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AL Code § 25-4-146 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 7 - General Provisions.|Section 25-4-146 - Certain Employees of Department of Labor Constituted Peace Officers to Enforce Unemployment Compensation Law and Other Specified State Criminal Laws.

Section 25-4-146Certain employees of Department of Labor constituted peace officers to enforce unemployment compensation law and other specified state criminal laws. (a) Employees of the Department of Labor classified as unemployment insurance claims investigators and those supervisors charged with the direct enforcement of the fraud provisions of the Alabama Unemployment Compensation Law, as designated in writing by the Secretary of the Department of Labor, are hereby constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama with full and unlimited police powers and jurisdiction as any other state police officers in this state, to enforce the provisions of the Alabama Unemployment Compensation Law and those provisions of state criminal law relating to forgery, larceny, embezzlement, and fraud when the offense of forgery, larceny, embezzlement, or fraud is directly related to a check issued by the Department of Labor or a check issued in conjunction with a program administered by the Department of Labor and to maintain order in offices operated by said department. (b) All claim investigators given arrest powers by this section shall be required to comply with the minimum standard requirements now in effect relating to state troopers and deputy sheriffs in this state. (Acts 1971, No. 1142, p. 1966, §1; Acts 1981, No. 81-565, p. 950.)
AL Code § 25-4-147 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 7 - General Provisions.|Section 25-4-147 - Arrest Fee; Disposition of Fees Collected.

Section 25-4-147Arrest fee; disposition of fees collected. In all cases where arrests are made by any of said unemployment insurance fraud investigators or other supervisors charged with the direct enforcement of the fraud provisions of the law, as designated in writing by the secretary of the department, designated by Section 25-4-146 as peace officers, an arrest fee of $5.00 for an arrest resulting in a conviction shall be collected by the proper authorities and promptly turned over to the Secretary of Labor, who shall pay the same into the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Labor's unemployment compensation agency's interest and penalty fund. (Acts 1971, No. 1142, p. 1966, §2.)
AL Code § 25-4-148 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 7 - General Provisions.|Section 25-4-148 - Disposition of Trust Funds, etc., in Event of Invalidity of Provisions Pertaining to Payment of Contributions and Benefits.

Section 25-4-148Disposition of trust funds, etc., in event of invalidity of provisions pertaining to payment of contributions and benefits. If at any time the Governor shall find that the provisions of this chapter requiring the payment of contributions and benefits have been held invalid under the Constitution of this state by the Supreme Court of this state or under the United States Constitution by the Supreme Court of the United States in such manner that any person or concern required to pay contributions under this chapter might secure a similar decision, or that the tax imposed by Title IX of the Social Security Act, as amended, or any other federal tax against which contributions under this chapter may be credited has been amended or repealed by Congress or has been held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States, with the result that no portion of the contributions required by this chapter may be credited against such federal tax, the Governor shall publicly so proclaim and upon the date of such proclamation the provisions of this chapter requiring the payment of contributions and benefits shall be suspended. The secretary (and for the purposes of this section, the secretary shall remain or become the agency for carrying out the provisions hereof) shall thereupon forthwith requisition from the Unemployment Trust Fund all moneys therein standing to its credit and shall direct the Treasurer to deposit such moneys, together with any other moneys in the fund, as a special fund in any banks or public depositories in this state in which general funds of the state may be deposited. The secretary shall thereupon forthwith and within 60 days after receipt of such moneys, refund, without interest and in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, to each person or concern by whom contributions have been paid, his pro rata share of the total contributions paid under this chapter. After the expiration of said 60 days, the duties imposed by this section upon said secretary shall cease and determine and all powers conferred and duties imposed not then executed shall be conferred upon and executed by the Treasurer. Any interest or earnings of the fund shall be available to the secretary to pay for the costs of making such refunds. When the secretary shall have executed the duties prescribed in this section and performed such other acts as are incidental to the termination of his duties under this chapter, the Governor shall by proclamation declare that the provisions of this chapter shall cease to be operative. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §252.)
AL Code § 25-4-149 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 7 - General Provisions.|Section 25-4-149 - Appropriation of Funds for Payment of Benefits for State Employees Generally.

