Code of Alabama
Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.

Section 25-1-1 - Duties of Employers, etc., With Respect to Provision of Safe Employment. - (a) Every employer shall furnish employment which shall be reasonably...

Section 25-1-2 - Duty of Employer to Provide Sitting Accommodations and Separate Water Closets for Females. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.

Section 25-1-3 - Determination of Employment for Purposes of Employment Benefits and Tax Liabilities; Exemptions. - (a) For purposes of determining eligibility for employee benefits and...

Article 2 - Equal Employment Opportunity for Minorities.

Section 25-1-10 - Affirmative Action Programs; Definition of Minority; American Indians or Alaskan Natives Included. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any employer in...

Article 3 - Age Discrimination by Employers Prohibited.

Section 25-1-20 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following words and...

Section 25-1-21 - Discrimination Against Workers 40 Years of Age and Over - Prohibited. - No employer, employment agency, or labor organization shall discriminate in...

Section 25-1-22 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Generally. - It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to...

Section 25-1-23 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Employment Agency. - It is an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency...

Section 25-1-24 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Labor Organization. - It is an unlawful employment practice for a labor organization...

Section 25-1-25 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Apprenticeship. - It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor...

Section 25-1-26 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Licensure, Etc. - It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, employment...

Section 25-1-27 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Advertisement. - It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor...

Section 25-1-28 - Unlawful Employment Practices - Opposition to Employer. - It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor...

Section 25-1-29 - Remedies. - Any person aggrieved may elect to pursue their remedies under...

Article 3A - Clarke-Figures Equal Pay Act.

Section 25-1-30 - Equal Pay and Employment Requirements. - (a) This section shall be known as the Clarke-Figures Equal...

Article 4 - Use of Consumer Reporting Agencies.

Section 25-1-40 - Electronic Access to Wage Reports. - (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have...

Article 5 - Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act.

Section 25-1-50 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and may be cited as...

Section 25-1-51 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...

Section 25-1-52 - Requirements; Implementation. - (a) A private employer may have a voluntary veterans' preference...

Chapter 2 - Department of Labor.

Section 25-2-1 - Established; Seal. - There shall be a Department of Labor of the State...

Section 25-2-1.1 - Department Renamed. - (a) All powers, duties, and functions and all related records,...

Section 25-2-2 - Duties Generally. - (a) The general functions and duties of the Department of...

Section 25-2-3 - Divisions; Officers. - The Secretary of Labor, with the approval of the Governor,...

Section 25-2-4 - Employees. - The Secretary of Labor shall, with the approval of the...

Section 25-2-4.1 - Employees of Certain Colleges or the Alabama Community College System. - (a) All persons employed by Bishop State Community College, Southern...

Section 25-2-5 - Applicability of Merit System. - Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, all employees...

Section 25-2-6 - Secretary of Labor - Qualifications and Requirements; Vacancies; Compensation. - The Department of Labor shall be headed by and shall...

Section 25-2-7 - Secretary of Labor - Powers and Duties. - (a) All functions and duties of the Department of Labor...

Section 25-2-8 - Secretary of Labor - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations. - The Secretary of Labor may prescribe such general rules and...

Section 25-2-9 - Secretary of Labor - Right of Entry. - The Secretary of Labor or his authorized representative shall have...

Section 25-2-10 - Secretary of Labor - Designated Chief of Unemployment Compensation and Employment Service Division. - The Secretary of Labor shall act as chief and be...

Section 25-2-11 - Secretary of Labor - Agreements With Federal Agencies. - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed or intended to...

Section 25-2-12 - Board of Appeals - Creation; Composition; Compensation. - There shall be a Board of Appeals for the Department...

Section 25-2-13 - Board of Appeals - Powers and Duties Generally; Appeals From Findings as to Dangerous Condition, etc., of Machines, Etc. - (a) The functions and duties of the board of appeals...

Section 25-2-14 - Board of Appeals - Procedure; Record of Proceedings, Etc. - The board of appeals shall have power and authority to...

Section 25-2-15 - Board of Appeals - Sessions. - The board of appeals shall meet only at such times...

Section 25-2-16 - Board of Appeals - Promulgation, Amendment, etc., of Rules and Regulations - Proposals. - Rules and regulations, or amendments or the repeal thereof, except...

Section 25-2-17 - Board of Appeals - Promulgation, Amendment, etc., of Rules and Regulations - Hearings. - Before any rule or regulation is adopted, amended, or repealed...

Section 25-2-18 - Board of Appeals - Promulgation, Amendment, etc., of Rules and Regulations - Effective Date; Publication, Etc. - All rules and regulations and all amendments and repeals thereof...

