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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-20 - Review of Rules or Regulations - Petition to Board of Appeals.

Section 25-2-20
Review of rules or regulations - Petition to board of appeals.
Any person in interest, his authorized agent or attorney may petition the board of appeals for a review of the validity or reasonableness of any rule or regulation adopted, amended, or repealed by the board of appeals under the provisions of this chapter. The petition shall be verified, shall be filed with the board of appeals and shall state the rule or regulation proposed to be reviewed and in what respect it is claimed to be invalid or unreasonable. The board may join in one proceeding all petitions alleging the invalidity or unreasonableness of substantially similar rules or regulations. The filing of such petition shall operate to stay all proceedings under such rule or regulation until the determination of such review. The board of appeals shall order a hearing if necessary to determine the issue raised or, if the issues have been considered in a prior proceeding, the board of appeals may, without a hearing, confirm its previous determination. Notice of the time and place of hearing shall be given to the petitioner and such other person as the board of appeals may determine. If the board of appeals finds that the rule or regulation is invalid or unreasonable, it shall revoke or amend it.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-21 - Review of Rules or Regulations - Commencement of Action in Circuit Court.

Section 25-2-21
Review of rules or regulations - Commencement of action in circuit court.
Any employer, owner or other person in interest, being dissatisfied with any rule or regulation of the board of appeals, may commence an action in the circuit court of the county wherein such employer, owner, or other person in interest resides, or has his or its principal place of business against the Secretary of Labor as defendant to enjoin and set aside any such rule or regulation on the ground that it is invalid or unreasonable. The defendant shall be served with a copy of the complaint. Service of the complaint may be made by serving a copy or second original by the sheriff or any deputy sheriff of any county wherein the Secretary of Labor may be found, or by filing a copy in the office of the Secretary of Labor.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-22 - Employers to Furnish Information; Access to Records, Accounts, etc., of Employers.

Section 25-2-22
Employers to furnish information; access to records, accounts, etc., of employers.
Every employer or owner shall furnish to the Department of Labor or the board of appeals any information which the Department of Labor or the board of appeals is authorized to require, and shall make true and specific answers to all reasonable questions, whether submitted orally or in writing, authorized to be put to him. The Secretary of Labor and any authorized representative of the Department of Labor shall, for the purpose of examination, have access to and the right to copy from any book, account, record, payroll, paper, or documents relating to the employment of workers in such manner as may be reasonable and at reasonable times. Information secured under the provisions of this section shall not be published or be open to public inspection in any manner revealing the employer's or owner's identity; and any officer, member, or employee of the Department of Labor or the board of appeals guilty of violating this provision shall be subject to the penalties provided in this chapter.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-23 - Powers of Secretary, Officers of Department and Board of Appeals as to Witnesses.

Section 25-2-23
Powers of secretary, officers of department and board of appeals as to witnesses.
The Secretary of Labor, any officer of the Department of Labor designated by the secretary and the members of the board of appeals, in the performance of any function or duty or the execution of any power prescribed by law, shall have the power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents, records and testimony. In the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application of the Secretary of Labor or any officer of the Department of Labor designated by the secretary or any member of the board of appeals, to compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued for such court or a refusal to testify therein. Witness fees and other expenses involved in proceedings under this section shall be paid to the extent necessary, at rates specified by the Secretary of Labor, from the Unemployment Administration Fund, when such expenses are in connection with the administration of Chapter 4 of this title.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-24 - Enforcement of Laws Administered, etc., by Department; District Attorney's Fee.

Section 25-2-24
Enforcement of laws administered, etc., by department; district attorney's fee.
It shall be the duty of the qualified attorneys regularly employed by the Department of Labor, or the Attorney General of the state and any district attorney, upon the request of the Secretary of Labor or of any of his authorized representatives, to prosecute any violation of any law, the administration or enforcement of which has been made a duty or function of the Department of Labor, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto. A district attorney's fee of $5.00 shall be taxed as costs against any defendant convicted.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-25 - Penalties for Violations of Chapter or Rules or Regulations of Board of Appeals; False Statements Under Oath.

