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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 11 - Alabama First-Time and Second Chance Home Buyer Savings Account Act. › Section 24-11-7 - Deduction of Contributions, Exclusion of Earnings, and Limitations.

Section 24-11-7
Deduction of contributions, exclusion of earnings, and limitations.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-223 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 4, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and subject to the limitations under this section, a first-time and second chance home buyer savings account holder shall be entitled to a state tax deduction, subject to the limitations of this section, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for an account holder who files an individual tax return or ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for joint account holders who file a joint tax return, for contributions made by the account holder to a first-time and second chance home buyer savings account during the tax year in which the deduction is claimed.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and subject to the limitations under this section, earnings from the first-time and second chance home buyer savings account, including interest and other income on the principal, shall be excluded from taxable income of an account holder for Alabama income tax purposes during the tax year.
(c) An account holder may claim the deduction and exclusion under this section as follows:
(1) For a period not to exceed 10 years.
(2) For an aggregate total amount of principal and earnings not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for individual accounts and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for joint accounts during the 10-year period.
(3) Only if the principal and earnings of the account remain in the account until a withdrawal is made for eligible costs related to the purchase of a single-family residence by a first-time and second chance home buyer.
(d) A person other than the account holder who deposits funds in a first-time and second chance home buyer savings account shall not be entitled to the deduction and exclusion provided under this chapter.
(e) Any funds in a first-time and second chance home buyer savings account not expended on eligible costs by December 31 of the last year of the 10-year period beginning with January 1 of the tax year in which a deduction was first claimed under subsection (a) shall thereafter be included in the account holder's taxable income.
(f) The deduction and exclusion from taxable income provided by this chapter shall apply to any alternative basis for calculating taxable income for Alabama income tax purposes.
(g) The funds in the first-time and second chance home buyer savings account shall not be used to purchase a single-family residence outside of this state.
(h) No first-time and second chance home buyer savings account shall be established under this chapter after December 31, 2028, unless extended by an act of the Legislature.
(Act 2018-467, §7; Act 2022-223, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 11 - Alabama First-Time and Second Chance Home Buyer Savings Account Act. › Section 24-11-8 - Penalty for Withdrawal for Purpose Other Than Eligible Costs.

Section 24-11-8
THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Penalty for Withdrawal for Purpose Other Than Eligible Costs. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if the account holder withdraws any funds from a first-time and second chance home buyer savings account for a purpose other than eligible costs for the purchase of a single-family residence in this state, the following shall apply:
(1) The entire balance of the fund, including interest and other income on principal, shall be included in the account holder's taxable income for the tax year in which the withdrawal was made.
(2) The account holder shall pay a penalty to the Department of Revenue equal to 10 percent of the amount withdrawn. The penalty shall not apply to funds withdrawn from an account which were:
a. Withdrawn by reason of the account holder's death or disability or due to unemployment after the account holder has exhausted his or her applicable unemployment compensation benefits.
b. A disbursement of assets of the account pursuant to a filing for protection under the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.
(3) Subdivisions (1) and (2) do not apply to funds withdrawn or distributed from a first-time and second chance home buyer savings account that within 60 days of their withdrawal or distribution are deposited in full into another first-time and second chance home buyer savings account. This subdivision shall apply both to transfers between any qualifying first-time and second chance home buyer savings accounts whether such transfers are to or from qualifying individual or joint accounts. The timely transfer of funds from a first-time and second chance home buyer savings account to another first-time and second chance home buyer savings account in accordance with this subdivision shall not alter the time limitations set forth in subsection (e) of Section 7.
(Act 2018-467, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 11 - Alabama First-Time and Second Chance Home Buyer Savings Account Act. › Section 24-11-9 - Department of Revenue; Forms.

Section 24-11-9
THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Department of Revenue; Forms.
The Department of Revenue shall adopt forms for the following:
(1) The designation of an account with a financial institution to serve as a first-time and second chance home buyer savings account.
(2) An account holder to annually submit to the Department of Revenue detailed information regarding the first-time and second chance home buyer savings account, including, but not limited to, a list of transactions for the account during the tax year and identifying any supporting documentation required to be maintained by the account holder.
(Act 2018-467, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 11 - Alabama First-Time and Second Chance Home Buyer Savings Account Act. › Section 24-11-10 - Annual Report.