Section 25-2-19 - Variations From Rules or Regulations. - If there shall be practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in...

Section 25-2-20 - Review of Rules or Regulations - Petition to Board of Appeals. - Any person in interest, his authorized agent or attorney may...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Section 25-2-26 - Disposition and Expenditure of Appropriations and Federal Allotments. - All appropriations heretofore and hereafter to be made for the...

Section 25-2-27 - Minimizing Adverse Effects on Certain Unemployed and Underemployed Workers. - (a) In order to assist employees who become unemployed or...

Chapter 3 - Department of Labor.

Section 25-3-1 - Created. - Repealed by Act 2012-496, §5, effective October 1, 2012.

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.

Section 25-3-3 - Commissioner of Labor - Powers and Duties Generally. - Repealed by Act 2012-496, §5, effective October 1, 2012.

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.

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 Expan... - Repealed by Act 2012-496, §5, effective October 1, 2012.

Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.

Article 1 - Definitions.

Section 25-4-1 - Base Period. - "Base period," as used in this chapter, means the first...

Section 25-4-2 - Benefits. - "Benefits," as used in this chapter, means the money payable...

Section 25-4-3 - Benefit Year. - "Benefit year," as used in this chapter with respect to...

Section 25-4-4 - Calendar Quarter; Fiscal Year. - (a) "Calendar quarter," as used in this chapter, means the...

Section 25-4-5 - Contributions; Payments in Lieu of Contributions. - (a) "Contributions," as used in this chapter, means the money...

Section 25-4-6 - Secretary. - "Secretary," as used in this chapter, means the Secretary of...

Section 25-4-7 - Employee. - Except as modified by the provisions of Section 25-4-10 defining...

Section 25-4-8 - Employer. - (a) Employer, as used in this chapter, prior to January...

Section 25-4-9 - Employing Unit. - "Employing unit," as used in this chapter, means any individual...

Section 25-4-10 - Employment. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-197 IN THE 2022...

Section 25-4-11 - Employment Office. - "Employment office," as used in this chapter, means a free...

Section 25-4-12 - Fund. - "Fund," as used in this chapter, means the Unemployment Compensation...

Section 25-4-13 - Insured Work. - "Insured work," as used in this chapter, means "employment" for...

Section 25-4-14 - State. - "State," as used in this chapter, includes, in addition to...

Section 25-4-15 - Unemployment Administration Fund. - "Unemployment Administration Fund," as used in this chapter, means the...

Section 25-4-16 - Wages. - (a) Prior to January 1, 1983, "wages," as used in...

Section 25-4-17 - Week. - "Week," as used in this chapter, means such period of...

Article 2 - Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund.

Section 25-4-30 - Administration and Composition. - There shall be as a special fund, separate and apart...

Section 25-4-31 - Treasurer; Separate Accounts; Disposition of Interest and Penalties. - (a) The secretary shall designate an employee of the unemployment...

Section 25-4-32 - Requisition of Moneys From Trust Fund. - (a) Money shall be requisitioned from the state's account in...

Section 25-4-33 - Overpayments. - All unemployment compensation overpayment monies collected under the provisions of...

Article 2A - Employment Security Enhancement Funds.

Section 25-4-40.1 - Employment Security Enhancement Fund. - (a) Retroactive to April 1, 1992, there is hereby placed...

Article 3 - Contributions and Payments in Lieu of Contributions.

Section 25-4-50 - Accrual; Time and Manner of Payment by Employers. - Contributions or payments in lieu of contributions shall accrue and...

Section 25-4-51 - Rates of Contributions, etc., by Employers. - (a) Contributions. Except as hereinafter provided and subject to the...

Section 25-4-52 - Contributions by Employees. - (a) For each calendar year ending prior to January 1,...

Section 25-4-53 - Withholding of Employee Contributions. - For calendar years ending prior to January 1, 1986, employee...

Section 25-4-54 - Contribution Rates for Employers Subject to Benefit Charges; Determination of Individual Benefit Charges. - (a) Determination of contribution rates. (1) For the 12-month period...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. - The procedures provided for in this article and Article 7,...

Article 4 - Benefits.

Section 25-4-70 - Accrual; Time and Manner of Payment; Services in Employ of Indian Tribe. - (a) After contributions have been due under this chapter for...

Section 25-4-71 - When Individuals Deemed Unemployed. - An individual shall be deemed totally unemployed in any week...

Section 25-4-72 - Individual Weekly Benefit Amount. - (a) For weeks of unemployment during benefit years which begin...

Section 25-4-73 - Individual Weekly Benefit Payment. - (a) Each eligible individual who is totally unemployed or partially...

