Title 36

The board shall appoint a director. He shall be a person over 19 years of age, of recognized character and ability and shall have been a bona fide resident and a qualified voter of this state for not less than five years next preceding his appointment. His salary shall be fixed b…

(a) The director, as executive head of the department, shall direct and supervise all its administrative and technical activities. (b) It shall be the duty of the director to: (1) Attend all meetings of the board, act as its secretary, and record its official actions. (2) Appoint…

The director shall recommend such rules as he may consider necessary, appropriate or desirable to carry out the provisions of this article and may from time to time recommend amendments thereto. When such rules or amendments are recommended by the director, the board shall hold a…

As used in Sections 36-26-60 through 36-26-63, “state institutions” or “institutions” shall mean the Alabama state hospital known as the Bryce Hospital and the Partlow State School and Hospital, located in Tuscaloosa County, and Searcy Hospital and all institutions under the cont…

The employees of the state institutions enumerated in Section 36-26-60 shall be governed by personnel Merit System rules and regulations, the same as other employees in state service, as administered by the State Personnel Department. Employees of such state institutions on Octob…

The provisions of Sections 36-26-60 through 36-26-63 shall apply to all officers and employees in the service of the state institutions except: (1) Members of appointive boards and commissions; (2) Physicians, surgeons, dentists, psychologists, social workers, nurses and attorney…

The provisions of Section 36-26-10 in conflict with Sections 36-26-60 through 36-26-62 are hereby repealed. (Acts 1965, No. 697, p. 1296, §4.)

The employees of the state institution located at Tuscaloosa known as Hale Memorial Hospital shall be governed by personnel Merit System rules and regulations, the same as other employees in state service, as administered by the State Personnel Department. Employees of the hospit…

On the first day of June 1980, every employee of the Disability Determination Division of the State Department of Education who: (1) Was initially employed at a time when the state Merit System employment registers from which the Disability Determination Division could select emp…

(a) All persons employed on a full-time basis by Alabama educational television or Alabama public television network, who were employed after January 1, 1981, shall be covered under the state Merit System law and shall be extended all benefits of such system. (b) The classificati…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER. The duly appointed health officer serving a county health department or a district health department. (2) LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT…

The local health officer or his designee shall appoint such personnel as may be necessary to administer the public health services within the county or district. Upon the request of such local health officer or his designee, the State Personnel Department shall establish a local …

On and after July 1, 1975, all county and district health department employees shall be covered with their current status under the state Merit System and shall be extended all benefits of such system. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 149, §3.)

The provisions of this article shall not apply to any county health department whose employees are covered by a countywide personnel or Merit System. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 149, §4.)

This article shall be known as and may be cited as the “Truth in Salary Act.” (Act 2015-82, §1.)

(a) As used in this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT. Any benefit a public employee received or accrued from his or her employer, including, but not limited to, salary or wages; insurance; allowance for days off such as vacation, holi…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The State Employees Protection Act.” (Acts 1994, No. 94-244, p. 341, §1.)

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1) PUBLIC BODY. All of the following: a. A state officer, employee, agency, department, division, bureau, board, commission, council, authority, or other body in the Executive Branch of state g…

A supervisor shall not discharge, demote, transfer, or otherwise discriminate against a state employee regarding the state employee’s compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment if the state employee, reports, under oath or in the form of an affidavit, a violatio…

(a) A state employee shall bring a civil action within two years after the occurrence of the alleged violation of this chapter. (b) A civil action may be brought in Montgomery County, or in the county in which the supervisor against whom the civil complaint is filed resides. (Act…

A court, in rendering a judgment in an action brought pursuant to this chapter, may order, where appropriate, payment of back wages, front wages, and compensatory damages, or any combination of these remedies. (Acts 1994, No. 94-244, p. 341, §5.)

This chapter does not create a new cause of action against the State of Alabama or its agencies. (Acts 1994, No. 94-244, p. 341, §6.)

