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AL Code § 25-5-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-15 - Safety Committee.

Section 25-5-15Safety committee. Upon the written request of any employee, each employer subject to the workers' compensation law shall appoint a safety committee. The safety committee shall consist of not less than three committee members, one of whom must be a nonsupervisory employee. The safety committee shall advise the employer regarding safety in the work place, including suggestions from employees regarding safety conditions in the work place. Any employee shall have the right to notify the safety committee of a safety condition in the work place. The safety committee shall develop procedures by which an employee may give such notification. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employer who now or in the future has an established safety committee pursuant to contract or agreement with its employees or their representative. (Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-41, p. 44, §10.)
AL Code § 25-5-15.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-15.1 - State Safety Program; Legislative Intent; Creation.

Section 25-5-15.1State safety program; legislative intent; creation. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote safety education, safety planning, and to provide any needed technical assistance. (b) The Secretary of the Department of Labor shall coordinate with the safe state program, the safety and health consulting service, to establish a safety program for cooperating with industry to promote safety and provide technical assistance. Emphasis shall be placed on unsafe acts in both small industry and high risk industry. (c) Qualified safety management specialists shall be employed in the safe state program to assist employers in developing or improving their safety programs. Safe state program personnel shall, upon referral by the secretary of an employer's request, make inspections for safety monitoring and report the resulting findings and recommendations to the employer and to the secretary. (d) The safe state program shall establish and collect reasonable fees for technical and consultative safety services that are not required by law, provided to persons requesting the services from or through the Workers' Compensation Division of the Department of Labor. (Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §31.)
AL Code § 25-5-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 25-5-17 - Severability.

Section 25-5-17Severability. The provisions of this act are expressly declared not to be severable. If any provision of this act shall be adjudged to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, then this entire act shall be invalid and held for naught. (Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-41, p. 44, §13.)
AL Code § 25-5-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 2 - Compensation by Civil Action.|Section 25-5-30 - Applicability of Article; Article Deemed Extension or Modification of Common Law.

Section 25-5-30Applicability of article; article deemed extension or modification of common law. This article shall not apply in cases where Article 3 of this chapter becomes operative in accordance with the provisions thereof, but shall apply in all other cases, and in such cases shall be an extension or modification of the common law. (Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §18; Code 1940, T. 26, §262; Acts 1949, No. 36, p. 47, §2; Acts 1971, No. 667, p. 1376, §§1, 2; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §4.)
AL Code § 25-5-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 2 - Compensation by Civil Action.|Section 25-5-31 - Right of Action for Damages for Injuries or Death of Employee.

Section 25-5-31Right of action for damages for injuries or death of employee. When personal injury or death is caused to an employee by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, of which injury the actual or lawfully imputed negligence of the employer is the natural and proximate cause, he, or in case of death, his personal representative, for the exclusive benefit of the surviving spouse and next of kin, shall receive compensation by way of damages therefor from the employer; provided, that the injury or death was not caused by the wilful misconduct of the employee or was not due to misconduct on his part, as defined in Section 25-5-51. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7534; Code 1940, T. 26, §253.)
AL Code § 25-5-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 2 - Compensation by Civil Action.|Section 25-5-32 - Excluded Defenses.

Section 25-5-32Excluded defenses. In all cases brought under this article, it shall not be a defense: (1) That the employee was negligent, unless and except it shall also appear that such negligence was wilful or that such employee was guilty of wilful misconduct as defined in Section 25-5-51. (2) That the injury was caused by the negligence of a fellow employee. (3) That the employee had assumed the risks inherent in or incidental to the work, or arising out of his employment, or arising from the failure of the employer to provide and maintain safe premises and suitable appliances, which grounds of defense are hereby abolished. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7535; Code 1940, T. 26, §254.)
AL Code § 25-5-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 2 - Compensation by Civil Action.|Section 25-5-33 - Applicability of Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-32 to Other Claims for Personal Injury or Death.

