The Secretary of Labor or his authorized representative shall have the power and authority to enter any place of employment, place of public assembly or public building for the purpose of collecting facts and statistics relating to the employment of workers or for the purpose of making inspections to determine whether or not the labor law and laws relating to the relationship between employer and employee and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter are being observed. No employer or owner shall refuse to admit the Secretary of Labor or his authorized representative to his place of employment, public building, or place of public assembly for the purpose of making any reasonable inspection or impede or obstruct him in making any reasonable inspection.
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.