Section 25-4-149Appropriation of funds for payment of benefits for state employees generally. Such moneys as are needed to pay the state's portion of benefits provided in this chapter are hereby appropriated from such funds as the salaries of the several state's employees are paid. (Acts 1978, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, p. 5, §12.)
AL Code § 25-4-150 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 7 - General Provisions.|Section 25-4-150 - Payment of Fringe Benefits for Employees of Local Boards of Education.

Section 25-4-150Payment of fringe benefits for employees of local boards of education. Such moneys as are necessary to finance the fringe benefit costs for employees of local boards of education shall be paid by the local board of education from such funds as the salaries of the local boards' of education employees are paid. (Acts 1978, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, p. 5, §13; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §50.)
AL Code § 25-4-151 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 7 - General Provisions.|Section 25-4-151 - Effect of Challenges to or Invalidation of Federal Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976.

Section 25-4-151Effect of challenges to or invalidation of federal unemployment compensation amendments of 1976. In the event any portion of Section 115 of the unemployment compensation amendments of 1976 (Public Law 94-566, 94th Congress, dated October 20, 1976), as it applies to the requirement for states to provide coverage of certain services performed for local governmental entities under the various states' unemployment compensation law, is determined to be unconstitutional or invalid in a final adjudication by the courts of the United States, then from and after the date of such final adjudication, no local governmental entity of any county or municipality in the State of Alabama or their instrumentalities, or any separate public primary and secondary school system, as defined in Section 25-4-10, shall be required to participate in the unemployment compensation program; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as invalidating the entitlement of such entities to elect coverage for their hospitals or institutions of higher education; provided further, that nothing herein shall be construed as relieving any entity of the responsibility for any contributions or payments in lieu of contributions incurred during the period prior to the date of the final adjudicational determination by the courts; provided further, that in the event any local governmental entity shall become a part of any suit in the courts of the United States challenging the constitutionality of the provisions of Section 115 of PL 94-566 and such court, of competent jurisdiction, shall temporarily stay the implementation of said provision of federal law, then during the effective period of such stay, the coverage of said services shall be stayed in this state but shall be applicable only to those entities that are, or are made, a party to the suit or included in the stay. (Acts 1978, 1st Ex. Sess., No. l, p. 5, §16.)
AL Code § 25-4-153 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 7 - General Provisions.|Section 25-4-153 - Procedures Exclusive.

Section 25-4-153Procedures exclusive. The procedures provided for in this article and Article 3, commencing with Section 25-4-50, for the making of determinations with respect to contribution rates and payments, and for appealing from such determinations, shall be exclusive. (Act 2021-6, §2.)
AL Code § 25-5-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-2 - Powers and Duties of Secretary of Labor With Respect to Administration of Chapter Generally; "Director" Defined.

Section 25-5-2Powers and duties of Secretary of Labor with respect to administration of chapter generally; "director" defined. The Secretary of Labor of the State of Alabama shall gather statistics on accidents and their causes and shall generally be responsible for the efficient administration of this chapter. To this end, the secretary shall make the necessary investigations and examinations in connection with the settlement of all workers' compensation claims. As used in this chapter, the word "secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the "Department of Labor". (Code 1923, §7589; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §9; Code 1940, T. 26, §264; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §3.)
AL Code § 25-5-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-3 - Secretary to Prepare and Distribute Forms, Etc.

Section 25-5-3Secretary to prepare and distribute forms, etc. The secretary shall prepare and cause to be printed, at the expense of the state, and to be paid for as other supplies are paid for, and upon request furnish free sample copies to any employer or employee the blank forms and literature as he or she shall deem requisite to facilitate or promote the efficient administration of Articles 2, 3, and 4 of this chapter, other than the papers relating to court proceedings. The secretary shall adopt and cause a standardized claim reimbursement form to be used by providers. The secretary shall also assist providers in developing a system for electronic reporting, billing, and payment in workers' compensation cases. Standardized claim reimbursement forms for physicians licensed to practice medicine and for other providers shall be approved by the secretary and the Workers' Compensation Medical Services Board. If the board and the secretary are unable to agree on a standardized claim reimbursement form for physicians within three months following May 19, 1992, then the form shall be established under Section 27-1-16. (Code 1923, §7590; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §10; Code 1940, T. 26, §265; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §4.)
AL Code § 25-5-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-4 - Reports and Records of Injuries for Which Compensation Claimed.