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent or prohibit a supervisor from disciplining, discharging, transferring, or otherwise affecting the terms and conditions of a state employee’s employment not connected with the conduct protected by this chapter. (Acts 1994, No. …

When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama as defined in Section 36-27-2. (2) EMPLOYEE. Any regular employee of …

(a) Any county engineer participating in the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama under the provisions of Section 36-27-9 whose county is now covering its employees in the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama may receive full credit for prior service and membership service …

(a) Under such rules and regulations as the Board of Control shall adopt, each member who was an employee prior to October 1, 1945, and who has made up contributions for time served as a nonmember and who becomes a member prior to September 1, 1966, shall file a detailed statemen…

(a) Any member of the Employees’ Retirement System who, not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the employees’ retirement system, was a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama may elect to transfer to the Employees’ Retirement System his service credits …

(a) Any member of the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System, who, not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System, was a member of the Judicial Retirement Fund, may elect to transfer to the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement …

(a) Any person who, as of September 20, 1971, is a regular employee of the State of Alabama and is covered or eligible to be covered under the state Employees’ Retirement System and who, prior to such regular employment, served as a member of the Legislature shall have credited t…

(a) Any person who, as of September 18, 1973, is a regular employee of the State of Alabama and is covered or eligible to be covered under the state Employees’ Retirement System and who is also an officer or subordinate officer of the Legislature of Alabama shall have credited to…

(a) Any person who, as of September 5, 1973, is covered or is eligible to be covered under the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama and who, prior to such coverage or eligibility for coverage, served as an elective official of the state government or a department head authoriz…

(a) Any person who served two or more years with the National Youth Administration, hereinafter referred to as N.Y.A., during the time period from December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946, and who is otherwise eligible for participation within the state retirement system, shall be e…

(a)(1) Any member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama or any member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama shall be eligible to receive up to 10 years of creditable service for employment in public education in states other than Alabama, for prior service in pub…

(a)(1) RETIREMENT, ETC., OF EMPLOYEES GENERALLY; ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS. a. Any Tier I plan member who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 60 and any Tier II plan member who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 62 may reti…

(a) Any member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama or the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama who is retired and who has selected a survivor option may cancel the survivor allowance payable to his designated beneficiary. Such election shall be in accordance with the…

(a) Any provision to the contrary, notwithstanding, any member of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama or the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama who shall have attained the service requirements for surviving spouse benefits may nominate such person as he may desire to …

The benefits provided by Sections 16-25-14(a), 16-25-14(g), 36-27-16(a), 36-27-16(c) and 36-27B-3, as amended by amendment of May 5, 1988, shall become effective to the Teachers’ and Employees’ Retirement System the first day of the month next following certification by the syste…

(a) All retirement allowance payments due on or after October 1, 1975, to members who retired prior to said date shall be redetermined as if the provisions of Acts 1975, No. 1103, amending Section 36-27-1, were in effect at the time the member retired; provided, that the annual r…

(a) In addition to any law or part of any law relating to service retirement under the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama, any member of the Employees’ Retirement System who withdraws from service after the completion of not less than 30 years of creditable service may retir…

(a) On or after October 1, 1969, there is hereby provided to any state employee who is receiving a retirement allowance from the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama and who was retired prior to October 1, 1969, an increase in his maximum retirement allowance in the amount of …

(a) A retirement system is hereby established as a body corporate and placed under the management of the Board of Control for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits under the provisions of this article for employees of the State of Alabama. The retireme…

(a) On or after October 1, 1971, there is hereby provided to any state employee who retired prior to October 1, 1971, an increase in his maximum retirement allowance by an amount of up to five percent, excluding that part of five percent provided by any other legislation in 1971.…

(a) Any pensioner and any retired member and any member who retires after June 1, 1975, under the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama whose maximum retirement allowance is based on the minimum guarantee and whose maximum retirement allowance, after taking into account the red…

(a) Except as hereinafter provided, each person having retired under the provision of statutes governing the Teachers’ Retirement System or the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama prior to October 1, 1977, shall be entitled to receive, in addition to present benefits, a suppl…

(a) There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1980, to any person retired prior to October 1, 1979, under the Teachers’ Retirement System or Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama and who is receiving a retirement allowance therefrom, a cost-of-living increase in his maxim…

(a) There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1982, to any person retired prior to October 1, 1981, under the Teachers’ Retirement System or Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama and who is receiving a retirement allowance therefrom, a cost-of-living increase of $1.00 per…