Section 24-11-10
Annual report.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-223 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 4, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
The department shall report to the Fiscal Division of the Legislative Services Agency on an annual basis the total annual number of deductions claimed and total amount of deposits deducted pursuant to this chapter, the number of taxpayers who submitted an account to the department pursuant to subdivision (a)(3) of Section 24-11-5, and the number of taxpayers who claimed a first-time and second chance home buyer deduction that did not expend the funds pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 24-11-7, or were subjected to the penalty provisions of Section 24-11-8.
(Act 2018-467, §10; Act 2022-223, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 25-1-1 - Duties of Employers, etc., With Respect to Provision of Safe Employment.

Section 25-1-1
Duties of employers, etc., with respect to provision of safe employment.
(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 the employment is performed reasonably safe for his employees and others who are not trespassers, and he shall do everything reasonably necessary to protect the life, health and safety of his employees and others who are not trespassers.
(b) Every employer and every owner of a place of employment, place of public assembly or public building, now or hereafter constructed, shall so construct, repair and maintain the same as to render it reasonably safe; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed or applied so as to impose upon any such owner any duties to his tenant, the members of his family, employees, guests or invitees or others entering upon the premises under the tenant's title, or the public, not now imposed upon him by law.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this subsection:
(1) EMPLOYER. Such term includes every person, firm, corporation, partnership, joint stock association, agent, manager, representative, foreman or other person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment or of any employee, but the terms of this section shall not be construed to cover the employment of agricultural workers or domestic servants.
(2) EMPLOYEE. Such term does not and shall not include agricultural workers or domestic servants.
(3) SAFE and SAFETY. Such terms, applied to any employment or place of employment, place of public assembly or public building, shall mean "reasonably safe" or "reasonable safety" consistent with the lawful purpose of the use and occupancy of the place of employment, place of public assembly or public building and the inherent danger of the employment, the process, operation or situation involved, and, shall include conditions and methods of sanitation and hygiene reasonably necessary for the protection of the life, health and safety of the employees and others who are not trespassers.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 25-1-2 - Duty of Employer to Provide Sitting Accommodations and Separate Water Closets for Females.

Section 25-1-2
Duty of employer to provide sitting accommodations and separate water closets for females.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1896, §5512; Code 1907, §6857; Code 1923, §3991; Code 1940, T. 26, §337.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 25-1-3 - Determination of Employment for Purposes of Employment Benefits and Tax Liabilities; Exemptions.

Section 25-1-3
Determination of employment for purposes of employment benefits and tax liabilities; exemptions.
(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 agency responsible for determining the employment status of an individual shall do both of the following:
(1) Use the test enumerated by the Internal Revenue Service in Rev. Rul. 87-41, 1987-1 C.B. 296, as amended or replaced from time to time, in making its determination.
(2) Apply the safe harbor provided in Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978, Public Law 95-600, as amended and extended by subsequent acts of Congress.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), this section shall have no application to, nor shall it have any impact upon, any determination of whether a worker is engaged in employment, or is considered an employee, for purposes of the workers' compensation laws of this state.
(Act 2021-226, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 2 - Equal Employment Opportunity for Minorities. › Section 25-1-10 - Affirmative Action Programs; Definition of Minority; American Indians or Alaskan Natives Included.

Section 25-1-10
Affirmative action programs; definition of minority; American Indians or Alaskan Natives included.
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, appointment, promotion, or other personnel procedures or functions in a manner so as to insure equal employment opportunity for minorities, the term "minority" shall include, in addition to any specifically identified ethnic group or other classification, a person who is a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States and who can establish by information contained on his or her birth certificate, by tribal records or by other reliable records, that he or she is an American Indian or Alaskan native, having origins in any of the original peoples of North America.
(Acts 1992, No. 92-626, p. 1482, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 3 - Age Discrimination by Employers Prohibited. › Section 25-1-20 - Definitions.

Section 25-1-20
Definitions.
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 calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, including any agent of that person.
(3) EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Any person regularly undertaking, with or without compensation, to procure employees for an employer or to procure for employees opportunities to work for an employer, including any agent of that person.
(4) LABOR ORGANIZATION. Any organization which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms, or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p. 1495, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 3 - Age Discrimination by Employers Prohibited. › Section 25-1-21 - Discrimination Against Workers 40 Years of Age and Over - Prohibited.

Section 25-1-21
Discrimination against workers 40 years of age and over - Prohibited.
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.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p. 1495, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 3 - Age Discrimination by Employers Prohibited. › Section 25-1-22 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Generally.

Section 25-1-22
Unlawful employment practices - Generally.
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 individual.
(2) Limit, segregate, or classify employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive an individual of employment opportunities or to adversely affect the status of an individual as an employee, because of the age of the individual.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p. 1495, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 3 - Age Discrimination by Employers Prohibited. › Section 25-1-23 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Employment Agency.