Section 25-2-25
Penalties for violations of chapter or rules or regulations of board of appeals; false statements under oath.
Any person who violates or fails or refuses to comply with any requirement of this chapter or any lawful rule or regulation of the board of appeals adopted pursuant thereto, for which no penalty has been otherwise provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00 or shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both so fined and imprisoned, for each such offense. Each day such violation, omission, failure, or refusal continues shall be deemed a separate offense. Any person who shall knowingly testify falsely, under oath, or shall knowingly make, give, or produce any false statement or false evidence under oath to the Secretary of Labor, or an officer of the Department of Labor designated by him or to any member of the board of appeals, shall be guilty of perjury.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §24.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 2 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-2-26 - Disposition and Expenditure of Appropriations and Federal Allotments.

Section 25-2-26
Disposition and expenditure of appropriations and federal allotments.
All appropriations heretofore and hereafter to be made for the administration of Chapter 4 of this title and all moneys heretofore or hereafter to be allotted or apportioned by the federal government or the Secretary of Labor or his successor or any other federal agency, department, or bureau or received from any other source to or for the State of Alabama for the administration of Chapter 4 of this title shall be held and deposited in and credited to the Unemployment Compensation Fund and expended solely for such administration. All appropriations heretofore or hereafter to be made for the promotion or maintenance of a system of public employment offices and all moneys heretofore or hereafter to be allotted or apportioned by the federal government or the United States Employment Service or its successor, or any other federal agency pursuant to the provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act or other act of Congress for the purpose of promoting or maintaining a system of public employment offices, shall be held or deposited in and credited to the Employment Service Fund and expended solely for the purpose of promoting and maintaining such assistance.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 3 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-3-2 - Commissioner of Labor - Appointment and Term of Office; Oath of Office and Bond; Filling of Vacancies; Full-Time Position.

Section 25-3-2
Commissioner of Labor - Appointment and term of office; oath of office and bond; filling of vacancies; full-time position.
Repealed by Act 2012-496, §5, effective October 1, 2012.
(Acts 1943, No. 298, p. 252, §4; Acts 1951, Ex. Sess., No. 12, p. 178.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 3 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-3-3 - Commissioner of Labor - Powers and Duties Generally.

Section 25-3-3
Commissioner of Labor - Powers and duties generally.
Repealed by Act 2012-496, §5, effective October 1, 2012.
(Acts 1943, No. 298, p. 252, §5; Act 2000-706, p. 1479, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 3 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-3-4 - Commissioner of Labor - Investigation and Adjustment of Controversies as to Wage Claims.

Section 25-3-4
Commissioner of Labor - Investigation and adjustment of controversies as to wage claims.
Repealed by Act 2012-496, §5, effective October 1, 2012.
(Acts 1945, No. 519, p. 760.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 3 - Department of Labor. › Section 25-3-5 - Commissioner to Provide Seminars for Unemployed or Underemployed Employees Regarding Their Rights and Responsibilities; Commissioner Authorized to Assist Employee Groups, Communicate With Creditors, etc.; State Credit Union May Expand Field of Membership if Adversely Affected by Layoffs or Closings; Regulations Concerning Financial Disclosure and Assistance of Employees.

Section 25-3-5
Commissioner to provide seminars for unemployed or underemployed employees regarding their rights and responsibilities; commissioner authorized to assist employee groups, communicate with creditors, etc.; state credit union may expand field of membership if adversely affected by layoffs or closings; regulations concerning financial disclosure and assistance of employees.
Repealed by Act 2012-496, §5, effective October 1, 2012.
(Acts 1983, No. 83-590, p. 922.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 1 - Definitions. › Section 25-4-1 - Base Period.

Section 25-4-1
Base 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 1 - Definitions. › Section 25-4-2 - Benefits.

Section 25-4-2
Benefits.
"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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 1 - Definitions. › Section 25-4-3 - Benefit Year.