Section 25-4-74 - Maximum Individual Benefit Entitlement During Benefit Year. - (a) Any otherwise eligible individual shall be entitled during any...

Section 25-4-75 - Extension of Benefit Period. - (a) Applicability of section. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this...

Section 25-4-76 - Maritime Employment and Benefit Rights. - (a) As used in this section, "maritime employment" means employment...

Section 25-4-77 - Benefits Eligibility Conditions; "Suitable Employment" and Jury Duty Defined; Applicability of Subdivision (A)(5). - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-301 IN THE 2022...

Section 25-4-78 - Disqualifications for Benefits. - An individual shall be disqualified for total or partial unemployment...

Article 5 - Procedure for Claims for Benefits.

Section 25-4-90 - Filing Claims for Benefits. - Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such...

Section 25-4-91 - Determinations and Redeterminations Upon Claims for Benefits. - (a) Determination by examiner. A determination upon a claim filed...

Section 25-4-92 - Appeals Tribunals - Appointment; Procedure; When Decisions Final. - (a) To hear and decide disputed claims and other due...

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...

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,...

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...

Section 25-4-96 - Procedure Exclusive. - The procedure provided in this article for the making of...

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...

Article 6 - Administration.

Section 25-4-110 - Powers and Duties of Secretary as to Administration of Chapter Generally. - It shall be the duty of the secretary to administer...

Section 25-4-111 - Adoption, etc., of General Rules and Regulations. - General rules interpreting or applying this chapter and affecting all,...

Section 25-4-112 - Publication and Distribution of General Rules and Regulations, Etc. - The secretary shall cause to be printed in proper form...

Section 25-4-113 - Employees; Immunity From Civil Suit; Exception. - The secretary shall, with the approval of the Governor, determine...

Section 25-4-114 - Advisory Council. - The Governor shall appoint an advisory council of not less...

Section 25-4-115 - Duties of Secretary, etc., With Respect to Reduction of Unemployment, Etc. - It shall be one of the purposes of this chapter...

Section 25-4-116 - Records and Reports of Employing Units. - Every employing unit shall keep true and accurate work records...

Section 25-4-117 - Representation in Court Actions. - The secretary and the state, in any court action relating...

Section 25-4-118 - Cooperation With State and Federal Agencies, Institutions of Higher Education, Public and Law Enforcement Officials, etc.; Penalty for Wrongfully Securing or Misusing Information. - (a) In the administration of this chapter, the secretary shall...

Section 25-4-119 - Compromise or Waiver of Civil Penalties or Interest Charges. - The secretary may compromise or waive any civil penalty or...

Section 25-4-120 - Reciprocal Arrangements With State and Federal Agencies. - (a) Interstate benefit payments. The secretary is hereby authorized to...

Section 25-4-121 - 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. - THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION BY...

Article 7 - General Provisions.

Section 25-4-130 - Duration of Employer's Coverage Under This Chapter; Termination of Coverage. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...

Section 25-4-131 - Election of Coverage Under Chapter by Employing Units and Political Subdivisions. - (a) Any employing unit (except one whose employment is specifically...

Section 25-4-132 - Assessment of Interest on Delinquent Contribution Payments. - Contributions unpaid on the date when they are due and...

Section 25-4-133 - Penalties for Delinquent Contribution Payments and Reports. - (a) Any employer without good cause failing to pay any...

Section 25-4-134 - Procedures for Collection of Delinquent Contribution Payments. - (a) Generally. The contributions, interest, and penalties required to be...

Section 25-4-135 - Effect of Bankruptcy or Liquidation of Employer. - In the event of bankruptcy of any employer, or of...

Section 25-4-136 - Secretary May Extend Time for Payment of Contributions. - The secretary, for good cause may extend the time for...

Section 25-4-137 - Adjustments or Refunds. - (a) If, not later than four years after the date...

Section 25-4-138 - Agreement to Waive Right to Benefits; Agreement to Pay Employer's Contributions; Reduction of Wages to Finance Employer's Contributions. - Any agreement by an employee to waive or release his...

Section 25-4-139 - Fees in Proceedings Under Chapter. - No individual shall be charged fees of any kind by...

Section 25-4-140 - Certain Assignments, etc., of Right to Benefits Void; Exemption From Attachment, etc.; Exception. - Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right to benefits...

Section 25-4-142 - Employment Security Administration Fund; Special Employment Security Administration Fund; Replacement of Certain Funds. - (a) There shall be in the State Treasury a fund...

Section 25-4-143 - Appropriations. - All moneys in the Unemployment Administration Fund, the Special Employment...

Section 25-4-144 - Reservation of Right to Repeal or Amend Chapter. - The Legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all...