Section 25-1-23
Unlawful employment practices - Employment agency.
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.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p.1495, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 3 - Age Discrimination by Employers Prohibited. › Section 25-1-24 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Labor Organization.

Section 25-1-24
Unlawful employment practices - Labor organization.
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 classify or fail or refuse to refer for employment an individual in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive an individual of employment opportunities, or adversely affect the status of an individual as an employee, or as an applicant for employment, because of the age of the individual.
(3) Cause or attempt to cause an employer to discriminate against an individual in violation of this section.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p. 1495, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 3 - Age Discrimination by Employers Prohibited. › Section 25-1-25 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Apprenticeship.

Section 25-1-25
Unlawful employment practices - Apprenticeship.
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, or employment in, any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p. 1495, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 3 - Age Discrimination by Employers Prohibited. › Section 25-1-26 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Licensure, Etc.

Section 25-1-26
Unlawful employment practices - Licensure, etc.
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 individual.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p. 1495, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 3 - Age Discrimination by Employers Prohibited. › Section 25-1-27 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Advertisement.

Section 25-1-27
Unlawful employment practices - Advertisement.
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 preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination of age.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p. 1495, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 1 - General Provisions. › Article 3 - Age Discrimination by Employers Prohibited. › Section 25-1-28 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Opposition to Employer.

Section 25-1-28
Unlawful employment practices - Opposition to employer.
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 because that individual has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this article.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p. 1495, §9.)
2023 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 25-1-29
Remedies.
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.)
2023 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 25-1-30
Equal 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.)
2023 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 25-1-50
Short title.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act.
(Act 2015-314, §1.)
2023 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 25-1-51
Definitions.
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.)
2023 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 25-1-52
Requirements; 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-1 - Established; Seal.

Section 25-2-1
Established; seal.
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 Department of Labor.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §1; Act 2012-496, p. 1452, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-1.1 - Department Renamed.

Section 25-2-1.1
Department renamed.
(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 Department of Industrial Relations which shall be renamed the Department of Labor on October 1, 2012.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any act, section of the Code of Alabama 1975, or any other provision of law refers to the Department of Industrial Relations or the Department of Labor or the Director of Industrial Relations, the Commissioner of Labor, or the Secretary of Labor, it shall be deemed a reference to the Department of Labor and the Secretary of Labor created by Act 2012-496.
(Act 2012-496, p. 1452, §§2, 4; Act 2016-203, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-3 - Divisions; Officers.

Section 25-2-3
Divisions; officers.
The Secretary of Labor, with the approval of the Governor, may establish such division or divisions as may, in his discretion, be necessary or desirable for the administration or enforcement of any law or any rule or regulations with which the Department of Labor is charged or the performance of any of its functions or duties. Each division in the Department of Labor shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of an officer who shall be designated as the chief of such division. All chiefs of divisions shall be appointed by the Secretary of Labor, subject to the provisions of the Merit System. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, such chiefs of divisions shall take the constitutional oath of office. Each of such officers shall devote his full time to his official duties and shall hold no other lucrative position while serving as such. It is one of the purposes of this chapter to coordinate, in one division of the Department of Labor, unemployment compensation and employment service. Unemployment compensation and employment service shall be in one division of the Department of Labor under the direction of the chief of said division. Within said division, but subordinate to the chief thereof, there shall be a full-time salaried director of unemployment compensation and a full-time salaried director of employment service. The salaries of said chief and directors shall be paid solely from federal grants and shall be comparable to those paid similar officers in comparable states, notwithstanding any limitation or maximum in any other law.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §25; Acts 1945, No. 348, p. 564; Acts 1947, No. 364, p. 250; Acts 1951, No. 642, p. 1097.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-4 - Employees.

Section 25-2-4
Employees.
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 agreements as may be necessary or proper with the Secretary of Labor or any other agency, department or bureau of the federal government with respect to the proration of salaries and expenses paid to employees of the Department of Labor whose duties are not exclusively in the performance of the functions of the unemployment compensation division. Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the employees of the Department of Labor shall execute to the State of Alabama bonds, to be approved by the Governor, in amounts to be fixed by the Secretary of Labor, for the faithful performance of their duties.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §26; Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-4.1 - Employees of Certain Colleges or the Alabama Community College System.

