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AL Code § 25-1-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 3 - Age Discrimination by Employers Prohibited.|Section 25-1-29 - Remedies.

Section 25-1-29Remedies. 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 was or is employed for such legal or equitable relief as will effectuate the purposes of this article. However, if an action is brought in the federal court, any action pending in the state court shall be simultaneously dismissed with prejudice. Further, any party bringing action under this section shall only be entitled to one recovery of damages. Any damages assessed in one court will offset any entitlement to damages in any other state or federal court. In any action, a person shall be entitled to a trial by jury of any issue of fact in any action for recovery of amounts owed as a result of a violation of this article, regardless of whether equitable relief is sought by any party in the action. Any employment practice authorized by the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act shall also be authorized by this article and the remedies, defenses, and statutes of limitations, under this article shall be the same as those authorized by the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act except that a plaintiff shall not be required to pursue any administrative action or remedy prior to filing suit under this article. (Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p. 1495, §10.)
AL Code § 25-1-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 3A - Clarke-Figures Equal Pay Act.|Section 25-1-30 - Equal Pay and Employment Requirements.

Section 25-1-30Equal pay and employment requirements. (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 equal work within the same establishment on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, education, experience, and responsibility, and performance under similar working conditions, except where the payment is made pursuant to any of the following: (1) A seniority system. (2) A merit system. (3) A system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production. (4) A differential based on any factor other than sex or race. (c) An employer shall not refuse to interview, hire, promote, or employ an applicant for employment, or retaliate against an applicant for employment because the applicant does not provide wage history. Wage history means the wages paid to an applicant for employment by the applicant's current or former employer.  (d) Any employer who violates subsection (b) or (c) is liable to the employee affected in an amount equal to the wages, and interest thereon, of which the employee is deprived by reason of the violation. (e) An employer shall adopt the rules for record keeping established by the United States Department of Labor for the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 C.F.R. Part 516. (f) An employee who files a claim against his or her employer for a violation of subsection (b) must plead with particularity in demonstrating both of the following: (1) The employee was paid less than someone for equal work despite possessing equal skill, effort, education, experience, and responsibility. (2) The applicable wage schedule at issue was or is not correlated to any conditions permissible under subsection (b). (g) If an employee recovers an amount under subsection (d), and also files a complaint or brings an action pursuant to federal law which results in an additional recovery under federal law for the same violation, the employee shall return to the employer the amount recovered under subsection (d), or the amount recovered under federal law, whichever is less. (h) A civil action brought pursuant to subsection (d) may be commenced no later than two years after the act of discrimination giving rise to a cause of action. (Act 2019-519, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 25-1-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 5 - Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act.|Section 25-1-50 - Short Title.

Section 25-1-50Short title.  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act. (Act 2015-314, §1.)
AL Code § 25-1-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 5 - Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act.|Section 25-1-51 - Definitions.

Section 25-1-51Definitions.  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 public institution of higher education. (3) VETERAN. A person who has served on active duty in the United States Armed Forces and was discharged or released with an honorable discharge. (4) VETERANS' PREFERENCE EMPLOYMENT POLICY. A private employer's voluntary preference for hiring, promoting, or retaining a veteran over another qualified applicant or employee. (Act 2015-314, §2.)
AL Code § 25-1-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 5 - Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act.|Section 25-1-52 - Requirements; Implementation.

Section 25-1-52Requirements; implementation.  (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 submit a DD 214 to a private employer with a veterans' preference employment policy to be eligible for the preference. (c) The granting of the preference may not be construed to be a violation of any local or state equal employment opportunity law. (d) The Alabama Department of Veterans' Affairs and the Alabama Department of Labor shall assist a private employer in determining if an applicant is a veteran to the extent permitted by law and in a manner that protects personal privacy consistent with the law. (Act 2015-314, §3.)
AL Code § 25-4-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-1 - Base Period.

Section 25-4-1Base period. "Base period," as used in this chapter, means the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual benefit year. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §193.)
AL Code § 25-4-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-2 - Benefits.

Section 25-4-2Benefits. "Benefits," as used in this chapter, means the money payable to an individual with respect to his unemployment as provided in this chapter. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §180.)
AL Code § 25-4-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-3 - Benefit Year.

Section 25-4-3Benefit year. "Benefit year," as used in this chapter with respect to any individual, means the one-year period beginning with the first day of the first week with respect to which an individual who is unemployed first files a valid claim for benefits or a claim is filed by an employer on behalf of an employee working less than full time, and thereafter the one-year period beginning with the first day of the first week with respect to which such individual next files a valid claim for benefits or such claim is filed by an employer on behalf of an employee working less than full time, after the termination of his last preceding benefit year. A claim by any such unemployed individual, or a claim filed by an employer on behalf of an employee working less than full time, made in accordance with Section 25-4-90 shall be deemed to be a "valid claim" for the purposes of this section if the individual or such employee working less than full time for whom a claim is filed by an employer, has earned the wages for insured work required under subdivision (a)(5) of Section 25-4-77. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, if, by reason of a disqualification imposed under subdivision (3) of Section 25-4-78, the individual is not entitled to benefits on account of the wages paid to him in what normally would be his base period, no benefit year shall be established. No other disqualification under Section 25-4-78 and no holding of ineligibility under subdivision (a)(3) of Section 25-4-77 shall make a claim invalid or prevent the establishment of a benefit year. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §194; Acts 1949, No. 525, p. 806, §1; Acts 1955, No. 352, p. 851, §1; Acts 1975, No. 801, §4.)
AL Code § 25-4-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-4 - Calendar Quarter; Fiscal Year.