Section 25-4-3
Benefit 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.)
2023 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 25-4-4
Calendar 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.)
2023 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 25-4-5
Contributions; 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 1 - Definitions. › Section 25-4-6 - Secretary.

Section 25-4-6
Secretary.
"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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 1 - Definitions. › Section 25-4-7 - Employee.

Section 25-4-7
Employee.
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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 1 - Definitions. › Section 25-4-9 - Employing Unit.

Section 25-4-9
Employing 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 1 - Definitions. › Section 25-4-11 - Employment Office.

Section 25-4-11
Employment 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 1 - Definitions. › Section 25-4-12 - Fund.

Section 25-4-12
Fund.
"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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 1 - Definitions. › Section 25-4-13 - Insured Work.

Section 25-4-13
Insured work.
"Insured work," as used in this chapter, means "employment" for "employers."
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §196.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 1 - Definitions. › Section 25-4-14 - State.

Section 25-4-14
State.
"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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 1 - Definitions. › Section 25-4-15 - Unemployment Administration Fund.

Section 25-4-15
Unemployment 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 1 - Definitions. › Section 25-4-17 - Week.

Section 25-4-17
Week.
"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.)
2023 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 25-4-30
Administration 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.)
2023 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 25-4-33
Overpayments.
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.)
2023 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 25-4-50
Accrual; 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.)
2023 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 25-4-52
Contributions 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.)
2023 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 25-4-53
Withholding 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.)
2023 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 25-4-55
Payment 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 3 - Contributions and Payments in Lieu of Contributions. › Section 25-4-56 - Payment of Interest on Moneys Advanced by Federal Government - Creation of Special Interest Payment Fund; Deposits; Administration; Disposition.

Section 25-4-56
Payment of interest on moneys advanced by federal government - Creation of Special Interest Payment Fund; deposits; administration; disposition.
There is hereby created a special fund, to be known as the "Special Interest Payment Fund," into which shall be deposited all moneys collected under the provisions of Section 25-4-55. All moneys in the Special Interest Payment Fund shall be deposited, administered and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as is provided by law in Section 25-4-31.
Moneys in this fund shall be used by the secretary for the payment of interest on moneys advanced by the federal government, shall be continuously available to the secretary for expenditures in accordance with the provisions of Sections 25-4-55 through 25-4-58 and appropriate federal laws and shall not lapse at any time. Any interest earned on moneys in this special fund shall accrue to the special fund.
(Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-178, p. 347, §2; Acts 1984, No. 84-73, p. 94, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 3 - Contributions and Payments in Lieu of Contributions. › Section 25-4-57 - Payment of Interest on Moneys Advanced by Federal Government - Assessment to Discontinue When All Interest Paid; Payment of Interest on Money Advanced After Previously Borrowed Funds Repaid.

Section 25-4-57
Payment of interest on moneys advanced by federal government - Assessment to discontinue when all interest paid; payment of interest on money advanced after previously borrowed funds repaid.
Payment of any assessment as provided under Section 25-4-55 shall be discontinued for the calendar year next following the calendar year during which all interest due to be paid on all advances has been paid. If it becomes necessary to borrow money from the federal government under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 1321 subsequent to the calendar year in which all previously borrowed advances are repaid, assessments shall be made under the provisions prescribed in Section 25-4-55.
(Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-178, p. 347, §3; Acts 1984, No. 84-73, p. 94, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 3 - Contributions and Payments in Lieu of Contributions. › Section 25-4-58 - Payment of Interest on Moneys Advanced by Federal Government - Disposition of Moneys in Fund When Assessment Discontinued.

