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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-7-12 - Collection, etc., by Labor Organization, etc., of Fee, etc., as Work Permit or Condition of Work.

Section 25-7-12
Collection, etc., by labor organization, etc., of fee, etc., as work permit or condition of work.
It shall be unlawful for any labor organization, any labor organizer, any officer, agent, representative or member of any labor organization or any other person to collect, receive or demand, directly or indirectly, from any person, any fee, assessment or sum of money whatsoever, as a work permit or as a condition for the privilege of work; provided, however, this shall not prevent the collection of initiation fees or dues.
(Acts 1943, No. 298, p. 252, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-7-13 - Membership of Executive, Administrative, etc., Employees in Labor Organizations; Effect of Section on Existing Insurance Contracts.

Section 25-7-13
Membership of executive, administrative, etc., employees in labor organizations; effect of section on existing insurance contracts.
It shall be unlawful for any executive, administrative, professional or supervisory employee to be a member in, or to be accepted for membership by, any labor organization, the constitution and bylaws of which permit membership to employees other than those in executive, administrative, professional or supervisory capacities or which is affiliated with any labor organization which permits membership to employees other than those in an executive, administrative, professional or supervisory capacity. The provisions of this section shall not be construed so as to interfere with or void any insurance contract in existence and in force on June 29, 1943.
(Acts 1943, No. 298, p. 252, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-7-14 - Adoption and Use of Labels or Devices by Unions or Associations of Workingmen.

Section 25-7-14
Adoption and use of labels or devices by unions or associations of workingmen.
Any union or association of workingmen may adopt and use a label or device for the purpose of designating and distinguishing any goods, wares, or merchandise or other product of the labor of the association or union of workingmen or of a member or members of the association or union. A copy of any such label or device may be filed in the office of the Secretary of State upon payment of a fee of $1.00.
(Code 1907, §4876; Code 1923, §8990; Code 1940, T. 26, §330.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-7-15 - Provisions of Article Cumulative.

Section 25-7-15
Provisions of article cumulative.
The provisions of this article shall be cumulative of all other laws in force on June 29, 1943, upon the subject, and, in the event of a conflict between laws in force on June 29, 1943, and the provisions of this article, then and in that event the provisions, offenses, and punishments set forth in this article shall prevail over such laws.
(Acts 1943, No. 298, p. 252, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 25-7-16 - Penalty for Violations of Article.

Section 25-7-16
Penalty for violations of article.
If any labor organization violates any provision of this article, it shall be penalized civilly in a sum not exceeding $1,000.00 for each such violation, to be recovered as a penalty in the circuit court of the county in which the violation occurred, the action being brought in the name of the State of Alabama by the district attorney of the circuit in which the violation occurred, and it shall be the duty of the district attorney of any circuit in which any such violation occurs to institute and prosecute such action. The doing of any act forbidden or declared unlawful by the provisions of this article, except where a penalty is specifically provided in this article, or the commission of any offense declared in this article to be a misdemeanor shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $500.00, by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than 12 months, or by both.
(Acts 1943, No. 298, p. 252, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 2 - Right to Work. › Section 25-7-30 - Declaration of Policy.

Section 25-7-30
Declaration of policy.
It is hereby declared to be the public policy of Alabama that the right of persons to work shall not be denied or abridged on account of membership or nonmembership in any labor union or labor organization.
(Acts 1953, No. 430, p. 535, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 2 - Right to Work. › Section 25-7-31 - Agreement or Combination to Deny Right to Work on Account of Membership or Nonmembership in Labor Union, etc., Prohibited.

Section 25-7-31
Agreement or combination to deny right to work on account of membership or nonmembership in labor union, etc., prohibited.
Any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby persons not members of such union or organization shall be denied the right to work for said employer, or whereby such membership is made a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer, or whereby any such union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any enterprise, is hereby declared to be against public policy and an illegal combination or conspiracy.
(Acts 1953, No. 430, p. 535, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 2 - Right to Work. › Section 25-7-32 - Employers Not to Require Union Membership as Condition of Employment, Etc.

