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Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.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…

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…