Section 25-4-4Calendar quarter; fiscal year. (a) "Calendar quarter," as used in this chapter, means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, except as the secretary shall by regulation otherwise prescribe. (b) "Fiscal year," as used in this chapter, shall mean the 12 consecutive month period beginning October 1 of each calendar year for employers who make payments in lieu of contributions to the fund. For contributory employers, "fiscal year," as used in this chapter, shall mean the 12 consecutive month period beginning July 1 of each calendar year beginning January 1, 1996 and thereafter. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §195; Acts 1975, No. 801, §6; Acts 1995, No. 95-311, p. 582, §2.)
AL Code § 25-4-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-5 - Contributions; Payments in Lieu of Contributions.

Section 25-4-5Contributions; payments in lieu of contributions. (a) "Contributions," as used in this chapter, means the money payments to the State Unemployment Compensation Fund, required by this chapter, on the basis of a percentage of wages. (b) "Payments in lieu of contributions," as used in this chapter, means the money payments to the State Unemployment Compensation Fund, required by this chapter, from employers who reimburse the fund for the amount of regular benefits and extended benefits paid that is attributable to service in the employ of such employers as is required by this chapter. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §182; Acts 1971, No. 166, p. 440, §1; Acts 1980, No. 80-756, p. 1561, §1.)
AL Code § 25-4-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-6 - Secretary.

Section 25-4-6Secretary. "Secretary," as used in this chapter, means the Secretary of Labor or his authorized representatives; except, that during any interim in which there is no duly appointed and qualified Secretary of Labor, the same shall mean the Director of Unemployment Compensation, provided for in Section 25-2-3. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §182; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 274, p. 2298, §2.)
AL Code § 25-4-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-7 - Employee.

Section 25-4-7Employee. Except as modified by the provisions of Section 25-4-10 defining "employment," "employee," as used in this chapter, means any individual employed by an employer subject to this chapter, in which employment the relationship of master and servant exists between the employee and the person employing him. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §184; Acts 1971, No. 166, p. 440, §2.)
AL Code § 25-4-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-9 - Employing Unit.

Section 25-4-9Employing unit. "Employing unit," as used in this chapter, means any individual or type of organization, including any partnership, association, trust estate, joint stock company or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee or successor thereof, or the legal representative of a deceased person, which has, or subsequent to January 1, 1935, had in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it within this state. All individuals performing services within this state for any employing unit which maintains two or more separate establishments within this state shall be deemed to be employed by a single employing unit for all the purposes of this chapter. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §183.)
AL Code § 25-4-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-11 - Employment Office.

Section 25-4-11Employment office. "Employment office," as used in this chapter, means a free public employment office or a branch thereof operated by this or any other state as a part of a state controlled system of public employment offices or by a federal agency charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation program or free public employment offices. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §187; Acts 1943, No. 310, p. 281, §2.)
AL Code § 25-4-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-12 - Fund.

Section 25-4-12Fund. "Fund," as used in this chapter, means the Unemployment Compensation Fund established by this chapter, to which all contributions and payments in lieu of contributions and from which all benefits required under this chapter shall be paid. All interest earned on the fund shall be credited to said fund. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §189; Acts 1971, No. 166, p. 440, §5.)
AL Code § 25-4-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-13 - Insured Work.

Section 25-4-13Insured work. "Insured work," as used in this chapter, means "employment" for "employers." (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §196.)
AL Code § 25-4-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-14 - State.

Section 25-4-14State. "State," as used in this chapter, includes, in addition to the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Canada. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §188; Acts 1967, No. 167, p. 499, §1; Acts 1971, No. 88, p. 349, §1.)
AL Code § 25-4-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-15 - Unemployment Administration Fund.

Section 25-4-15Unemployment Administration Fund. "Unemployment Administration Fund," as used in this chapter, means the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund established by this chapter. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §190.)
AL Code § 25-4-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 1 - Definitions.|Section 25-4-17 - Week.

Section 25-4-17Week. "Week," as used in this chapter, means such period of seven consecutive days, as the secretary may by regulation prescribe. The secretary may by regulation prescribe that a week shall be deemed to be in, within or during that benefit year which includes the greater part of such week, or that benefit year within which such week ends. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §192.)
AL Code § 25-4-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 2 - Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund.|Section 25-4-30 - Administration and Composition.