Section 25-7-32
Employers not to require union membership as condition of employment, etc.
No person shall be required by an employer to become or remain a member of any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.
(Acts 1953, No. 430, p. 535, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 2 - Right to Work. › Section 25-7-33 - Employers Not to Require Abstention From Union Membership as Condition of Employment, Etc.

Section 25-7-33
Employers not to require abstention from union membership as condition of employment, etc.
No person shall be required by an employer to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.
(Acts 1953, No. 430, p. 535, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 2 - Right to Work. › Section 25-7-34 - Employer Not to Require Payment of Union Dues, etc., as Condition of Employment, Etc.

Section 25-7-34
Employer not to require payment of union dues, etc., as condition of employment, etc.
No employer shall require any person, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, to pay any dues, fees, or other charges of any kind to any labor union or labor organization.
(Acts 1953, No. 430, p. 535, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 2 - Right to Work. › Section 25-7-35 - Right of Action for Damages for Denial of Employment in Violation of Provisions of Article.

Section 25-7-35
Right of action for damages for denial of employment in violation of provisions of article.
Any person who may be denied employment or be deprived of continuation of his employment in violation of Sections 25-7-32, 25-7-33, or 25-7-34 or of one or more of such sections, shall be entitled to recover from such employer and from any other person, firm, corporation, or association acting in concert with him by appropriate action in the courts of this state such damages as he may have sustained by reason of such denial or deprivation of employment.
(Acts 1953, No. 430, p. 535, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 2 - Right to Work. › Section 25-7-36 - Applicability of Article.

Section 25-7-36
Applicability of article.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any lawful contract in force on August 28, 1953, but they shall apply in all respects to contracts entered into after August 28, 1953, and to any renewal or extension of an existing contract.
(Acts 1953, No. 430, p. 535, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 2A - Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right to Work Act. › Section 25-7-40 - Short Title.

Section 25-7-40
Short title.
This article shall be known and cited as the Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act.
(Act 2016-18, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 2A - Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right to Work Act. › Section 25-7-42 - Limitations on Labor Peace Agreements, etc.; Rights Under Federal Labor Laws; Project Labor Agreements.

Section 25-7-42
Limitations on labor peace agreements, etc.; rights under federal labor laws; project labor agreements.
(a) A county, municipality, or any other political subdivision of this state shall not enact or administer any ordinance, rule, policy, or other mandate that creates requirements, regulations, or processes relating to labor peace agreements or similar agreements. Any ordinance, policy, rule, or other mandate of a county, municipality, or any other political subdivision of this state that is inconsistent with this section is void.
(b)(1) No law, rule, or ordinance shall impose any contractual, zoning, permitting, licensing, or other condition that requires any employer or employee to waive his or her rights under the National Labor Relations Act, compiled in 29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.
(2) No law, rule, regulation, or ordinance shall require, in whole or in part, any employer or multi-employer association to accept or otherwise agree to any provisions that are mandatory or non-mandatory subjects of collective bargaining under federal labor laws, including, but not limited to, any limitations on an employer or multi-employer association's rights to engage in collective bargaining with a labor organization, to lock out employees, or to operate during a work stoppage; provided, this subsection shall not invalidate or otherwise restrict the state from requiring the use of project labor agreements to the extent permissible under federal labor laws.
(3) This subsection shall be interpreted and enforced in a manner that is consistent with the National Labor Relations Act, compiled in 29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.
(4) Any agreement, contract, understanding, or practice, written or oral, implied or expressed, between any employer and any labor organization containing requirements in violation of this subsection is declared to be unlawful, null and void, and of no legal effect.
(5) An employer or employee may seek injunctive relief in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County for violations of the provisions of this section.
(c)(1) The state shall retain the exclusive authority to require an employer or multi-employer association to enter into a project labor agreement.
(2) This subsection does not prohibit an employer or any other person covered by the National Labor Relations Act, compiled in 29 U.S.C., Section 151, from entering into project labor agreements or engaging in any other activity protected by law. This subsection may not be interpreted to interfere with the labor relations of persons covered by the National Labor Relations Act.
(3) Relief that would interfere with the labor relations of persons covered by the National Labor Relations Act may not be granted under the provisions of this subsection.
(Act 2016-18, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 2A - Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right to Work Act. › Section 25-7-43 - Exceptions.