Section 25-4-58
Payment of interest on moneys advanced by federal government - Disposition of moneys in fund when assessment discontinued.
When payment of assessments have been discontinued under the provisions of Section 25-4-57, and all obligations of the secretary for interest on advances have been met, all remaining moneys in the Special Interest Payment Fund shall remain in this fund until such time as the balance in the Unemployment Trust Fund equals at least 26 times the average weekly payment made from the Unemployment Trust Fund during the immediately preceding fiscal year as defined in Section 25-4-4(b). Thereafter the secretary may on the immediately succeeding April 1 transfer any balances to the trust fund but in no event shall unexpended assessments remain in the special fund when the trust fund equals or exceeds 50 percent of the minimum normal amount on the preceding October 1, and may thereafter be expended only in such manner and for such purposes as other moneys in the fund may be expended.
(Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-178, p. 347, §4; Acts 1984, No. 84-73, p. 94, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 3 - Contributions and Payments in Lieu of Contributions. › Section 25-4-59 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective July 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 25-4-59
Procedures exclusive.
The procedures provided for in this article and Article 7, commencing with Section 25-4-130, for the making of determinations with respect to contribution rates and payments, and for appealing from such determinations, shall be exclusive.
(Act 2021-6, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 4 - Benefits. › Section 25-4-71 - When Individuals Deemed Unemployed.

Section 25-4-71
When individuals deemed unemployed.
An individual shall be deemed totally unemployed in any week during which he performs no services and with respect to which no wages are payable to him, and shall be deemed partially unemployed in any week of less than full-time work if the wages payable to him with respect to such week are less than his weekly benefit amount. The secretary shall prescribe regulations applicable to unemployed individuals, making such distinctions in the procedures as to total unemployment, part-total unemployment, partial unemployment of individuals attached to their regular jobs and other forms of short-time work, as the secretary deems necessary. Wages are deemed to be payable to an individual working on a commission basis with respect to each week in which he works.
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §206.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 4 - Benefits. › Section 25-4-73 - Individual Weekly Benefit Payment.

Section 25-4-73
Individual weekly benefit payment.
(a) Each eligible individual who is totally unemployed or partially unemployed in any week beginning on or after July 3, 1983, shall be paid with respect to such week a benefit in an amount equal to his or her weekly benefit amount, less that part of the wages, if any, payable to him or her with respect to such week which is in excess of one third of the weekly benefit amount. Such benefit, if not a multiple of one dollar ($1), shall be computed to the nearest multiple of one dollar ($1).
(b) With respect to weeks beginning prior to January 1, 1989, each eligible individual shall be paid with respect to such week as was provided in this section prior to such date.
(c) With respect to benefit years effective on or after August 1, 2012, an individual shall serve a one-week waiting period with no benefits payable during the first compensable week within a benefit year. The waiting week shall not be counted as a week of unemployment for the purposes of this section.
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §208; Acts 1955, No. 349, p. 848, §2; Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-155, p. 264, §9; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-784, p. 213, §2; Act 2008-501, p. 1091, §1; Act 2012-299, p. 653, §1; Act 2015-157, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 4 - Benefits. › Section 25-4-76 - Maritime Employment and Benefit Rights.

Section 25-4-76
Maritime employment and benefit rights.
(a) As used in this section, "maritime employment" means employment in connection with the construction, repair, loading or unloading of vessels, and in connection with the handling of cargoes for vessels. The secretary shall, after a study of previous employment records and after investigation and hearing, determine, and may thereafter from time to time redetermine which industries are maritime industries within the meaning of this section. Until such determination by the secretary, no industry shall be deemed to be a maritime industry.
(b) The term "maritime worker" means an employee who is customarily or regularly employed in "maritime employment," such as men engaged in the construction or repair of vessels and in the operation of plants at which vessels are constructed or repaired, and it shall include longshoremen, dock workers, harbor workers, and other employees in occupations which, after the secretary has studied the nature thereof and the employment record of workers engaged therein, are found to be occupations in which employment regularly continues throughout substantially all the year.
(c) The provisions of Section 25-4-72 shall in all respects govern the benefit rights of a maritime worker, except that the weekly benefit amount of such a worker shall be determined from "the average quarterly earnings" paid such worker during his base period, instead of from the "average of the wages for insured work paid to him during the two quarters of his base period in which such total wages were the highest." If a "maritime worker" has not been engaged in maritime employment for substantially the whole of his base period, the secretary shall determine his average quarterly earnings on the basis of his earnings during the time he has actually been engaged in such maritime employment within his base period.
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §211; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 427, p. 571; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-784, p. 213, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 5 - Procedure for Claims for Benefits. › Section 25-4-90 - Filing Claims for Benefits.

