Title 25 — Title 25

The Legislature has found that Alabama law has not kept pace with federal standards regulating the employment of minors to the extent that it has become increasingly difficult for employers to comply with conflicting state and federal child labor requirements. Accordingly, numero…

For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Workforce. (2) EMPLOY. To permit or suffer to work with or without compensation. (3) EMPLOYEE. Any individual employed by an employer, but shall not includ…

(a) The Child Labor Administrative Trust Fund is established in the State Treasury into which shall be deposited certain assessments under this chapter collected by the department. The fund shall constitute a separate fund to be disbursed by the state Comptroller on order of the …

(a) No individual under 16 years of age shall be employed, except in agricultural service, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Any individual 14 or 15 years of age may be employed outside school hours and during school vacation periods, so long as the individual is …

The Alabama Department of Labor, hereinafter referred to as “the department,” may declare any place or occupation dangerous to life or limb or injurious to health or morals of persons under 18 years of age. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §3; Act 2000-706, p. 1479, §1.)…

(a) No individual under 16 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work at any of the following occupations, positions, or places: (1) Operating or assisting in operating any sandpaper or wood polishing machinery, any washing, grinding, or mixing machinery, or c…

(a) No person 14 or 15 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any gainful occupation for more than six days in any one week, or for more than 40 hours in any one week, or for more than eight hours in any one day, or before 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. d…

(a) No person under 16 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any occupation during the hours in which the public schools of the district in which the person resides are in session, unless the minor has completed the course of study required for seconda…

(a) Every employer shall keep posted in a conspicuous place where any person under 19 years of age is employed, a printed notice stating the maximum number of hours persons under 19 may be permitted to work on each day of the week as set out in Section 25-8- 36. The printed form …

(a) No person under 14 years of age shall distribute, sell, expose, or offer for sale newspapers, magazines, periodicals, candy, or other articles, be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any other trade or occupation performed in any street or public place. (b) The follo…

(a) No person under 16 years of age shall engage in any of the occupations mentioned in Section 25-8-39 after 7:00 p.m. or before 5:00 a.m. of any day. (b) No person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation shall employ, permit, or suffer a minor under 16 yea…

Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19, 2009. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §10.)

Any person who engages in any street occupation in violation of Sections 25-8-39, 25-8-40, or 25-8-41 may be deemed delinquent and brought before any court having jurisdiction over juvenile delinquents. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §11.)

(a) No individual under 18 years of age shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work at any of the following occupations, positions, or places: (1) In or about or in connection with any mine, coke breaker, coke oven, or quarry in any capacity. (2) In wrecking, demolition, a…

(a) No person under the state legal drinking age shall be employed to serve or dispense alcoholic beverages in any establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or dispensed for consumption on the premises. (b) No person under 16 years of age shall be employed in any …

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-539, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) No individual, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation shall employ, permit, or suffer to work any minor 14 or 15 years of age in any occupation, except in agricultural serv…

REPEALED BY ACT 2024-352, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2024. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §15; Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §3.)

Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19, 2009. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §16.)

Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19, 2009. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §17.)

Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19, 2009. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §18.)

Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19, 2009. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §19.)

Any official charged with the enforcement of this chapter may cancel any child labor certificate found to be illegally or improperly obtained. When the certificate is cancelled, the employer shall be notified, and thereafter it shall be unlawful to employ minors under that certif…

The department shall have the right to enter, without prior notice or warrant, any business establishment for the purpose of routine inspections. These visits shall be conducted as frequently as needed to insure that minors are employed in compliance with this chapter. The depart…

Every school attendance officer shall report to the department every known violation of this chapter. School attendance officers shall have the same right of access to and inspection of establishments where minors are or may be employed or detained as is given by law to the depar…

Every person, firm, or corporation owning or controlling any establishment wherein minors are employed shall keep the establishment in a sanitary condition and properly ventilated, and shall provide suitable and convenient restrooms, separate for each sex, and in the number and l…

The department shall inspect thoroughly every establishment wherein persons subject to this chapter are employed and shall issue a written order for the correction of unsanitary or unhealthy conditions in those establishments and shall report those conditions to public health off…

The department shall remove from any establishment any minor found employed or working, contrary to law, or who is afflicted with any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, or whose physical condition is such that it makes it hazardous for the person to perform the work…

(a) No person shall discriminate against any individual because the individual has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this chapter or because the individual made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing und…

Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19, 2009. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §27.)

October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-539, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) Any employer who violates this chapter, or who fails or refuses to obey within a reasonable time any lawful order or direction given by the state officials charged with the enf…

(a) Persons under 18 years of age may be employed and appear for the purpose of singing, acting, or performing in any production approved and coordinated by the Alabama Film Office in conjunction with and under the jurisdiction and supervision of the department. Time and hour res…

(a) Time and hour restrictions shall be under the authority of the department for persons under 18 years of age who are employed as models. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person under 16 years of age shall work any hours that interfere with his or her school performance. (b) A…