Section 25-4-145 - Penalties; Limitation of Actions; Collection of Overpayments; Waiver of Overpayments. - (a) Penalties. (1) Whoever willfully makes a false statement or...

Section 25-4-146 - Certain Employees of Department of Labor Constituted Peace Officers to Enforce Unemployment Compensation Law and Other Specified State Criminal Laws. - (a) Employees of the Department of Labor classified as unemployment...

Section 25-4-147 - Arrest Fee; Disposition of Fees Collected. - In all cases where arrests are made by any of...

Section 25-4-148 - Disposition of Trust Funds, etc., in Event of Invalidity of Provisions Pertaining to Payment of Contributions and Benefits. - If at any time the Governor shall find that the...

Section 25-4-149 - Appropriation of Funds for Payment of Benefits for State Employees Generally. - Such moneys as are needed to pay the state's portion...

Section 25-4-150 - Payment of Fringe Benefits for Employees of Local Boards of Education. - Such moneys as are necessary to finance the fringe benefit...

Section 25-4-151 - Effect of Challenges to or Invalidation of Federal Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976. - In the event any portion of Section 115 of the...

Section 25-4-152 - Deduction of Child Support Obligations; Procedures; Reimbursement for Administrative Costs; Time of Implementation; Deduction of Federal Income Tax. - (a) (1) An individual filing a claim for unemployment compensation...

Section 25-4-153 - Procedures Exclusive. - The procedures provided for in this article and Article 3,...

Section 25-4-154 - Penalties; Limitation of Actions; Collection of Overpayments; Waiver of Overpayments. - (a) This section shall be known and may be cited...

Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 25-5-1 - Definitions. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-197 IN THE 2022...

Section 25-5-2 - Powers and Duties of Secretary of Labor With Respect to Administration of Chapter Generally; "Director" Defined. - The Secretary of Labor of the State of Alabama shall...

Section 25-5-3 - Secretary to Prepare and Distribute Forms, Etc. - The secretary shall prepare and cause to be printed, at...

Section 25-5-4 - Reports and Records of Injuries for Which Compensation Claimed. - An employer shall keep a record of all injuries, fatal...

Section 25-5-5 - Reports of Settlements. - Every employer shall, within 10 days after the settlement of...

Section 25-5-6 - Circuit Court Clerks to Report Disposition of Cases. - The clerk of the circuit court shall, within 10 days...

Section 25-5-7 - Supplementary Reports as to Initiation, Cessation, etc., of Compensation Payments. - In all cases, upon making the first payment of compensation...

Section 25-5-8 - Employers' Options to Secure Payment of Compensation. - (a) Option to insure risks. An employer subject to this...

Section 25-5-9 - Pooling of Employers' Liabilities for Qualification as Self-Insurers. - (a) The Secretary of Labor may, under such rules and...

Section 25-5-10 - Liabilities of Persons Engaged in Schemes, etc., to Avoid Liability to Workers. - (a) A person who creates or carries into operation any...

Section 25-5-11 - Actions Against Third Parties Jointly Liable With Employers for Injuries or Death; Actions for Injury or Death Resulting From Willful Conduct; Attorney's Fees in Settlements With Third Parties. - (a) If the injury or death for which compensation is...

Section 25-5-11.1 - Employee Not to Be Terminated Solely for Action to Recover Benefits nor for Filing Notice of Safety Rule Violation. - No employee shall be terminated by an employer solely because...

Section 25-5-12 - Chief Justice of Supreme Court to Prepare Uniform Rules for Circuit Courts. - The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, from...

Section 25-5-14 - Legislative Findings and Intent as to Actions Filed by Injured Employee Against Officers, etc., of Same Employer. - The Legislature finds that actions filed on behalf of injured...

Section 25-5-13 - Applicability of Chapter. - (a) This chapter shall be applicable to the employees of...

Section 25-5-15 - Safety Committee. - Upon the written request of any employee, each employer subject...

Section 25-5-15.1 - State Safety Program; Legislative Intent; Creation. - (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote...

Section 25-5-17 - Severability. - The provisions of this act are expressly declared not to...

Article 2 - Compensation by Civil Action.

Section 25-5-30 - Applicability of Article; Article Deemed Extension or Modification of Common Law. - This article shall not apply in cases where Article 3...

Section 25-5-31 - Right of Action for Damages for Injuries or Death of Employee. - When personal injury or death is caused to an employee...

Section 25-5-32 - Excluded Defenses. - In all cases brought under this article, it shall not...

Section 25-5-33 - Applicability of Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-32 to Other Claims for Personal Injury or Death. - The provisions of Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-32 shall apply to...