Section 25-2-4.1
Employees of certain colleges or the Alabama Community College System.
(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 benefits, shall be transferred, subject to the contingency described in subsection (c), to the Alabama Department of Labor.
(b) All transferred employees shall be placed into Merit System classifications as determined by the State Personnel Department. The State Personnel Department shall credit all transferred employees with his or her years of service while with the Alabama Career Center System. All transferred personnel shall be covered by the Merit System Act and shall be entitled to all privileges and responsibilities as other Merit System employees and their service and removal shall be subject to the Merit System Act and the rules of the State Personnel Department.
(c) Implementation of this section is contingent upon federal Congressional appropriation of adequate funding from the Federal Workforce Investment Act or any successor or similar act for fiscal year 2015 or later, as determined by the Director of Finance.
(d) The Department of Labor shall contribute an amount to the State Employees' Insurance Fund for each of the retired employees of the Alabama Career Center System equal to any amount appropriated by the state to fund benefits for retired employees as determined by the State Employees' Insurance Board, contingent upon compliance with federal mandate.
(Act 2015-307, §§1-3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-5 - Applicability of Merit System.

Section 25-2-5
Applicability of Merit System.
Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, all employees and officers of the Department of Labor, including the chiefs of divisions but not including the Secretary of Labor, even though he be a chief of a division, shall be subject to the Merit System.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §27.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-6 - Secretary of Labor - Qualifications and Requirements; Vacancies; Compensation.

Section 25-2-6
Secretary of Labor - Qualifications and requirements; vacancies; compensation.
The Department of Labor shall be headed by and shall be under the direction, supervision, and control of an officer who shall be known and designated as the Secretary of Labor. The Secretary of Labor shall be the advisor of the Governor and the Legislature in matters relating to employer-employee relations and the welfare of the wage earners of the state. He or she shall be responsible to the Governor for the administration of the Department of Labor. The Secretary of Labor shall be appointed by and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. Vacancies for any reason shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made. Before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, the Secretary of Labor shall take the constitutional oath of office. Before entering upon the duties of office, the Secretary of Labor shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in an amount to be fixed by the Governor, but not less than $10,000.00, for the faithful performance of the duties of the office. The annual salary of the Secretary of Labor shall be fixed by the Governor at a sum comparable to salaries paid similar officers in other states, notwithstanding any limitation or maximum in any other law, $1,200.00 of which sum shall be paid from moneys of the State of Alabama and the remainder from grants of the United States of America to this state. Such salary shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as the salaries of other state officers. The Secretary of Labor is authorized and empowered to make such agreements as may be necessary or proper with the United States of America with respect to the proration of funds from the State of Alabama and funds from the federal government for the salary paid to the Secretary of Labor by virtue of the provisions of this section. The Secretary of Labor shall devote full time to his or her official duties and shall not hold another office under the government of the United States, or under any other state, or of this state or any political subdivision thereof, during his or her incumbency in such office, and shall not hold any position of trust or profit, or engage in any occupation or business the conduct of which shall interfere or be inconsistent with his or her duties as Secretary of Labor under the provisions of this title.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §2; Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123; Acts 1947, No. 527, p. 385; Acts 1951, Ex. Sess., No. 11, p. 177; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190; Act 2012-496, p. 1452, §1; Act 2016-203, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-7 - Secretary of Labor - Powers and Duties.

Section 25-2-7
Secretary of Labor - Powers and duties.
(a) All functions and duties of the Department of Labor shall be exercised by the Secretary of Labor acting personally or by and through such administrative divisions or such officers or employees as he or she may designate. The Secretary of Labor shall have all power and authority necessary or convenient to carry out the functions and duties of the Department of Labor. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Labor to administer Chapter 4 of this title and he or she shall have power and authority to adopt and enforce all reasonable rules and orders necessary or suitable to that end, require any reports and take any other action consistent with the provisions of Chapter 4 necessary or suitable to that end.
(b) To the end that strikes, lockouts, boycotts, blacklists, and discriminations may be avoided, the secretary shall have authority and it shall be his or her duty to investigate labor disputes and to promote the peaceful and voluntary adjustment and settlement thereof.
(c) It shall be the duty of the secretary to make available to any board of mediation appointed by the Governor pursuant to Section 25-7-4 all data and information in his or her custody or possession relevant or pertinent to any matter which such board of mediation may have been appointed to consider, and to render to any such board of mediation such assistance as it may request of him or her in the discharge of its official duties.
(d) It shall be the duty of the secretary to administer and enforce the Alabama child labor law relating to minimum age of employment, hours of work, places of employment, and prohibited occupations.
(e) It shall be the duty of the secretary to investigate and attempt equitably to adjust controversies in respect to wage claims or alleged wage claims.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §6; Act 2012-496, p. 1452, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-8 - Secretary of Labor - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations.