Section 25-7-43
Exceptions.
Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, nothing in this article shall apply to those state employers or employees in state service as defined in Section 36-26-2, or to public employers and employees of state or local educational institutions or systems, or to any ordinance, rule, policy, or other mandate enacted by a county, municipality, or political subdivision of this state relating specifically to public employees or a class of employees employed by or independent contractors hired by the county, municipality, or any other political subdivision.
(Act 2016-18, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 2A - Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right to Work Act. › Section 25-7-44 - Severability.

Section 25-7-44
Severability.
If a court determines that any portion of this article cannot be applied to a particular county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, this article shall remain in full force and effect for every other county, municipality, and other political subdivision of this state.
(Act 2016-18, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 2A - Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right to Work Act. › Section 25-7-45 - Purpose; Legislative Intent.

Section 25-7-45
Purpose; legislative intent.
(a) The purpose of this section is to establish within the Legislature complete control over regulation and policy pertaining to collective bargaining under federal labor laws or the wages, leave, or other employment benefits provided by an employer to an employee, class of employees, or independent contractor in order to ensure that such regulation and policy is applied uniformly throughout the state.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this article or as expressly authorized by a statute of this state, the Legislature hereby occupies and preempts the entire field of regulation in this state touching in any way upon collective bargaining under federal labor laws or the wages, leave, or other employment benefits provided by an employer to an employee, class of employees, or independent contractor to the complete exclusion of any policy, ordinance, rule, or other mandate promulgated or enforced by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state.
(c) The authority of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state to regulate collective bargaining under federal labor laws or the wages, leave, or other benefits provided by an employer to an employee, class of employees, or independent contractor shall not be inferred from its proprietary authority, home rule status, or any other inherent or general power.
(d) Any existing policies, ordinances, rules, or other mandates promulgated or enforced contrary to the terms of this section are null and void, and any future policy, ordinance, rule, or other mandate shall comply with this section.
(Act 2016-18, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 3 - Local Boards of Arbitration. › Section 25-7-50 - Composition; Appointment of Members.

Section 25-7-50
Composition; appointment of members.
A grievance or dispute between an employer and his employees may be submitted to a local board of arbitrators, consisting of three persons, for hearing and settlement. When the employees concerned are members in good standing of a labor organization, one arbitrator may be appointed by such organization and one by the employer. The two so designated shall appoint a third, who shall be chairman of the board. If such employees are not members of a labor organization, a majority thereof at a meeting duly called for that purpose may designate one arbitrator for such board.
(Acts 1911, No. 234, p. 320; Code 1923, §7608; Code 1940, T. 26, §338.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 3 - Local Boards of Arbitration. › Section 25-7-51 - Oath and Consent of Members; Secretary; Notice of Board Proceedings; Powers of Board as to Witnesses.

Section 25-7-51
Oath and consent of members; secretary; notice of board proceedings; powers of board as to witnesses.
Before entering upon his duties, each arbitrator so selected shall sign a consent to act and take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge his duties as such arbitrator, which consent and oath shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county or counties where the controversy arose. When such board is ready for the transaction of business, it shall select one of its members to act as secretary, and notice of the time, place, and hearing shall be given to the parties to the controversy. The local board may, through its chairman, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, and take and hear testimony as is provided in Section 25-7-4 for the board of mediation.
(Acts 1911, No. 234, p. 320; Code 1923, §7609; Code 1940, T. 26, §339.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 3 - Local Boards of Arbitration. › Section 25-7-52 - Compensation of Members.

Section 25-7-52
Compensation of members.
Each member of such local board shall receive as compensation for his services, $4.00 for each day actually engaged in such hearing.
(Acts 1911, No. 234, p. 320; Code 1923, §7610; Code 1940, T. 26, §340.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 3 - Local Boards of Arbitration. › Section 25-7-53 - Decision of Board.