Section 25-5-34 - Applicability of This Article and Article 3 of Chapter to Minors; Double Compensation When Minor Illegally Employed. - The provisions of this article and Article 3 of this...

Section 25-5-35 - Recovery Where Accident Occurs Outside State; Effect of Compensation Under Law of Another State, etc., Upon Compensation Under This Article and Article 3 of Chapter, etc.; Recovery Under This Article and Article 3 of Chapter for Acc... - (a) As used in this section: (1) The term "United...

Section 25-5-36 - Burden of Proof as to Misconduct of Employee. - In all actions of law brought pursuant to this article,...

Article 3 - Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment.

Section 25-5-50 - Applicability; Exemptions; Coverage for School Boards, Volunteer Fire Departments, and Rescue Squads; Sports Officials. - (a) This article and Article 2 of this chapter shall...

Section 25-5-51 - Right to Compensation for Injuries or Death; Grounds for Denial of Compensation. - If an employer is subject to this article, compensation, according...

Section 25-5-52 - Manner of Compensation, etc., Provided by Chapter Exclusive. - Except as provided in this chapter, no employee of any...

Section 25-5-53 - Rights and Remedies of Employees, etc., Exclusive; Civil and Criminal Liability of Employers, Etc. - The rights and remedies granted in this chapter to an...

Section 25-5-54 - Presumptions as to Applicability and Acceptance of Provisions of Articles. - Every employer and employee, except as otherwise specifically provided in...

Section 25-5-55 - Rights and Powers of Minors Under Article Generally; Effect of Payment of Awards to Minors. - For the purposes of this article and Article 4 of...

Section 25-5-56 - Settlements Between Parties. - The interested parties may settle all matters of benefits, whether...

Section 25-5-57 - Compensation for Disability. - (a) Compensation schedule. Following is the schedule of compensation: (1)...

Section 25-5-58 - Effect of Preexisting Injuries or Infirmities. - If the degree or duration of disability resulting from an...

Section 25-5-59 - Waiting Period for Compensation; Penalty for Overdue Compensation Payments. - (a) For purposes of this article, except for scheduled injuries...

Section 25-5-60 - Compensation for Death. - In death cases, where the death results proximately from the...

Section 25-5-61 - Persons Presumed Wholly Dependent. - For the purposes of this article, the following described persons...

Section 25-5-63 - Total Dependents - Maximum Compensation. - Total dependents shall be entitled to take compensation in the...

Section 25-5-62 - Total Dependents - Designated; Order of Compensation. - A wife, child, husband, mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, sister, brother,...

Section 25-5-64 - Partial Dependents. - Any member of a class named in Section 25-5-62 who...

Section 25-5-65 - Compensation of Orphans or Other Children. - In computing and paying compensation to orphans or other children,...

Section 25-5-66 - Disposition of Compensation Upon Remarriage of Widow of Employee Who Has Another Dependent. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-445 IN THE 2019...

Section 25-5-67 - Burial Expenses. - If death results to an employee as the result of...

Section 25-5-68 - Maximum and Minimum Weekly Compensation. - (a) The compensation paid under this article shall be not...

Section 25-5-69 - Compensation to Cease Upon Death or Marriage of Dependent; Proportional Benefits for Dependents. - (a) If compensation is being paid under this article to...

Section 25-5-76 - Liability of Joint Employers. - In case any employee for whose injury or death compensation...

Section 25-5-77 - Expenses of Medical and Surgical Treatment, Vocational Rehabilitation, Medicine, etc.; Medical Examinations; Review by Ombudsman of Medical Services. - (a) In addition to the compensation provided in this article...

Section 25-5-78 - Written Notice to Employer of Accident - Required. - For purposes of this article only, an injured employee or...

Section 25-5-79 - Written Notice to Employer of Accident - Service and Contents. - The notice referred to in Section 25-5-78 may be served...

Section 25-5-80 - Limitation Period for Claims or Actions for Compensation. - In case of a personal injury not involving cumulative physical...

Section 25-5-81 - Determination of Disputed Compensation Claims Generally. - (a) Commencement of action in circuit court. (1) PROCEDURE. In...

Section 25-5-82 - Compensation for Death to Be Paid Only to United States Residents. - Compensation for the death of an employee shall be paid...

Section 25-5-83 - Commutation of Compensation to Lump Sum Payments. - By agreement of the parties and with approval of the...

Section 25-5-84 - Modification of Payments. - All amounts paid by the employer and received by the...

Section 25-5-85 - Procedure for and Effect of Payment of Compensation to Court Appointed Trustee. - At any time after the amount of an award has...