Section 25-5-4Reports and records of injuries for which compensation claimed. An employer shall keep a record of all injuries, fatal or otherwise, received by his or her employees arising out of and in the course of their employment and for which compensation is claimed or paid. Within 15 days after the occurrence of the injuries and knowledge thereof by the employer, a report of the same shall be made to the department on forms approved by the department. At the discretion of the secretary, reports received under this chapter may be destroyed after 12 years. (Code 1923, §7591; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §11; Code 1940, T. 26, §266; Acts 1957, No. 334, p. 436; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §5.)
AL Code § 25-5-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-5 - Reports of Settlements.

Section 25-5-5Reports of settlements. Every employer shall, within 10 days after the settlement of any case, other than a settlement approved by the court, make a report thereof in writing, giving the details of such settlement, and shall mail the same to the Department of Labor on forms approved by said department. (Code 1923, §7592; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §12; Code 1940, T. 26, §267.)
AL Code § 25-5-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-6 - Circuit Court Clerks to Report Disposition of Cases.

Section 25-5-6Circuit court clerks to report disposition of cases. The clerk of the circuit court shall, within 10 days after the disposition of any case in his court, make a report in writing, giving the details of such disposition, and shall mail the same to the Department of Labor on forms approved by said department. (Code 1923, §7593; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §13; Code 1940, T. 26, §268.)
AL Code § 25-5-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-7 - Supplementary Reports as to Initiation, Cessation, etc., of Compensation Payments.

Section 25-5-7Supplementary reports as to initiation, cessation, etc., of compensation payments. In all cases, upon making the first payment of compensation and upon cessation or termination of payment of compensation, for any reason whatever, the employer shall make a supplementary report within 10 days to the Department of Labor on forms approved by said department. If the first installment of compensation is not paid within 30 days after the employer has knowledge of a claim for compensation, the employer shall file a report, within 10 days of the expiration of the 30-day period, setting out the reason for such nonpayment with the Department of Labor on forms approved by said department. (Code 1923, §7594; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §14; Code 1940, T. 26, §269; Acts 1949, No. 36, p. 47; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §6.)
AL Code § 25-5-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-9 - Pooling of Employers' Liabilities for Qualification as Self-Insurers.

Section 25-5-9Pooling of employers' liabilities for qualification as self-insurers. (a) The Secretary of Labor may, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, permit two or more employers, as such term is defined in Section 25-5-1, to enter into agreements to pool their liabilities under this chapter for the purpose of qualifying as self-insurers under this chapter. Each employer member of such approved group shall be authorized to operate as a self-insurer under this chapter. (b) Two or more employer groups as described in (a) above may enter into agreements to pool their liabilities under this chapter for the purpose of providing excess coverage above the self-insured retention levels maintained by the individual employer groups. (c) This section is supplemental and shall insofar as possible be construed in pari materia with this chapter; however, any law or part thereof in conflict herewith is repealed. (Acts 1965, No. 407, p. 587; Acts 1987, No. 87-559, p. 842.)
AL Code § 25-5-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-10 - Liabilities of Persons Engaged in Schemes, etc., to Avoid Liability to Workers.

Section 25-5-10Liabilities of persons engaged in schemes, etc., to avoid liability to workers. (a) A person who creates or carries into operation any fraudulent scheme, artifice, or device to execute work without being responsible to the worker for the benefits provided by this chapter shall be included in the term "employer" and shall be subject to all the liabilities of employers under this chapter. (b) When compensation is claimed from or proceedings taken against a person under subsection (a) of this section, the compensation shall be calculated with reference to the wage the worker was receiving from the person by whom he or she was immediately employed at the time of the injury. (c) The employer shall not be liable or required to pay compensation for injuries due to the acts or omissions of third persons not at the time in the service of the employer nor engaged in the work in which the injury occurs, except as provided in Section 25-5-11. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7585; Code 1940, T. 26, §310; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §7.)
AL Code § 25-5-11.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-11.1 - Employee Not to Be Terminated Solely for Action to Recover Benefits nor for Filing Notice of Safety Rule Violation.