Section 25-7-53
Decision of board.
The local board shall, within 10 days after the close of the hearing, render a written decision signed by them, giving such details as clearly show the nature of the controversy and the questions decided by them. One copy of the decision shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county or counties where the controversy arose. One copy shall be forwarded to the Department of Labor, to the Governor, and to each of the parties to the controversy.
(Acts 1911, No. 234, p. 320; Code 1923, §7611; Code 1940, T. 26, §341.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations. › Article 3 - Local Boards of Arbitration. › Section 25-7-54 - Costs.

Section 25-7-54
Costs.
The witness fees and the fees of the local arbitrators as provided in this article shall be taxed against the parties to said arbitrations equally.
(Acts 1911, No. 234, p. 320; Code 1923, §7613; Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §342.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-32 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

Section 25-8-32
Legislative findings and intent.
The Legislature has found that Alabama law has not kept pace with federal standards regulating the employment of minors to the extent that it has become increasingly difficult for employers to comply with conflicting state and federal child labor requirements.
Accordingly, numerous changes are necessary to make the child labor laws of Alabama compatible with the United States Department of Labor regulations governing the employment of minors in nonagricultural occupations. Similarly, there is also a need to remove anachronistic language and make clarifications to existing standards.
In view of the foregoing findings, the Legislature through this chapter intends to do all of the following:
(1) Conform with 17 federal hazardous orders.
(2) Remove exemptions for domestic service and the grading or handling, or both, of agricultural products.
(3) Add a restriction for occupations which involve working at heights exceeding six feet, as well as working in junk yards, scrap metal yards, or lumber yards.
(4) Set hour restrictions which coincide with federal law for 14- and 15-year-olds.
(5) Clarify waiver of school attendance which allows 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9:00 p.m.
(6) Require employers to post hour restrictions and work schedules for employees under 18 years of age, and add a meal break requirement for 14- and 15-year-olds.
(7) Increase age requirements from 12 to 14 years of age to sell items on streets, and from 10 to 12 years of age to deliver newspapers.
(8) More clearly define prohibited occupations and places of employment for minors under 18 years of age.
(9) Prohibit persons under 18 years of age from performing nude or partially nude in any business establishment.
(10) Exempt federally funded summer youth program personnel from obtaining work permits.
(11) Add a "whistleblower" provision protecting employees and other individuals from being discriminated against as a result of disclosing information, making a charge, or refusing to obey an illegal order.
(12) Increase the penalty for street trades violations from ten dollars ($10) to fifty dollars ($50) to one hundred dollars ($100) to five hundred dollars ($500) per violation.
(13) Require reporting of names of child models under 18 years of age, placing responsibility on employers and parents for the care and schooling of the child and for ensuring that school performance will not suffer due to a child working.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §1; Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-32.1 - Definitions.

Section 25-8-32.1
Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Labor.
(2) ELIGIBILITY TO WORK FORM. A form issued by the head administrator, counselor, or, if home schooled an instructor of the school which a 14- or 15-year-old minor attends certifying satisfactory grades and attendance of the minor in order for a 14- or 15-year-old minor to be employed.
(3) EMPLOY. To employ, permit, or suffer to work with or without compensation.
(4) EMPLOYEE. Any person employed by an employer, but shall not include an individual engaged in the activities of an educational, charitable, religious, scientific, historical, literary, or nonprofit organization where the employer-employee relationship does not in fact exist or where the services rendered are on a voluntary basis.
(5) EMPLOYER. Any owner or any person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation, government agency, or association of persons acting directly as, or in behalf of, or in the interest of any employer in relation to employees, including the state and any political subdivision thereof.
(6) SECRETARY. The Secretary of the Department of Labor.
(7) VIOLATION. A failure by an employer, officer, agent, or any other person to comply with any applicable provision of the child labor law.
(Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §1; Act 2012-231, p. 424, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-32.2 - Child Labor Administrative Trust Fund.