Section 25-5-86 - Remedy for Default Upon Periodic Compensation Payments; Exemption of Compensation Claims, etc., From Garnishment, Etc. - For purposes of this article and Article 4 of this...

Section 25-5-87 - Preference of Right to Compensation, Etc. - The right to compensation and of compensation awarded any injured...

Section 25-5-88 - Proceedings for Determination of Disputed Claims for Compensation - Commencement of Action, Etc. - Either party to a controversy arising under this article and...

Section 25-5-89 - Proceedings for Determination of Disputed Claims for Compensation - Costs and Fees. - Costs may be awarded by said court in its discretion,...

Section 25-5-90 - Proceedings for Determination of Disputed Claims for Compensation - Attorney's Fees. - (a) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, no part of...

Section 25-5-91 - Forwarding of Copy of Judgment, etc., to Probate Court; Creation of Judgment Lien. - Whenever any decision or order is made and filed by...

Section 25-5-92 - Discharge of Lien Upon Judgment Payable Periodically. - When the judgment, however, is for a sum not due,...

Section 25-5-93 - Judgments Discharged and Marked Satisfied Upon Proof of Release or Satisfaction of Judgment. - Any judgment entered under the provisions of this article and...

Article 4 - Compensation for Occupational Diseases.

Section 25-5-110 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...

Section 25-5-111 - Right to Compensation for Death or Disablement. - Where the employer and employee are subject to this chapter,...

Section 25-5-112 - Presumptions as to Applicability and Acceptance of Provisions of Article. - All contracts of employment made on or after September 1,...

Section 25-5-113 - Manner of Compensation, etc., Provided by Article Exclusive. - No employee of any employer subject to this article, nor...

Section 25-5-114 - Rights and Remedies of Employees, etc., Under Article Exclusive; Civil and Criminal Liability of Employers, Etc. - The rights and remedies granted in this article shall exclude...

Section 25-5-115 - False Written Representation to Employer as to Previous Compensation for Occupational Disease. - If an employee, at the time of or in the...

Section 25-5-116 - Which Employer Liable for Compensation of Employee; Contribution. - (a) If compensation is payable for an occupational disease other...

Section 25-5-117 - Limitation Period for Claims or Actions for Compensation. - (a) In case of the contraction of an occupational disease,...

Section 25-5-118 - Rights and Remedies as to Exposures to Hazards of Occupational Disease Occurring Prior to September 1, 1971. - All exposures of the employee occurring prior to September 1,...

Section 25-5-119 - Computation of Compensation and Benefits Payable Under Article. - The compensation payable for death or disability caused by an...

Section 25-5-120 - Presumptions and Burden of Proof as to Right to Compensation. - There shall not be a presumption that disablement or death...

Section 25-5-121 - Settlements Between Parties; Determination of Disputed Compensation Claims. - The interested parties shall have the right to settle all...

Section 25-5-122 - Applicability of Article. - The provisions of this article shall apply to all cases...

Section 25-5-123 - Applicability of Other Provisions of Chapter to Article. - All of the provisions of Articles 1, 2, 3, and...

Article 7 - Compensation for Occupational Exposure to Radiation.

Section 25-5-190 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...

Section 25-5-191 - Right to Compensation for Injury or Death. - Where the employer and employee are subject to the provisions...

Section 25-5-192 - Presumptions as to Applicability and Acceptance of Provisions of Article. - All contracts of employment made on or after September 7,...

Section 25-5-193 - Manner of Compensation, etc., Provided by Article Exclusive. - No employee of any employer subject to this article, nor...

Section 25-5-194 - Rights and Remedies of Employees, etc., Under Article Exclusive; Civil and Criminal Liability of Employers, Etc. - The rights and remedies granted in this article shall exclude...

Section 25-5-195 - False Written Representation to Employer as to Previous Compensation for Exposure to Radiation. - If any employee, at the time of or in the...

Section 25-5-196 - Which Employer Liable for Compensation of Employee; Contribution Not Required From Nonliable Employer. - Where compensation is payable under this article, the only employer...

Section 25-5-197 - Limitation Period for Claims or Actions for Compensation. - In case of occupational exposure to radiation, as defined in...

Section 25-5-198 - Rights and Remedies as to Exposures to Hazards of Radiation Occurring Prior to September 7, 1967. - All exposures of the employee occurring prior to September 7,...

Section 25-5-199 - Computation of Compensation and Benefits Payable Under Article. - The compensation payable for death or disability caused by occupational...

Section 25-5-200 - Presumptions and Burden of Proof as to Right to Compensation. - There shall be no presumption that disablement or death from...

Section 25-5-201 - Settlements Between Parties; Determination of Disputed Compensation Claims. - The interested parties shall have the right to settle all...