Section 25-5-33Applicability of Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-32 to other claims for personal injury or death. The provisions of Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-32 shall apply to any claims for death of an employee as covered by Sections 6-5-391, 6-5-410, and 25-6-3, and to personal injuries arising under Sections 6-5-390 and 25-6-1. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1940, T. 26, §257; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §3.)
AL Code § 25-5-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 2 - Compensation by Civil Action.|Section 25-5-34 - Applicability of This Article and Article 3 of Chapter to Minors; Double Compensation When Minor Illegally Employed.

Section 25-5-34Applicability of this article and Article 3 of chapter to minors; double compensation when minor illegally employed. The provisions of this article and Article 3 of this chapter shall apply to employees who are minors and who have been employed in accordance with or contrary to laws regulating the employment of minors. If at the time of injury the minor was employed in violation of or contrary to the law regulating the employment or any part thereof, then the compensation shall be two times what it would be if the employment had been legal. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7539; Acts 1931, No. 357, p. 415; Code 1940, T. 26, §258.)
AL Code § 25-5-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 2 - Compensation by Civil Action.|Section 25-5-36 - Burden of Proof as to Misconduct of Employee.

Section 25-5-36Burden of proof as to misconduct of employee. In all actions of law brought pursuant to this article, the burden of proof to establish the wilful misconduct or other misconduct as defined in Section 25-5-51, of the injured employee shall be upon the defendant. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7541; Code 1940, T. 26, §260.)
AL Code § 25-5-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-51 - Right to Compensation for Injuries or Death; Grounds for Denial of Compensation.

Section 25-5-51Right to compensation for injuries or death; grounds for denial of compensation. If an employer is subject to this article, compensation, according to the schedules hereinafter contained, shall be paid by the employer, or those conducting the business during bankruptcy or insolvency, in every case of personal injury or death of his or her employee caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, without regard to any question of negligence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no compensation shall be allowed for an injury or death caused by the willful misconduct of the employee, by the employee's intention to bring about the injury or death of himself or herself or of another, his or her willful failure or willful refusal to use safety appliances provided by the employer or by an accident due to the injured employee being intoxicated from the use of alcohol or being impaired by illegal drugs. A positive drug test conducted and evaluated pursuant to standards adopted for drug testing by the U.S. Department of Transportation in 49 C.F.R. Part 40 shall be a conclusive presumption of impairment resulting from the use of illegal drugs. No compensation shall be allowed if the employee refuses to submit to or cooperate with a blood or urine test as set forth above after the accident after being warned in writing by the employer that such refusal would forfeit the employee's right to recover benefits under this chapter. No compensation shall be allowed if, at the time of or in the course of entering into employment or at the time of receiving notice of the removal of conditions from a conditional offer of employment, the employee knowingly and falsely misrepresents in writing his or her physical or mental condition and the condition is aggravated or reinjured in an accident arising out of and in the course of his or her employment. At the time an employer makes an unconditional offer of employment or removes conditions previously placed on a conditional offer of employment, the employer shall provide the employee with the following written warning in bold type print, "Misrepresentations as to preexisting physical or mental conditions may void your workers' compensation benefits." If the employer defends on the ground that the injury arose in any or all of the last above stated ways, the burden of proof shall be on the employer to establish the defense. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7544; Code 1940, T. 26, §270; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §7; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-41, p. 44, §4; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §11.)
AL Code § 25-5-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-52 - Manner of Compensation, etc., Provided by Chapter Exclusive.

Section 25-5-52Manner of compensation, etc., provided by chapter exclusive. Except as provided in this chapter, no employee of any employer subject to this chapter, nor the personal representative, surviving spouse, or next of kin of the employee shall have a right to any other method, form, or amount of compensation or damages for an injury or death occasioned by an accident or occupational disease proximately resulting from and while engaged in the actual performance of the duties of his or her employment and from a cause originating in such employment or determination thereof. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7545; Code 1940, T. 26, §271; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §8; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §12.)
AL Code § 25-5-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-53 - Rights and Remedies of Employees, etc., Exclusive; Civil and Criminal Liability of Employers, Etc.