Section 25-8-32.2
Child Labor Administrative Trust Fund.
(a) The Child Labor Administrative Trust Fund is established in the State Treasury into which shall be deposited certain assessments under this chapter collected by the department. The fund shall constitute a separate fund to be disbursed by the state Comptroller on order of the secretary. For two years following May 19, 2009, the child labor division of the department shall be funded from the State General Fund after which expenses incurred by the child labor division of the department under the child labor law, including the salaries of all employees, travel cost, and costs of administration and enforcement as may become necessary, either within or without the state, shall be paid from the trust fund in the State Treasury upon warrants of the state Comptroller drawn upon the State Treasury from time to time when vouchers therefor are approved by the secretary. For the two years referred to in the previous sentence, the amount contributed from the State General Fund in each of those years for expenses incurred by the child labor division shall not exceed the fiscal year 2009 amount of General Fund money funding this division. The State Treasurer shall pay moneys from the separate fund upon the order of the secretary. The total expense for every purpose incurred shall not exceed the total assessment collected and paid into the fund. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except those budgeted and allocated in accordance with Article 4, commencing with Section 41-4-80, of Chapter 4 of Title 41. All moneys remaining unexpended in the separate fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the State Treasury to be expended as herein provided.
(b) The State Treasurer shall determine if the money in the trust fund shall be kept in cash or invested. The moneys in the fund may be invested by the State Treasurer and all moneys and interest remaining unexpended in the separate fund provided at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the State Treasury to be expended as herein provided.
(c) The secretary is designated as trustee of the fund and the State Treasurer is designated as custodian of the fund, and both shall furnish bonds in amounts deemed appropriate. The cost of bonds for the trustee, custodian, and other employees or officials required to post bond in connection with the program shall be paid out of the fund.
(d) The department shall provide by rule for the collection of the amounts assessed against each person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation. The amounts shall be paid at the time of application for the Class I and Class II Child Labor Certificates.
(e) All money collected pursuant to this section, with the exception of civil penalties, shall be deposited in the Child Labor Administrative Trust Fund. Civil penalties collected pursuant to Section 25-8-59 shall be distributed as provided in Section 25-8-59.
(Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-33 - Persons Under 16 Years of Age Prohibited From Working; Exceptions; Evidence of Employment.

Section 25-8-33
Persons under 16 years of age prohibited from working; exceptions; evidence of employment.
(a) No individual under 16 years of age shall be employed, except in agricultural service, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Any individual 14 or 15 years of age may be employed outside school hours and during school vacation periods, so long as the individual is not employed in, about, or in connection with, any manufacturing or mechanical establishment, cannery, mill, workshop, warehouse, or machine shop or in any occupation or place of employment otherwise prohibited by law. The presence of any individual under 18 years of age in any restricted business establishment or restricted occupation shall be prima facie evidence of his or her employment in the business establishment or occupation.
(b)(1) This section does not apply to an individual 14 years of age or 15 years of age when both of the following are true:
a. The individual is enrolled in either a youth pre-apprenticeship program, youth industry-registry apprenticeship program, or similar program in which employment and work-based learning are an integral part of the course of study.
b. The program the individual is enrolled in is registered by the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship.
(2) This section does not apply to employment procured by an individual 14 years of age or 15 years of age when the employment is supervised through the Alabama Department of Education and approved by the Alabama Department of Labor.
(Acts 1919, No. 629, p. 867; Code 1923, §3494; Code 1940, T. 26, §343; Acts 1947, No. 613, p. 460, §1; §25-8-1; Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §2; Act 2012-231, p. 424, §1; Act 2019-527, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-34 - Department of Labor May Declare Place or Occupation Dangerous or Injurious.

Section 25-8-34
Department of Labor may declare place or occupation dangerous or injurious.
The Alabama Department of Labor, hereinafter referred to as "the department," may declare any place or occupation dangerous to life or limb or injurious to health or morals of persons under 18 years of age.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §3; Act 2000-706, p. 1479, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-35 - Prohibited Occupations and Places for Individuals Under 16 Years of Age.