Section 25-2-8
Secretary of Labor - Promulgation of rules and regulations.
The Secretary of Labor may prescribe such general rules and regulations for the conduct of the Department of Labor as he may deem necessary or expedient to give effect to the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-9 - Secretary of Labor - Right of Entry.

Section 25-2-9
Secretary of Labor - Right of entry.
The Secretary of Labor or his authorized representative shall have the power and authority to enter any place of employment, place of public assembly or public building for the purpose of collecting facts and statistics relating to the employment of workers or for the purpose of making inspections to determine whether or not the labor law and laws relating to the relationship between employer and employee and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter are being observed. No employer or owner shall refuse to admit the Secretary of Labor or his authorized representative to his place of employment, public building, or place of public assembly for the purpose of making any reasonable inspection or impede or obstruct him in making any reasonable inspection.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §21.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-10 - Secretary of Labor - Designated Chief of Unemployment Compensation and Employment Service Division.

Section 25-2-10
Secretary of Labor - Designated chief of unemployment compensation and employment service division.
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 units of the Department of Labor. The Secretary of Labor in assuming these additional duties shall receive no remuneration for such services other than that amount specified as his salary in Section 25-2-6.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-11 - Secretary of Labor - Agreements With Federal Agencies.

Section 25-2-11
Secretary of Labor - Agreements with federal agencies.
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, department or bureau of the federal government, for the administration of Chapter 4 of this title or employment service. The secretary is hereby empowered and authorized to make such agreements not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter with the Secretary of Labor or any other agency of the federal government, as may be necessary to conform to such minimum standards, or as may be necessary to conform to minimum standards adopted by the Secretary of Labor or any other agency, department or bureau of the federal government in connection with grants to the Department of Labor for the administration of Chapter 4 of this title or employment service.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-14 - Board of Appeals - Procedure; Record of Proceedings, Etc.

Section 25-2-14
Board of appeals - Procedure; record of proceedings, etc.
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 be taken down by a stenographer, but need not be transcribed unless an appeal is taken to the court. The testimony in hearings on safety rules and regulations, and amendments and repeals thereof, need not be recorded.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-15 - Board of Appeals - Sessions.

Section 25-2-15
Board of appeals - Sessions.
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 than is necessary to dispose of matters pending for their consideration and determination or other action.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-16 - Board of Appeals - Promulgation, Amendment, etc., of Rules and Regulations - Proposals.

Section 25-2-16
Board of appeals - Promulgation, amendment, etc., of rules and regulations - Proposals.
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 by him or any committee of employers, employees, and experts appointed by him for that purpose. All such rules, regulations, and amendments shall be for the purpose of making more definite and certain the duties of employers as set forth in this chapter, and any rule, regulation or amendment, excepting those affecting administration of Chapter 4 of this title, which does not conform to the standards herein set forth, shall be invalid. The Secretary of Labor shall deliver to any person making application therefor a copy of all rules and regulations as from time to time promulgated under any of the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-17 - Board of Appeals - Promulgation, Amendment, etc., of Rules and Regulations - Hearings.

Section 25-2-17
Board of appeals - Promulgation, amendment, etc., of rules and regulations - Hearings.
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 newspaper or newspapers as the board of appeals may prescribe. Any person interested shall have a right to be heard at such hearing.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-18 - Board of Appeals - Promulgation, Amendment, etc., of Rules and Regulations - Effective Date; Publication, Etc.

Section 25-2-18
Board of appeals - Promulgation, amendment, etc., of rules and regulations - Effective date; publication, etc.
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 the Secretary of State. Every such rule and regulation adopted and every amendment and repeal thereof by the board of appeals shall be published in such manner as the board of appeals may determine. The Secretary of Labor shall deliver a copy to every person making application therefor, and he shall include the text of each such rule or regulation, and amendment or repeal thereof, in an appendix to the annual report of the Department of Labor next following the adoption, amendment, or repeal of such rule or regulation.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-19 - Variations From Rules or Regulations.

Section 25-2-19
Variations from rules or regulations.
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 by such rules, or his agent or attorney, may petition the board for such variations, stating the ground therefor. The board shall fix a date for hearing on such petition and give reasonable notice thereof to the petitioner. A properly indexed record of all variations made shall be kept by the clerk of the board of appeals in the office of the Department of Labor and shall be open to public inspection.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §17.)