Section 25-5-53Rights and remedies of employees, etc., exclusive; civil and criminal liability of employers, etc. The rights and remedies granted in this chapter to an employee shall exclude all other rights and remedies of the employee, his or her personal representative, parent, dependent, or next of kin, at common law, by statute, or otherwise on account of injury, loss of services, or death. Except as provided in this chapter, no employer shall be held civilly liable for personal injury to or death of the employer's employee, for purposes of this chapter, whose injury or death is due to an accident or to an occupational disease while engaged in the service or business of the employer, the cause of which accident or occupational disease originates in the employment. In addition, immunity from civil liability for all causes of action except those based upon willful conduct shall also extend to the workers' compensation insurance carrier of the employer; to a person, firm, association, trust, fund, or corporation responsible for servicing and payment of workers' compensation claims for the employer; to an officer, director, agent, or employee of the carrier, person, firm, association, trust, fund, or corporation; to a labor union, an official, or representative thereof; to a governmental agency providing occupational safety and health services, or an employee of the agency; and to an officer, director, agent, or employee of the same employer, or his or her personal representative. Nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve a person from criminal prosecution for failure or neglect to perform a duty imposed by law. For the purpose of this section, a carrier, person, firm, association, trust, fund, or corporation shall include a company or a governmental agency making a safety inspection on behalf of a self-insured employer or its employees and an officer, director, agent, or employee of the company or a governmental agency. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7546; Code 1940, T. 26, §272; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 86, p. 2729, §4; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-41, p. 44, §5; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §13.)
AL Code § 25-5-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-54 - Presumptions as to Applicability and Acceptance of Provisions of Articles.

Section 25-5-54Presumptions as to applicability and acceptance of provisions of articles. Every employer and employee, except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, shall be presumed to have accepted and come under this article and Article 4 of this chapter and the provisions thereof relating to the payment and acceptance of compensation. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7547; Acts 1935, No. 387, p. 831; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 29, p. 9; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §15; Code 1940, T. 26, §273; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §9; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §14.)
AL Code § 25-5-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-55 - Rights and Powers of Minors Under Article Generally; Effect of Payment of Awards to Minors.

Section 25-5-55Rights and powers of minors under article generally; effect of payment of awards to minors. For the purposes of this article and Article 4 of this chapter, minors shall have the same power to contract, make settlements and receive compensation as adult employees, subject to the power of the court, in its discretion, to require the appointment of a guardian to make the settlement and to receive moneys thereunder or under an award. Payments of awards made to minors or their guardians shall exclude any further compensation either to the minors or to their parents for loss of services or otherwise. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7549; Code 1940, T. 26, §277; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §13; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §15.)
AL Code § 25-5-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-56 - Settlements Between Parties.

Section 25-5-56Settlements between parties. The interested parties may settle all matters of benefits, whether involving compensation, medical payments, or rehabilitation, and all questions arising under this article and Article 4 of this chapter between themselves, and every settlement shall be in an amount the same as the amounts or benefits stipulated in this article. No settlement for an amount less than the amounts or benefits stipulated in this article shall be valid for any purpose, unless a judge of the court where the claim for compensation under this chapter is entitled to be made, or upon the written consent of the parties, a judge of the court determines that it is for the best interest of the employee or the employee's dependent to accept a lesser sum and approves the settlement. The court shall not approve any settlement unless and until it has first made inquiry into the bona fides of a claimant's claim and the liability of the defendant; and if deemed advisable, the court may hold a hearing thereon. Settlements made may be vacated for fraud, undue influence, or coercion, upon application made to the judge approving the settlement at any time not later than six months after the date of settlement. Upon settlements being approved, judgment shall be entered thereon and duly entered on the records of the court in the same manner and have the same effect as other judgments or as an award if the settlement is not for a lump sum. All moneys voluntarily paid by the employer or insurance carrier to an injured employee in advance of agreement or award shall be treated as advance payments on account of the compensation. In order to encourage advance payments, it is expressly provided that the payments shall not be construed as an admission of liability but shall be without prejudice. (Code 1923, §7550; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §3; Code 1940, T. 26, §278; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §16.)
AL Code § 25-5-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-58 - Effect of Preexisting Injuries or Infirmities.

