If there shall be practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in carrying out a rule or regulation of the board of appeals, the board may, after a public hearing, make a variation from such requirements if the spirit of the rule and laws shall be observed. Any person affected by such rules, or his agent or attorney, may petition the board for such variations, stating the ground therefor. The board shall fix a date for hearing on such petition and give reasonable notice thereof to the petitioner. A properly indexed record of all variations made shall be kept by the clerk of the board of appeals in the office of the Department of Labor and shall be open to public inspection.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.
Chapter 2 - Department of Labor.
Section 25-2-1 - Established; Seal.
Section 25-2-1.1 - Department Renamed.
Section 25-2-2 - Duties Generally.
Section 25-2-3 - Divisions; Officers.
Section 25-2-4.1 - Employees of Certain Colleges or the Alabama Community College System.
Section 25-2-5 - Applicability of Merit System.
Section 25-2-6 - Secretary of Labor - Qualifications and Requirements; Vacancies; Compensation.
Section 25-2-7 - Secretary of Labor - Powers and Duties.
Section 25-2-8 - Secretary of Labor - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations.
Section 25-2-9 - Secretary of Labor - Right of Entry.
Section 25-2-11 - Secretary of Labor - Agreements With Federal Agencies.
Section 25-2-12 - Board of Appeals - Creation; Composition; Compensation.
Section 25-2-14 - Board of Appeals - Procedure; Record of Proceedings, Etc.
Section 25-2-15 - Board of Appeals - Sessions.
Section 25-2-19 - Variations From Rules or Regulations.
Section 25-2-20 - Review of Rules or Regulations - Petition to Board of Appeals.
Section 25-2-21 - Review of Rules or Regulations - Commencement of Action in Circuit Court.
Section 25-2-22 - Employers to Furnish Information; Access to Records, Accounts, etc., of Employers.
Section 25-2-23 - Powers of Secretary, Officers of Department and Board of Appeals as to Witnesses.
Section 25-2-24 - Enforcement of Laws Administered, etc., by Department; District Attorney's Fee.
Section 25-2-26 - Disposition and Expenditure of Appropriations and Federal Allotments.
Section 25-2-27 - Minimizing Adverse Effects on Certain Unemployed and Underemployed Workers.