Title 25 — Title 25

There shall be a Department of Labor of the State of Alabama, which shall be an executive and administrative department of the state. The Department of Labor shall have a seal, which shall be affixed by the secretary to his or her official acts and deeds and to those of the Depar…

(a) All powers, duties, and functions and all related records, property, equipment of, employees of, and all contractual rights, obligations of, and unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds or allocations of the Department of Labor shall be transferred to the Departm…

The Alabama Department of Labor is renamed the Alabama Department of Workforce, and the head of the department shall be known and designated as the Secretary of Workforce. Any reference in Alabama law or in any contract, deed, financial instrument or other legal document to the A…

The Secretary of Labor shall act as chief and be in immediate charge, supervision and control of the division of the Department of Labor charged with the duties arising under Chapter 4 of this title and the state employment service, thereby coordinating the functions of these two…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed or intended to prevent the Secretary of Labor from conforming, if not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, to minimum standards heretofore or hereafter adopted or promulgated by the Secretary of Labor or any other agency, dep…

There shall be a Board of Appeals for the Department of Labor. The board shall exercise its own judgment and discretion in all matters entrusted to it, and, to that extent, shall be entirely separate and distinct from and independent of the Department of Labor, but it shall have …

Etc. (a) The functions and duties of the board of appeals shall be as follows: (1) To hear and determine appeals under Chapter 4 of this title. (2) To hold public hearings on proposed safety rules and regulations and amendments and repeals thereof, and to promulgate and publish s…

The board of appeals shall have power and authority to prescribe its own procedure. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings before the board of appeals by the employee of the Department of Labor designated as its clerk. All testimony in any appeal case before …

The board of appeals shall meet only at such times as the Secretary of Labor or the Governor shall determine a session to be in the public interest and shall notify the members thereof in writing of the time of convening. The board of appeals shall remain in session no longer tha…

Rules and regulations, or amendments or the repeal thereof, except those affecting the administration of Chapter 4 of this title, may from time to time be proposed to the board of appeals by the Secretary of Labor or any officer or employee of the Department of Labor designated b…

Before any rule or regulation is adopted, amended, or repealed by the board of appeals, there shall be a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be published at least once, not less than 10 days prior thereto, in a daily newspaper published in Montgomery and in such other n…

All rules and regulations and all amendments and repeals thereof by the board of appeals shall, unless otherwise prescribed by the board of appeals, take effect 30 days after the first publication thereof and after a certified copy thereof shall have been filed in the office of t…

If there shall be practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in carrying out a rule or regulation of the board of appeals, the board may, after a public hearing, make a variation from such requirements if the spirit of the rule and laws shall be observed. Any person affected…

(a) The general functions and duties of the Department of Workforce shall be as follows: (1) To administer all labor laws and all laws relating to the relationship between employer and employee, including laws relating to hours of work, and working conditions in places of employm…

Any person in interest, his authorized agent or attorney may petition the board of appeals for a review of the validity or reasonableness of any rule or regulation adopted, amended, or repealed by the board of appeals under the provisions of this chapter. The petition shall be ve…

Any employer, owner or other person in interest, being dissatisfied with any rule or regulation of the board of appeals, may commence an action in the circuit court of the county wherein such employer, owner, or other person in interest resides, or has his or its principal place …

Every employer or owner shall furnish to the Department of Labor or the board of appeals any information which the Department of Labor or the board of appeals is authorized to require, and shall make true and specific answers to all reasonable questions, whether submitted orally …

The Secretary of Labor, any officer of the Department of Labor designated by the secretary and the members of the board of appeals, in the performance of any function or duty or the execution of any power prescribed by law, shall have the power to administer oaths, certify to off…

It shall be the duty of the qualified attorneys regularly employed by the Department of Labor, or the Attorney General of the state and any district attorney, upon the request of the Secretary of Labor or of any of his authorized representatives, to prosecute any violation of any…

Any person who violates or fails or refuses to comply with any requirement of this chapter or any lawful rule or regulation of the board of appeals adopted pursuant thereto, for which no penalty has been otherwise provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction th…

All appropriations heretofore and hereafter to be made for the administration of Chapter 4 of this title and all moneys heretofore or hereafter to be allotted or apportioned by the federal government or the Secretary of Labor or his successor or any other federal agency, departme…

(a) In order to assist employees who become unemployed or underemployed as the result of a substantial layoff at or the closing of any plant or industry in Alabama, the Secretary of Labor is hereby directed to provide written material which deals with these problems and offers ap…

(a) The Secretary of Workforce, with the approval of the Governor, may establish such division or divisions as, in his or her discretion, may be necessary or desirable for the administration or enforcement of any law or any rule or regulations with which the Department of Workfor…

The Secretary of Labor shall, with the approval of the Governor, determine the number of employees needed for the efficient and economical performance of the functions and duties of the Department of Labor. The Secretary of Labor is authorized and empowered to make such agreement…

(a) All persons employed by Bishop State Community College, Southern Union State Community College, Bevill State Community College, and the Alabama Community College System who are part of the Alabama Career Center System on July 1, 2015, with no adverse effect as to salary or be…

Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, all employees and officers of the Department of Labor, including the chiefs of divisions but not including the Secretary of Labor, even though he be a chief of a division, shall be subject to the Merit System. History: (Ac…

(a) The Department of Workforce shall be headed by and shall be under the direction, supervision, and control of an officer who shall be known and designated as the Secretary of Workforce. The Secretary of Workforce shall be the advisor of the Governor and the Legislature in matt…

(a) All functions and duties of the Department of Labor shall be exercised by the Secretary of Labor acting personally or by and through such administrative divisions or such officers or employees as he or she may designate. The Secretary of Labor shall have all power and authori…

The Secretary of Labor may prescribe such general rules and regulations for the conduct of the Department of Labor as he may deem necessary or expedient to give effect to the provisions of this chapter. History: (Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §4.)

The Secretary of Labor or his authorized representative shall have the power and authority to enter any place of employment, place of public assembly or public building for the purpose of collecting facts and statistics relating to the employment of workers or for the purpose of …