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Employment law in United States — Alabama

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

2,502 matching statutes

• United States — Alabama

  Section 16-25A-5.2 Supplemental Policy to Provide Secondary Coverage for Retirees.

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  The board may offer retirees supplemental secondary health coverage, and some retirees must use their employer plan as primary coverage. Employers may not exclude retirees or spouses from coverage on unequal terms, and the section does not require employers to add benefits.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-1-28 Unlawful Employment Practices - Opposition to Employer.

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  Certain employers and labor-related organizations may not discriminate against an individual for opposing unlawful employment practices or for taking part in related charges, testimony, assistance, or proceedings.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-7-34 Employer Not to Require Payment of Union Dues, Etc., as Condition of Employment, Etc.

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  An employer may not require a person to pay union dues, fees, or similar charges as a condition of getting or keeping employment.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-5-318 One-Time Discount to Small Employers.

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  This section defines “small employer” and requires workers’ compensation insurers to give qualifying small employers a one-time premium discount, while certain employers with multiple injury claims must be surcharged.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-4-11 Employment Office.

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  “Employment office” means a free public employment office or branch operated by a state-controlled public employment system or by a federal unemployment-compensation agency.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-5-1 Definitions.

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  This section defines terms used in the chapter, including compensation, employer, employee or worker, wages, accident, injury, and several medical-claims terms.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-4-138 Agreement to Waive Right to Benefits; Agreement to Pay Employer’s Contributions; Reduction of Wages to Finance Employer’s Contributions.

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  Employees cannot validly waive certain chapter rights or agree to pay the employer’s required contributions, and employers cannot shift those contributions to wages or accept waivers; violations are misdemeanors punishable by fine, jail, or both.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-4-8 Employer.

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  This section defines when an employing unit is treated as an employer and sets rules for transferring unemployment experience and penalties for knowingly violating those rate-assignment rules.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 36-29-19.8 Supplemental Coverage for Certain Retirees.

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  The board may provide supplemental retiree health coverage, and certain retirees must use the employer’s health plan as primary coverage. Employers covered by the section may not exclude a retiree or spouse using unequal terms, and the section does not require employers to add benefits to their plans.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-7-33 Employers Not to Require Abstention from Union Membership as Condition of Employment, Etc.

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  An employer must not require a person to give up union membership as a condition of hiring or continued employment.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-4-130 Duration of Employer’s Coverage Under This Chapter; Termination of Coverage.

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  This section says when an employer stays covered by the chapter for a full calendar year and when coverage can end.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-5-334 Notice of Testing; Written Policy Statement.

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  Employers must give advance notice and a written policy about substance abuse testing, post and publish the policy, and follow the article’s testing rules.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 30-3D-503 Employer’s Compliance with Two or More Income-Withholding Orders.

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  If an employer gets two or more income-withholding orders for the same obligor, the employer complies with the orders by following the state law of the obligor’s principal place of employment for withholding priorities and allocation.

  Order Open & Chat

• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-5-8 Employers’ Options to Secure Payment of Compensation.

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  This section lets employers secure workers’ compensation either by insurance or self-insurance, and it requires filings, approvals, and notices to the Department of Insurance and the secretary.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-1-55

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  Private employers may adopt a written veterans’ preference policy, but if they do, they must apply it uniformly and notify the Alabama Department of Workforce.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 13A-6-113 No Liability for Employer.

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  An employer is not liable under this article for an employee’s or agent’s actions unless the conduct was within the scope of employment or agency and the employer knew of it and authorized, ratified, or recklessly disregarded it.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 40-18-2.2 Exemption of Certain Nonresident Income.

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  This section exempts certain nonresident compensation from withholding tax if specific day-count, multi-state work, job-type, and residence-state conditions are met.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 25-1-3 Determination of Employment for Purposes of Employment Benefits and Tax Liabilities; Exemptions.

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  Employers or responsible state agencies must use the IRS test in Rev. Rul. 87-41 and the Section 530 safe harbor when determining a worker’s employment status for covered benefits or tax purposes.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 22-15A-5 Written Smoking Policies by Employers; Designation of Nonsmoking Areas.

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  Employers with enclosed workplaces may adopt and must communicate a written smoking policy, and smoking is prohibited in common work areas unless workers agree to designate a smoking area.

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• United States — Alabama

  Section 38-11A-2 Establishment of a Welfare Employment Program; Eligibility.

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  The Department of Human Resources must run a welfare employment program, and TANF applicants and recipients must meet specified work-search and employment-related conditions.

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