Section 25-4-30Administration and composition. There shall be as a special fund, separate and apart from all public moneys or funds of this state, an Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund, which shall be administered by the secretary exclusively for the purposes of this chapter without liability on the part of the state beyond the amounts paid into and earned by the fund. This fund shall consist of: (1) All contributions paid in or collected under this chapter; (2) Interest earned upon any moneys in the fund; (3) Any property or securities acquired through the use of moneys belonging to the fund; (4) All earnings of such property or securities; (5) Any money received from the federal unemployment account in the unemployment trust fund in accordance with Title XII of the Social Security Act; (6) All money credited to this state's account in the unemployment trust fund pursuant to Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended; and (7) All money received for the fund from any other source. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §197; Acts 1945, No. 283, p. 449, §2; Acts 1957, No. 303, p. 395, §1; Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 340, §1.)
AL Code § 25-4-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 2 - Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund.|Section 25-4-33 - Overpayments.

Section 25-4-33Overpayments. All unemployment compensation overpayment monies collected under the provisions of Sections 25-4-72 and 40-18-100 shall be deposited into the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund. (Acts 1997, No. 97-246, p. 426, §2.)
AL Code § 25-4-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 3 - Contributions and Payments in Lieu of Contributions.|Section 25-4-50 - Accrual; Time and Manner of Payment by Employers.

Section 25-4-50Accrual; time and manner of payment by employers. Contributions or payments in lieu of contributions shall accrue and become payable by each employer subject to this chapter. Contributions or payments in lieu of contributions shall accrue and become payable by any new employer on and after the date on which he becomes newly subject to this chapter. The contributions or payments in lieu of contributions required under this chapter shall be paid by each employer in such manner and at such times as the secretary may prescribe. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §200; Acts 1971, No. 166, p. 440, §7.)
AL Code § 25-4-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 3 - Contributions and Payments in Lieu of Contributions.|Section 25-4-52 - Contributions by Employees.

Section 25-4-52Contributions by employees. (a) For each calendar year ending prior to January 1, 1986, contributions by employees shall be as was provided by this section prior to that date. (b) Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 89-405, §2. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §202; Acts 1953, No. 864, p. 1163; Acts 1957, No. 304, p. 399; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 274, p. 2298; Acts 1969, No. 234, p. 559, §1; Acts 1971, No. 166, p. 440, §9; Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-155, p. 264, §5; Acts 1989, No. 89-405, p. 822, §2.)
AL Code § 25-4-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 3 - Contributions and Payments in Lieu of Contributions.|Section 25-4-53 - Withholding of Employee Contributions.

Section 25-4-53Withholding of employee contributions. For calendar years ending prior to January 1, 1986, employee contributions, the withholding of such contributions, and the penalty for an employer's failure to withhold and violations of trust shall be as was provided by this section prior to such date. (Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §203; Acts 1969, No. 234, p. 559, §2; Acts 1980, No. 80-756, p. 1561, §3; Acts 1989, No. 89-405, p. 822, §3.)
AL Code § 25-4-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.|Article 3 - Contributions and Payments in Lieu of Contributions.|Section 25-4-55 - Payment of Interest on Moneys Advanced by Federal Government - Contributory Employer's Assessment; Method of Determining Amount; Procedures.

Section 25-4-55Payment of interest on moneys advanced by federal government - Contributory employer's assessment; method of determining amount; procedures. In addition to all other contributions required to be paid by the provisions of Sections 25-4-51 and 25-4-54, when the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund of this state has received advances from the federal government under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 1321, each contributory employer shall be assessed an additional rate solely for the purpose of paying interest due on such federal advances. The additional rate assessed to any employer shall be determined by dividing the estimated amount of interest to be paid on such advanced moneys minus any balance in this special fund by 95 percent of the wages as defined in Section 25-4-16 paid by all Alabama contributory employers during the immediately preceding calendar year. The amount to be paid by each employer shall be the product obtained by multiplying such employer's wages as defined in Section 25-4-16 for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year during which the advances became necessary by the rate as heretofore determined by provisions of this section. Each employer shall be notified of the amount of his or its assessment as required by this section not later than the fifteenth day of May next following the year in which such interest becomes due. Such amount shall be due and payable within 30 days of said notice and shall become delinquent on the day following such 30 days. Interest and penalties prescribed by the provisions of Sections 25-4-132 and 25-4-133 shall be applied to late payments to the same extent and at the same rates as is provided for delinquent contributions. Procedures for enforcing payment of amounts due including interest and penalty, by any employer shall be as prescribed by Section 25-4-134. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Secretary of Labor from postponing the implementation of this section for one calendar year provided such postponement shall not delay collection later than required to pay accumulated interest when it becomes due to be paid nor shall it prevent him from making any further assessment if additional advances are made and/or additional interest becomes due. (Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-178, p. 347, §1; Acts 1984, No. 84-73, p. 94, §1.)