Title 25 — Title 25

(a) Every employer shall furnish employment which shall be reasonably safe for the employees engaged therein and shall furnish and use safety devices and safeguards and shall adopt and use methods and processes reasonably adequate to render such employment and the places where th…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any employer in this state sponsors or initiates a program of affirmative action designed to cure or eradicate the effects of discrimination in employment, and the intent of the program is to affect the recruitment, selection, …

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Code 1896, §5512; Code 1907, §6857; Code 1923, §3991; Code 1940, T. 26, §337.)

For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE. Any practice made unlawful by this article. (2) EMPLOYER. Any person employing 20 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calenda…

No employer, employment agency, or labor organization shall discriminate in employment against a worker 40 years of age and over in hiring, job retention, compensation, or other terms or conditions of employment. History: (Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p. 1495, §2.)

It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to do any of the following: (1) Fail or refuse to hire or discharge an individual, or otherwise discriminate against an individual with respect to compensation, terms, or privileges of employment, because of the age of the ind…

It is an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against an individual because of the age of the individual. History: (Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p.1495, §4.)

It is an unlawful employment practice for a labor organization to do any of the following: (1) Exclude or expel from its membership, or otherwise discriminate against an individual because of the age of the individual. (2) Limit, segregate, or classify its membership, or to class…

It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining, including on-the-job training programs, to discriminate against an individual because of age in admission to,…

It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee to discriminate against an individual seeking a license, certification, or seeking to take or pass an examination, because of the age of the individua…

It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor organization, employment agency, or joint labor-management committee to print, or cause to be printed or published, any notice or advertisement relating to employment, apprenticeship, or other training, indicating any p…

It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor organization, employment agency, or joint labor-management committee to discriminate against an individual because that individual has opposed any practice which is an unlawful employment practice under this article, or…

Any person aggrieved may elect to pursue their remedies under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act 29 U.S.C. Section 621 or in the alternative bring a civil action in the circuit court of the county in which the person…

(a) For purposes of determining eligibility for employee benefits and protections pursuant to this title, relating to employment and unemployment, or determining tax liability for employees and employers pursuant to Title 40, relating to revenue and taxation, an employer or state…

(a) This section shall be known as the Clarke-Figures Equal Pay Act. (b) An employer, including the state or any of its political subdivisions, including public bodies, may not pay any of its employees at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of another sex or race for…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) MICROCHIP. A device subcutaneously implanted in an individual that is passively or actively capable of transmitting personal information to another device using radio frequency technology. …

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY. Any person, entity, or agency which, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Voluntary Veterans’ Preference Employment Policy Act. History: (Act 2015-314, §1.)

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DD 214. A Department of Defense Report of Separation form or its predecessor or successor forms. (2) PRIVATE EMPLOYER. An employer who is not the federal or state government, a school district, or…

(a) A private employer may have a voluntary veterans’ preference employment policy which shall: (1) Be in writing. (2) Be applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding hiring, promotion, or retention during a reduction in force. (b) An employer may require that a veteran su…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Adoption Promotion Act.” History: (Act 2022-424, §1.)

(a) For purposes of this section, the terms “eligible employee” and “employer” have the same meaning as in 29 U.S.C. § 2611. (b)(1) An employer shall provide 12 weeks of unpaid family leave, to run concurrently with any other leave provided pursuant to federal law, to an eligible…

(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Portable Benefits Act.” (b) For purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) BANK. A banking corporation or trust company entitled to operate within the State of Alabama under Title 5. (2) …

(a) Any person or entity, including an Internet or application based entity, may contribute funds to one or more portable benefit accounts. (b) Where a hiring party contributes to a portable benefit account as a form of compensation, the contribution may not be construed by an Al…

(a) The following deductions may be made for tax years beginning after December 31, 2025: (1) A hiring party that contributes its own funds to a portable benefit account as a form of compensation may deduct as a business expense on the Alabama income tax return to compute Alabama…