Section 25-5-203 - Applicability of Other Provisions of Chapter to Article. - All of the provisions of Articles 1, 2, 3, and...

Section 25-5-202 - Applicability of Article. - The provisions of this article shall apply to all cases...

Article 8 - Offenses and Penalties.

Section 25-5-226 - Solicitation of Employment or Acceptance of Solicited Employment by Attorneys. - Any attorney who in person solicits employment to collect for...

Section 25-5-227 - Solicitation of Claims or Representation of Claimants by Persons Not Authorized to Practice Law. - Any person who is not authorized by law to practice...

Section 25-5-229 - Solicitation or Writing of Workers' Compensation Insurance by Insurance Companies, etc., Not in Compliance With Code. - Any insurance corporation, organization or association, or any officer, employee...

Section 25-5-231 - Acceptance of Assignment of Employee Compensation Claim, Etc. - Any person, other than a beneficiary under this chapter, who...

Article 9 - Alabama Workmen's Compensation Self-Insurers Guaranty Association.

Section 25-5-250 - Creation; Purpose; Powers. - There is created a nonprofit corporation to be known as...

Section 25-5-251 - Membership Requirements. - (a) All employers who elect to be self-insurers for workers'...

Section 25-5-252 - Board of Directors; Eligibility; Length of Term; Vacancies; Reimbursement; Registered Agent. - The affairs of the association shall be managed by a...

Section 25-5-253 - Bylaws. - (a) Within 120 days after their appointment, the board of...

Section 25-5-254 - Annual Assessments for Administration of Association. - (a) To the extent necessary to secure funds for the...

Section 25-5-255 - Insolvency Fund. - Upon receipt of the funds assessed on members, the association...

Section 25-5-256 - Association Subject to Examination and Regulation by Department of Labor. - The association shall be subject to examination and regulation by...

Section 25-5-257 - Assessments Deductible as Business Expenses. - A member may deduct as a business expense for state...

Article 10 - Insurance With Optional Deductibles.

Section 25-5-270 - Certain Employers Authorized to Purchase Insurance With Optional Deductibles. - (a) Each insurer issuing a policy under this article shall...

Section 25-5-271 - Optional Deductibles to Be Offered in Policy; Exception. - Optional deductibles shall be offered in each policy insuring liability...

Section 25-5-272 - Premium Reduction to Be Determined Before Application of Experience Modification, Premium Surcharge, Etc. - Premium reduction for deductibles shall be determined before the application...

Section 25-5-273 - Applicability. - This article shall not apply to employers who are approved...

Article 11 - Ombudsman Program.

Section 25-5-290 - Ombudsman Program, Creation; Purpose; Members; Notification of Service; Benefit Review Conferences. - (a) The Department of Industrial Relations shall establish an Ombudsman...

Section 25-5-291 - Benefit Review Conferences. - A benefit review conference is a nonadversarial, informal dispute resolution...

Section 25-5-292 - Resolution of Disputes, Settlement Agreements; Written Reports; Interlocutory Orders; Final Determinations of Liability. - (a) A dispute may be resolved either in whole or...

Section 25-5-293 - Duties of Secretary; Continuing Education, Accounting; Recovery of Expenses; Advisory Committees; Legislative Intent Regarding Reimbursements. - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Labor may prescribe...

Section 25-5-294 - Communications, Etc. Privileged; Documentation; Release of Records or Information; Penalty for Obtaining Information Under False Pretenses. - (a) All letters, reports, communications, and other matters, written or...

Article 12 - Workers' Compensation Medical Services Board.

Section 25-5-310 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article the following words and...

Section 25-5-311 - Workers' Compensation Medical Services Board; Creation, Members, Functions. - There is established a Workers' Compensation Medical Services Board composed...

Section 25-5-312 - Powers and Duties of the Board. - The board shall exercise general supervision in all matters related...

Section 25-5-313 - Schedule of Maximum Fees. - Within 60 days from May 19, 1992, the Workers' Compensation...

Section 25-5-314 - Contracts for Medical Services at Mutually Agreed Rates. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contrary,...

Section 25-5-315 - Immunity From Liability. - The Workers' Compensation Medical Services Board, the individual members thereof,...

Section 25-5-316 - Workers' Compensation Administrative Trust Fund; Creation; Management; Trustee and Custodian; Assessments; Penalties. - (a) There is established in the State Treasury a fund...

Section 25-5-317 - Assessment of Pro Rata Share; Disposition of Unexpended Balance. - (a) Within 60 days after May 19, 1992, the Secretary...

