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Employment law in United States — Alabama

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. Every result links to its stored legal text and available official source evidence.

2,502 matching statutes

• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-4-78 Disqualifications for Benefits.

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  This section disqualifies an individual from unemployment benefits in several situations, including labor disputes, voluntary quitting without good cause, misconduct, refusing suitable work, receiving certain other payments, self-employment, and some alien-status cases.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 36-27-91 Payment by Employer to Be Determined by Board of Control; Election by Employer Participating Under Section 36-27-6.

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  The Board of Control must yearly calculate the amount needed for certain increased allowances and notify each employer’s chief fiscal officer of the required rates. Employers must pay these increase-related costs, and employers that opt in under Section 36-27-6 can do so at the start of a later fiscal year without payi

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-5-11 Actions Against Third Parties Jointly Liable with Employers for Injuries or Death; Actions for Injury or Death Resulting from Willful Conduct; Attorney’s Fees in Settlements with Third Parties.

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  This section lets an injured employee or dependents pursue workers’ compensation and a third-party damages action, and it also sets rules for employer reimbursement, subrogation, attorney’s fees, and willful-conduct claims.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-7-41 Definitions; Limitations on Compensation and Employment Benefits Not Required by State or Federal Laws.

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  Local governments may not require employers to provide employment benefits or paid leave beyond what state or federal law requires.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-8-59 Penalties; Notice of Violation and Opportunity to Show Cause; Hearing.

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  Employers can be fined for violating this chapter, and they have a 30-day window to contest a penalty by requesting a hearing in writing.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-1-20 Definitions.

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  This section defines key terms used in the article, including discriminatory practice, employer, employment agency, and labor organization.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-14-5 Registration Requirements; Limited Registration; Reciprocity; Fees.

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  Professional employer organizations and anyone holding themselves out as providing those services must register before operating in the state, renew registration yearly, and comply with filing, disclosure, and service-of-process requirements.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-1-52 Requirements; Implementation.

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  A private employer may adopt a voluntary veterans’ preference policy, but if it does, the policy must be written and applied uniformly. Employers may require a DD 214 to verify eligibility, and state veterans’ affairs/labor agencies must assist with veteran status verification as allowed by law.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 36-27-201 Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Elects to Come Under Provisions.

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  Certain retired members and beneficiaries may receive a cost-of-living increase if the employer elects coverage; the employer must pay the increase’s cost.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-4-54 Contribution Rates for Employers Subject to Benefit Charges; Determination of Individual Benefit Charges.

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  This section sets how employer unemployment contribution rates and benefit charges are calculated, and gives employers a right to review the secretary’s determination.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-8-59 Penalties; Notice of Violation and Opportunity to Show Cause; Hearing. (Amended by Act 2026-539)

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  This section lets the department assess civil penalties against employers for certain chapter violations and sets notice, hearing, and appeal-related procedures.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-7-31 Agreement or Combination to Deny Right to Work on Account of Membership or Nonmembership in Labor Union, Etc., Prohibited.

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  Employers and labor unions or labor organizations may not make agreements that deny nonmembers the right to work, require union membership for employment, or create an employment monopoly.

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