-features
+      - name: Check compilation --no-default-features --features arrow
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p parquet --no-default-features --features arrow
+      - name: Check compilation --no-default-features --all-features
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p parquet --all-features
+      - name: Check compilation --all-targets
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p parquet --all-targets
+      - name: Check compilation --no-default-features --all-targets
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p parquet --no-default-features --all-targets
+      - name: Check compilation --no-default-features --features-arrow --all-targets
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p parquet --no-default-features --features arrow --all-targets
+
+  clippy:
+    name: Clippy
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: amd64/rust
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Setup Rust toolchain
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
+        with:
+          rust-version: stable
+      - name: Setup Clippy
+        run: |
+          rustup component add clippy
+      - name: Run clippy
+        run: |
+          # Only run clippy for the library at this time,
+          # as there are clippy errors for other targets
+          cargo clippy -p parquet --all-features --lib -- -D warnings
+          # https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/1254
+          #cargo clippy -p parquet --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
diff --git a/.github/workflows/parquet_derive.yml b/.github/workflows/parquet_derive.yml
index 6ba3138e2adc..f8775e24e358 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/parquet_derive.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/parquet_derive.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,24 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
         with:
           rust-version: stable
-      - name: Test crate
+      - name: Test
         run: |
           cargo test -p parquet_derive
+
+  clippy:
+    name: Clippy
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: amd64/rust
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Setup Rust toolchain
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
+        with:
+          rust-version: stable
+      - name: Setup Clippy
+        run: |
+          rustup component add clippy
+      - name: Run clippy
+        run: |
+          cargo clippy -p parquet_derive --all-features -- -D warnings
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 63b1f3d4da26..bd31982ef54c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -26,50 +26,6 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
 
-  # test the crate
-  linux-test:
-    name: Test Workspace on AMD64 Rust ${{ matrix.rust }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        arch: [ amd64 ]
-        rust: [ stable ]
-    container:
-      image: ${{ matrix.arch }}/rust
-      env:
-        # Disable full debug symbol generation to speed up CI build and keep memory down
-        # "1" means line tables only, which is useful for panic tracebacks.
-        RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=1"
-        ARROW_TEST_DATA: /__w/arrow-rs/arrow-rs/testing/data
-        PARQUET_TEST_DATA: /__w/arrow-rs/arrow-rs/parquet-testing/data
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-      - name: Setup Rust toolchain
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
-        with:
-          rust-version: ${{ matrix.rust }}
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          # run tests on all workspace members with default feature list
-          cargo test
-      - name: Re-run tests on parquet crate with all features
-        run: |
-          cargo test -p parquet --all-features
-      - name: Test compilation of parquet library crate with different feature combinations
-        run: |
-          cargo check -p parquet
-          cargo check -p parquet --no-default-features
-          cargo check -p parquet --no-default-features --features arrow
-          cargo check -p parquet --all-features
-      - name: Test compilation of parquet targets with different feature combinations
-        run: |
-          cargo check -p parquet --all-targets
-          cargo check -p parquet --no-default-features --all-targets
-          cargo check -p parquet --no-default-features --features arrow --all-targets
-
-
   windows-and-macos:
     name: Test on ${{ matrix.os }} Rust ${{ matrix.rust }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -94,34 +50,6 @@ jobs:
           export RUSTFLAGS="-C debuginfo=0"
           cargo test
 
-  clippy:
-    name: Clippy
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        arch: [ amd64 ]
-        rust: [ stable ]
-    container:
-      image: ${{ matrix.arch }}/rust
-      env:
-        # Disable full debug symbol generation to speed up CI build and keep memory down
-        # "1" means line tables only, which is useful for panic tracebacks.
-        RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=1"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-      - name: Setup Rust toolchain
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
-        with:
-          rust-version: ${{ matrix.rust }}
-      - name: Setup Clippy
-        run: |
-          rustup component add clippy
-      - name: Run clippy
-        run: |
-          cargo clippy --features test_common --features prettyprint  --features=async --all-targets --workspace -- -D warnings
-
   check_benches:
     name: Check Benchmarks (but don't run them)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/parquet/src/encodings/rle.rs b/parquet/src/encodings/rle.rs
index 808c8f0d49a6..8a19dd5452a9 100644
--- a/parquet/src/encodings/rle.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/encodings/rle.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ impl RleEncoder {
         self.bit_writer.bytes_written()
     }
 
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.bit_writer.bytes_written() == 0
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn consume(mut self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         self.flush()?;