Section 25-8-35
Prohibited occupations and places for individuals under 16 years of age.
(a) No individual under 16 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work at any of the following occupations, positions, or places:
(1) Operating or assisting in operating any sandpaper or wood polishing machinery, any washing, grinding, or mixing machinery, or commercial laundry equipment.
(2) Operating or assisting in operating any machines used in picking wool, cotton, hair, or any other material.
(3) In any work in or about a rolling mill, machine shop, or manufacturing establishment which is hazardous or dangerous to health, limb, or life.
(4) In proximity to any hazardous or unguarded gearing.
(5) Upon any vessel or boat engaged in navigation or commerce within the jurisdiction of this state.
(6) In the manufacture or packing of paints, colors, or white or red lead.
(7) In occupations causing dust in injurious quantities.
(8) In soldering, brazing, heat treating, or welding.
(9) In the building trades, except that individuals 14 or 15 years of age who are members of the immediate family of the contractor may be employed in trades involving nonhazardous duties or occupations.
(10) Repairing, painting, or cleaning buildings or structures while working at the top of ladders, lifts, or scaffolds exceeding a height of six feet.
(11) In connection with a junk or scrap metal yard.
(12) Assorting, manufacturing, or packing tobacco.
(13) Operating any automobile, truck, or motor vehicle, or flagging or directing traffic.
(14) In airport hangars or landing strips or taxi and maintenance aprons.
(15) In connection with any lumberyard.
(16) In any place or occupation which the department declares dangerous to life or limb or injurious to the health or morals of individuals under 16 years of age.
(17) Selling of fireworks, unless under the direct supervision of an individual at least 18 years of age.
(b)(1) This section does not apply to an individual 14 years of age or 15 years of age when both of the following are true:
a. The individual is enrolled in either a youth pre-apprenticeship program, youth industry-registry apprenticeship program, or similar program in which employment and work-based learning are an integral part of the course of study.
b. The program the individual is enrolled in is registered by the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship.
(2) This section does not apply to employment procured by an individual 14 years of age or 15 years of age when the employment is supervised through the Alabama Department of Education and approved by the Alabama Department of Labor.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §4; Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §3; Act 2019-527, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-36 - Time Restrictions.

Section 25-8-36
Time restrictions.
(a) No person 14 or 15 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any gainful occupation for more than six days in any one week, or for more than 40 hours in any one week, or for more than eight hours in any one day, or before 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. during school summer vacation. During the time school is in regular session, no person 14 or 15 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any gainful occupation for more than six days in any one week, or for more than eight hours on a non-school day, or more than three hours on a school day, or for more than 18 hours in any school week, and not before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m.
(b) No person 16, 17, or 18 years of age, who is enrolled in any public or private primary or secondary school system, shall work between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. on any night preceding a school day. The appropriate county or city superintendent of schools, or where there is no superintendent, the school headmaster, may grant exemptions to the above time restrictions. Exemptions shall be granted only when the individual circumstances are found to be in the best interests of the minor. Information of any exemptions granted shall be transmitted to a child labor inspector on a form authorized by him or her.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §5; Act 2000-706, p. 1479, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-37 - Employment During Schools Hours; Employment of Persons 14 or 15 Years of Age Upon Waiver of School Attendance.

Section 25-8-37
Employment during schools hours; employment of persons 14 or 15 years of age upon waiver of school attendance.
(a) No person under 16 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any occupation during the hours in which the public schools of the district in which the person resides are in session, unless the minor has completed the course of study required for secondary schools. Persons 14 or 15 years of age, when school attendance has been waived, upon recommendation of the local superintendent of education and approval by a child labor inspector, may be permitted to work in a nonhazardous occupation.
(b) Employment authorized by this section shall not be for more than eight hours in any one day, or for more than 40 hours in any one week, or for more than six days in any one week, and not before 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §6; Act 2000-706, p. 1479, §1; Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-38 - Posting of Notice of Law; Time Records; Meal or Rest Period; Child Labor Certificate.