Section 25-5-58Effect of preexisting injuries or infirmities. If the degree or duration of disability resulting from an accident is increased or prolonged because of a preexisting injury or infirmity, the employer shall be liable only for the disability that would have resulted from the accident had the earlier injury or infirmity not existed. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7561; Code 1940, T. 26, §288.)
AL Code § 25-5-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-59 - Waiting Period for Compensation; Penalty for Overdue Compensation Payments.

Section 25-5-59Waiting period for compensation; penalty for overdue compensation payments. (a) For purposes of this article, except for scheduled injuries as provided in Section 25-5-57(a)(3), compensation for the first three days of disability shall not be payable, nor shall compensation be paid in any case unless the employer has actual knowledge of the injury or is notified thereof within the period specified in Section 25-5-78. (b) Compensation shall begin with the fourth day after disability, and if the disability from the injury exists for a period as much as 21 days, compensation for the first three days after the injury shall be added to and payable with the first installment due the employee after the expiration of the 21 days. If any installment of compensation payable is not paid without good cause within 30 days after it becomes due, there shall be added to the unpaid installment an amount equal to 15 percent thereof, which shall be paid at the same time as, but in addition to, the installment. (Code 1923, §7566; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §5; Code 1940, T. 26, §292; Acts 1955, No. 351, p. 850; Acts 1971, No. 667, p. 1376, §7; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §20; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §18.)
AL Code § 25-5-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-61 - Persons Presumed Wholly Dependent.

Section 25-5-61Persons presumed wholly dependent. For the purposes of this article, the following described persons shall be conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent: (1) The wife, unless it is shown that she was voluntarily living apart from her husband at the time of his injury or death, or unless it is shown that the husband was not in any way contributing to her support and had not in any way contributed to her support for more than 12 months next preceding the occurrence of the injury causing his death; (2) The husband, unless it is shown that he was voluntarily living apart from his wife at the time of her injury or death, or unless it is shown that the wife was not in any way contributing to his support and had not in any way contributed to his support for more than 12 months next preceding the occurrence of the injury causing her death; and (3) Minor children under the age of 18 years and those over 18, if physically or mentally incapacitated from earning. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7552; Acts 1935, No. 387, p. 831; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 29, p. 9; Code 1940, T. 26, §280; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §15.)
AL Code § 25-5-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-63 - Total Dependents - Maximum Compensation.

Section 25-5-63Total dependents - Maximum compensation. Total dependents shall be entitled to take compensation in the order named in Section 25-5-62 until the percentage of the average weekly earnings of the deceased, during the time and as specified in Section 25-5-60, shall have been exhausted; but the total compensation to be paid to all total dependents of a deceased employee shall not exceed in the aggregate the maximum weekly compensation stated in Section 25-5-68, except as otherwise provided in this article. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7560; Acts 1935, No. 387, p. 831; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 29, p. 9; Code 1940, T. 26, §287; Acts 1949, No. 36, p. 47; Acts 1951, No. 563, p. 978; Acts 1955, No. 350, p. 849; Acts 1957, No. 339, p. 449.)
AL Code § 25-5-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.|Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.|Section 25-5-62 - Total Dependents - Designated; Order of Compensation.

Section 25-5-62Total dependents - Designated; order of compensation. A wife, child, husband, mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, sister, brother, mother-in-law or father-in-law who was wholly supported by the deceased workman at the time of his death and for a reasonable period of time immediately prior thereto shall be considered his total dependents, and payment of compensation shall be made to such total dependents in the order named. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7553; Code 1940, T. 26, §281.)