Section 25-4-90
Filing claims for benefits.
Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such general rules as the secretary may prescribe.
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §215.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 5 - Procedure for Claims for Benefits. › Section 25-4-92 - Appeals Tribunals - Appointment; Procedure; When Decisions Final.

Section 25-4-92
Appeals tribunals - Appointment; procedure; when decisions final.
(a) To hear and decide disputed claims and other due process cases involving a division of the Department of Labor, the secretary shall appoint one or more impartial appeals tribunals, consisting in each instance of an officer or an employee of the Department of Labor. The appeals tribunals shall be a separate division reporting to the secretary and shall be separate and apart from the direction and control of other divisions of the Department of Labor. No person shall participate in the hearing or disposition of any claim upon appeal thereof as an appeals tribunal, if he has an interest therein. At any such hearing all testimony shall be taken down, but need not be transcribed unless an appeal is applied for or taken.
(b) The manner in which disputed claims before appeals tribunals shall be presented and the conduct of hearings and appeals before appeals tribunals shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the secretary for determining the rights of the parties.
(c) The decision of an appeals tribunal shall become final 15 days after notice of such decision has been mailed, postage prepaid, to the claimant and other parties to the proceedings, at the addresses furnished, or, if none shall have been furnished, at their last known addresses, unless within that time application be made to the board of appeals for permission to appeal to the board of appeals.
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §218; Acts 1971, No. 1201, p. 2083, §6; Acts 1971, No. 2325, p. 3748, §6; Acts 1975, No. 801, p. 1604, §11; Acts 1996, No. 96-665, p. 1093, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 5 - Procedure for Claims for Benefits. › Section 25-4-93 - Appeals Tribunals - Power to Affirm, Modify or Set Aside Decision; Notification of Parties.

Section 25-4-93
Appeals tribunals - Power to affirm, modify or set aside decision; notification of parties.
Unless such appeal is withdrawn, an appeals tribunal, after affording the parties reasonable opportunity for fair hearing, shall affirm, modify, or set aside the findings of fact and decision of the deputy. The parties shall be promptly notified in writing of such tribunal's decision, together with his reasons therefor.
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §217; Acts 1971, No. 1201, p. 2083, §5; Acts 1971, No. 2325, p. 3748, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 5 - Procedure for Claims for Benefits. › Section 25-4-94 - Powers and Duties of Board of Appeals for Department of Labor.

Section 25-4-94
Powers and duties of board of appeals for Department of Labor.
(a) The board of appeals for the Department of Labor, created by Section 25-2-12, may, on its own motion at any time before a decision of an appeals tribunal becomes final, affirm, modify, or set aside any such decision on the basis of the evidence previously submitted in such case, or direct the taking of additional evidence, or may permit any party in interest to initate an appeal to it. The board of appeals may remove to itself or transfer to another appeals tribunal the proceedings on any claim pending before an appeals tribunal. The board of appeals shall promptly notify in writing the parties to any proceedings of its findings and decision, together with the reasons therefor.
(b) Unless the application for appeal described in subsection (c) of Section 25-4-92 is granted by the board of appeals within 10 days after its filing with it, the applicant may, within the following 10 days, take an appeal from the decision of the appeals tribunal to the circuit court of the county of the residence of the claimant.
(c) The manner in which disputed claims before the board of appeals shall be presented and the conduct of hearing and appeals before it shall be in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the board of appeals for determining the rights of the parties. At any such hearing the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity for fair hearing and all testimony shall be taken down or recorded but need not be transcribed except at the direction of the board of appeals in the exercise of its judgment and discretion. No person shall participate in the hearing or disposition of any claim as a member of the board if he has an interest therein.
(d) Any decision of the board of appeals, in the absence of an appeal therefrom as provided in this article, shall become final 10 days after the date notification thereof shall have been mailed, postage prepaid, to the parties to the proceeding, at their last known addresses. The secretary shall be deemed to be a party to all such proceedings and to any judicial action involving any such decision.
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §§219, 220; Acts 1982, No. 82-372, p. 533, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 5 - Procedure for Claims for Benefits. › Section 25-4-95 - Appeals From Final Decisions of Board of Appeals or Appeals Tribunal.