Section 25-8-38
Posting of notice of law; time records; meal or rest period; Child Labor Certificate.
(a) Every employer shall keep posted in a conspicuous place where any person under 19 years of age is employed, a printed notice stating the maximum number of hours persons under 19 may be permitted to work on each day of the week as set out in Section 25-8-36. The printed form of the notice shall be furnished by the department. The employment of any person for a longer time period in any day so stated, or at any time other than as stated in the printed form of notice, shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.
(b) Subject to subsection (c), each employer shall keep on the premises at which any person under 19 years of age is employed a completed Employee Information Form and proof of age. Each employer shall also keep on the premises at which any person under 19 years of age is employed, in electronic or photostatic form, time records for the 60 days preceding the last day of the last work period recorded for each employee under 19 years of age, which shall state the number of hours worked each day, starting and ending times, and break times. Each employer shall also maintain, either on the premises where the employee under 19 years of age is employed or at a centralized location, the records required by this section for not less than 1 year preceding the last day of the last work period recorded for each employee under 19 years of age.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the Employee Information Form shall be provided by the department and shall include the employee's name, home address, telephone number, date of birth, date of hire, and school of attendance. Any employer who does not utilize the Employee Information Form shall maintain on the premises documents containing the employee's name, home address, telephone number, date of birth, date of hire, and school of attendance for each employee under 19 years of age.
(d) For the purposes of this section, documentation of proof of age may include a copy of a birth certificate, a copy of a driver's license, or an identification card issued by a federal, state, or local government agency provided the identification card contains the name and date of birth of the employee.
(e) No person 14 or 15 years of age shall be employed for more than five hours continuously without a documented interval of at least 30 minutes for a meal or rest period. Any meal or rest period of less than 30 minutes shall not be considered to interrupt a continuous period of work.
(f) Any employer required to obtain a Child Labor Certificate from the department shall keep the certificate posted at a public and conspicuous location at all times.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §7; Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §3; Act 2012-231, p. 424, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-39 - Age Requirements for Street or Public Place Occupations; Exemptions.

Section 25-8-39
Age requirements for street or public place occupations; exemptions.
(a) No person under 14 years of age shall distribute, sell, expose, or offer for sale newspapers, magazines, periodicals, candy, or other articles, be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any other trade or occupation performed in any street or public place.
(b) The following organizations are exempt from the requirements of subsection (a): Educational, charitable, religious, scientific, historical, literary, or nonprofit organizations where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist or where the services rendered to such organization are on a voluntary basis or any other activity as designated by the commissioner.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §8; Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-40 - Restrictions for Minors Engaging in Street or Public Place Occupations.

Section 25-8-40
Restrictions for minors engaging in street or public place occupations.
(a) No person under 16 years of age shall engage in any of the occupations mentioned in Section 25-8-39 after 7:00 p.m. or before 5:00 a.m. of any day.
(b) No person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation shall employ, permit, or suffer a minor under 16 years of age to work at any of the occupations mentioned in Section 25-8-39 after 7:00 p.m. or before 5:00 a.m. of any day.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §9; Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-41 - Official May Investigate and Revoke Permit Given for Street or Public Place Occupation.

Section 25-8-41
Official may investigate and revoke permit given for street or public place occupation.
Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19, 2009.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-42 - Minors Violating Provisions as to Street or Public Place Occupations Deemed Delinquent.

Section 25-8-42
Minors violating provisions as to street or public place occupations deemed delinquent.
Any person who engages in any street occupation in violation of Sections 25-8-39, 25-8-40, or 25-8-41 may be deemed delinquent and brought before any court having jurisdiction over juvenile delinquents.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-44 - Employment in Establishment Where Alcoholic Beverages Sold; Minors Performing Nude or Partially Nude.

Section 25-8-44
Employment in establishment where alcoholic beverages sold; minors performing nude or partially nude.
(a) No person under the state legal drinking age shall be employed to serve or dispense alcoholic beverages in any establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or dispensed for consumption on the premises.
(b) No person under 16 years of age shall be employed in any establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or dispensed for consumption on the premises. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section shall not prohibit the employment of persons 16 years of age or older as busboys, dishwashers, janitors, cooks, hostesses, or seaters restricted to leading patrons to seats; nor the employment of persons under 18 years of age as professional entertainers.
(c) Members of the immediate family of the owner or operator who are 14 or 15 years of age may be employed in such establishments provided they do not serve, sell, dispense, or handle alcoholic beverages.
(d) No person under 18 years of age shall be employed in any adult establishment or perform in any establishment, nude or nearly nude, in a manner or attire as to expose any portion of the pubic area, buttocks, anus, anal cleft, vulva, or genitals, or any simulation thereof, or show the covered male genitals in a discernible turgid state, or be attired in a manner as to expose to view the portion of the breast below the top of the areola or any simulation thereof. For the purposes of this subsection, an adult establishment includes, but is not limited to, an adult live entertainment business, an adult arcade, an adult bookstore, an adult cabaret, an adult movie theater, an adult toy store, an adult video store, a body shampooing business, an escort agency, a massage parlor, a nude model studio, a lingerie modeling studio, or any combination of the foregoing.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §13; Act 2012-231, p. 424, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-46 - Eligibility to Work Form - Issuance; Scope.