Section 25-5-11.1Employee not to be terminated solely for action to recover benefits nor for filing notice of safety rule violation. No employee shall be terminated by an employer solely because the employee has instituted or maintained any action against the employer to recover workers' compensation benefits under this chapter or solely because the employee has filed a written notice of violation of a safety rule pursuant to subdivision (c)(4) of Section 25-5-11. (Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-41, p. 44, §11.)
AL Code § 25-5-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-12 - Chief Justice of Supreme Court to Prepare Uniform Rules for Circuit Courts.

Section 25-5-12Chief Justice of Supreme Court to prepare uniform rules for circuit courts. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, from time to time as he deems it is necessary, may prepare uniform rules for the circuit judges and circuit courts which may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this chapter, including such forms for orders and judgments as said Chief Justice of the Supreme Court deems best. Such rules and forms when so prepared and promulgated by the chief justice shall be followed and used by the said judges and courts. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7588; Code 1940, T. 26, §313.)
AL Code § 25-5-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-14 - Legislative Findings and Intent as to Actions Filed by Injured Employee Against Officers, etc., of Same Employer.

Section 25-5-14Legislative findings and intent as to actions filed by injured employee against officers, etc., of same employer. The Legislature finds that actions filed on behalf of injured employees against officers, directors, agents, servants, or employees of the same employer seeking to recover damages in excess of amounts received or receivable from the employer under the workers' compensation statutes of this state and predicated upon claimed negligent or wanton conduct resulting in injuries arising out of and in the course of employment are contrary to the intent of the Legislature in adopting a comprehensive workers' compensation scheme and are producing a debilitating and adverse effect upon efforts to retain existing, and to attract new industry to this state. Specifically, the existence of such causes of action places this state at a serious disadvantage in comparison to the existing laws of other states with whom this state competes in seeking to attract and retain industrial operations which would provide better job opportunities and increased employment for people in this state. The existence of such causes of action, and the consequent litigation resulting therefrom, results in substantial costs and expenses to employers which, as a practical matter, must either procure additional liability insurance coverage for supervisory and management employees or fund the costs of defense, judgment or settlement from their own resources in order to retain competent and reliable personnel. The existence of such causes of action has a disruptive effect upon the relationship among employees and supervisory and management personnel. There is a total absence of any reliable evidence that the availability of such causes of action has resulted in any reduction of the number or severity of on-the-job accidents or of any substantial improvement on providing safe working conditions and work practices. The intent of the Legislature is to provide complete immunity to employers and limited immunity to officers, directors, agents, servants, or employees of the same employer and to the workers' compensation insurance carrier and compensation service companies of the employer or any officer, director, agent, servant, or employee of such carrier or company and to labor unions and to any official or representative thereof, from civil liability for all causes of action except those based on willful conduct and such immunity is an essential aspect of the workers' compensation scheme. The Legislature hereby expressly reaffirms its intent, as set forth in Section 25-5-53, as amended herein, and Sections 25-5-144 and 25-5-194, regarding the exclusivity of the rights and remedies of an injured employee, except as provided for herein. (Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-41, p. 44, §1.)
AL Code § 25-5-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-13 - Applicability of Chapter.

Section 25-5-13Applicability of chapter. (a) This chapter shall be applicable to the employees of all counties and all municipalities having populations greater than 2,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census, and shall govern in their employment. This chapter shall be applicable also to the employees of all county and city boards of education, the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, and all employees of the two-year colleges under the control of the State Board of Education, and shall govern in their employment. The employees of all school systems and institutions, counties, and each municipality covered under this section shall have available to them all the rights and remedies provided under this chapter. The governing bodies of all school systems and institutions, counties, and of each municipality covered under this section shall file all necessary employer reports and notices required at the times and in the manner prescribed in this chapter. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, this chapter shall not apply to any city (excepting school districts and institutions) which has a population of 250,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent decennial federal census, to any park and recreation board now or hereafter established for those cities, to any board or agency now or hereafter authorized and established by the governing body of those cities, nor to employees of the city or of any board or agency. (Acts 1975, No. 565, p. 1299, §1; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 29, p. 2645, §1; Acts 1984, No. 84-322, p. 741, §1; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §9.)