Section 25-4-95
Appeals from final decisions of board of appeals or appeals tribunal.
Within 30 days after the decision of the board of appeals has become final, any party to the proceeding including the secretary who claims to be aggrieved by the decision may secure a judicial review thereof by filing a notice of appeal in the circuit court of the county of the residence of the claimant; except, that if the claimant does not reside in this state at the time the appeal is taken, the notice of appeal shall be filed in the circuit court of the county in this state in which the claimant last resided, or in the circuit court of the county in this state wherein the claimant last worked. In such action, the notice of appeal need not be verified, but shall state the grounds upon which a review is sought. A copy shall be served upon the secretary or upon such person as the secretary may designate (and for the purpose hereof, mailing a copy addressed to the secretary at Montgomery by registered or certified mail shall be deemed service on the secretary), and such service shall be deemed completed service on all parties, but there shall be left with the parties so served as many copies of the notice of appeal as there are defendants, and the secretary shall forthwith mail one copy to each defendant. The secretary shall cause to be certified and filed in the said court all documents and papers introduced in evidence before the Board of Appeals or appeals tribunal, together with the findings of fact and the decision of the Board of Appeals or the appeals tribunal, as the case may be. No circuit court shall permit an appeal from a decision allowing or disallowing a claim for benefits unless the decision sought to be reviewed is that of an appeals tribunal or of the board of appeals and unless the person filing such appeal has exhausted his administrative remedies as provided by this chapter. Trial in the circuit court shall be de novo. Actions under this chapter shall be tried by any judge of the circuit court to whom application is made at any location in said circuit, and shall be given precedence over all other civil cases except cases arising under Chapter 5 of this title. An appeal may be taken from the decision of the circuit court in the same manner as is provided in civil cases. It shall not be necessary in any judicial proceeding, under this section, to enter exceptions to the rulings of the board of appeals or the appeals tribunals, as the case may be, and no bond shall be required before entering such appeal. Upon the final determination of such judicial proceeding, the board of appeals shall enter an order in accordance with such determination.
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §221; Acts 1957, No. 298, p. 381; Acts 1995, No. 95-311, p. 582, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 5 - Procedure for Claims for Benefits. › Section 25-4-96 - Procedure Exclusive.

Section 25-4-96
Procedure exclusive.
The procedure provided in this article for the making of determinations with respect to claims for unemployment compensation benefits and for appealing from such determinations shall be exclusive.
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §222.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation. › Article 5 - Procedure for Claims for Benefits. › Section 25-4-97 - Powers of Appeals Tribunal, Board of Appeals and Officers of Department of Labor as to Witnesses; Witness Fees.

Section 25-4-97
Powers of appeals tribunal, board of appeals and officers of Department of Labor as to witnesses; witness fees.
In the discharge of their duties under this chapter any deputy, any appeals tribunal, any member of the board of appeals, and any officer of the Department of Labor authorized and designated by the secretary shall have power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue and serve subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents, records, and testimony. In the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application of the secretary or any officer of the Department of Labor designated by the secretary, or any member of the board of appeals, to compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued for such court or a refusal to testify therein. Witness fees and other expenses involved in the proceedings under this article shall be paid to the extent necessary at rates specified by the secretary. Such expenses shall be deemed a part of the expense of administering this chapter.
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §223; Acts 1945, No. 283, p. 449.)