Section 25-8-46
Eligibility to work form - Issuance; scope.
(a) The head administrator, counselor, or, if home schooled an instructor, of the school which the minor attends, shall issue eligibility to work forms. No person employed by any person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation employing minors may issue an eligibility to work form.
(b) An eligibility to work form shall allow the employment of a person 14 or 15 years of age who is doing satisfactory school work to work only outside school hours or during vacation periods, and only in occupations not prohibited by this chapter for persons of these ages.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §15; Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-47 - Work Permits - Application; Required Papers; Officer Authorized to Administer Oaths for Affidavits.

Section 25-8-47
Work permits - Application; required papers; officer authorized to administer oaths for affidavits.
Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19, 2009.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-48 - Work Permits - Issuance to Persons 16 Years of Age or Older Without Records and Approval.

Section 25-8-48
Work permits - Issuance to persons 16 years of age or older without records and approval.
Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19, 2009.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-49 - Work Permits - Contents and Forms.

Section 25-8-49
Work permits - Contents and forms.
Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19, 2009.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-50 - Work Permits - Transmission of Copy to Department and Monthly Report.

Section 25-8-50
Work permits - Transmission of copy to department and monthly report.
Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19, 2009.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-51 - Cancellation of Child Labor Certificate.

Section 25-8-51
Cancellation of child labor certificate.
Any official charged with the enforcement of this chapter may cancel any child labor certificate found to be illegally or improperly obtained. When the certificate is cancelled, the employer shall be notified, and thereafter it shall be unlawful to employ minors under that certificate. A minor may be re-employed after a new child labor certificate is properly issued in accordance with this chapter.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §20; Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-52 - Routine Inspections of Business Establishments.

Section 25-8-52
Routine inspections of business establishments.
The department shall have the right to enter, without prior notice or warrant, any business establishment for the purpose of routine inspections. These visits shall be conducted as frequently as needed to insure that minors are employed in compliance with this chapter. The department shall enforce this chapter and may assess civil penalties or institute criminal prosecution for any violation of this chapter.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §21; Act 2012-231, p. 424, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-53 - School Attendance Officers.

Section 25-8-53
School attendance officers.
Every school attendance officer shall report to the department every known violation of this chapter. School attendance officers shall have the same right of access to and inspection of establishments where minors are or may be employed or detained as is given by law to the department. A report of every entry and inspection of those establishments shall be made to the department. School attendance officers, when authorized by the department, may institute prosecutions.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-54 - Working Conditions.

Section 25-8-54
Working conditions.
Every person, firm, or corporation owning or controlling any establishment wherein minors are employed shall keep the establishment in a sanitary condition and properly ventilated, and shall provide suitable and convenient restrooms, separate for each sex, and in the number and locations required by the department. When 20 or more persons are employed, sanitary drinking fountains shall be provided in the number the department deems necessary. All restrooms shall be maintained inside the establishments, except in situations in which it is impracticable, in the opinion of the department.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-55 - Inspection and Issuance of Order for Correction of Unsanitary or Unhealthy Conditions.

Section 25-8-55
Inspection and issuance of order for correction of unsanitary or unhealthy conditions.
The department shall inspect thoroughly every establishment wherein persons subject to this chapter are employed and shall issue a written order for the correction of unsanitary or unhealthy conditions in those establishments and shall report those conditions to public health officials.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §24.)