Section 25-5-318 - One-Time Discount to Small Employers. - (a) For purposes of this article, "small employer" means an...

Article 13 - Drug-Free Workplace Program.

Section 25-5-330 - Legislative Intent. - It is the intent of the Legislature to promote drug-free...

Section 25-5-331 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words and terms...

Section 25-5-332 - Premium Discount Where Drug-Free Workplace Program Implemented. - (a) If an employer implements a drug-free workplace program substantially...

Section 25-5-333 - Elements of Program. - (a) A drug-free workplace program shall contain all the following...

Section 25-5-334 - Notice of Testing; Written Policy Statement. - (a) One time only, prior to testing, all employees and...

Section 25-5-335 - Types of Tests; Procedures for Specimen Collection and Testing; Laboratory; Confirmation of Tests. - (a) An employer is required to conduct the following types...

Section 25-5-336 - Employee Assistance Program or Resource File of Employee Assistance Providers. - (a) If an employer has an employee assistance program, the...

Section 25-5-337 - Semiannual Education Program; Supervisor Training. - (a) An employer shall provide all employees with a semiannual...

Section 25-5-338 - Construction of Article. - (a) No physician-patient relationship is created between an employee or...

Section 25-5-339 - Confidentiality of Information. - (a) All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, and test results,...

Section 25-5-340 - Department of Labor to Perform Administrative Duties for Certification of Employers. - The Department of Labor, Workers' Compensation Division, shall promulgate by...

Chapter 6 - Employer's Liability for Certain Injuries.

Section 25-6-1 - Liability of Master or Employer; Effect of Servant's or Employee's Knowledge of Defect or Negligence Causing Injury. - (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, when a personal...

Section 25-6-2 - Damages Recovered Not Subject to Debts, etc., of Servant or Employee. - Damages recovered by the servant or employee, of and from...

Section 25-6-3 - Maintenance of Action by Personal Representative; Disposition of Damages Recovered. - If such injury results in the death of the servant...

Section 25-6-4 - Acceptance of Insurance Benefits, etc., Not to Bar Action, etc.; Setoff. - No contract of employment, insurance, relief benefit or indemnity for...

Section 25-6-5 - Franchise Business Protection. - (a) This section shall be known as the Franchise Business...

Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 25-7-1 - Declaration of Policy. - The right to live involves the right to work. The...

Section 25-7-2 - Definitions. - When used in this article, the terms defined in this...

Section 25-7-3 - Construction of Article. - Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, nothing contained...

Section 25-7-4 - Boards of Mediation. - The Governor may, whenever he considers it expedient, appoint a...

Section 25-7-5 - Labor Organizations to File Copies of Constitutions, Bylaws, and Amendments Thereto; Annual Reports. - (a) Every labor organization functioning in Alabama, and every labor...

Section 25-7-6 - Freedom to Join or Refrain From Joining Labor Organizations. - Every person shall be free to join or to refrain...

Section 25-7-9 - Interference, etc., With Peaceable Exercise of Lawful Industry, Business, Etc. - Any person who, by force or threats of violence to...

Section 25-7-11 - Use or Threats of Use of Force, etc., to Secure or Prevent Attendance at Strike Votes or to Influence Votes. - It shall be unlawful for any person at any time...

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...

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...

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...

Section 25-7-15 - Provisions of Article Cumulative. - The provisions of this article shall be cumulative of all...

Section 25-7-16 - Penalty for Violations of Article. - If any labor organization violates any provision of this article,...

Article 2 - Right to Work.

Section 25-7-30 - Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared to be the public policy of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Section 25-7-36 - Applicability of Article. - The provisions of this article shall not apply to any...

Article 2A - Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right to Work Act.

Section 25-7-40 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and cited as the Alabama...

Section 25-7-41 - Definitions; Limitations on Compensation and Employment Benefits Not Required by State or Federal Laws. - (a) For purposes of this article, the following words have...

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...

Section 25-7-43 - Exceptions. - Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, nothing...

Section 25-7-44 - Severability. - If a court determines that any portion of this article...

Section 25-7-45 - Purpose; Legislative Intent. - (a) The purpose of this section is to establish within...

Article 3 - Local Boards of Arbitration.

Section 25-7-50 - Composition; Appointment of Members. - A grievance or dispute between an employer and his employees...

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...

Section 25-7-52 - Compensation of Members. - Each member of such local board shall receive as compensation...

Section 25-7-53 - Decision of Board. - The local board shall, within 10 days after the close...

Section 25-7-54 - Costs. - The witness fees and the fees of the local arbitrators...

Chapter 8 - Child Labor.

Section 25-8-32 - Legislative Findings and Intent. - The Legislature has found that Alabama law has not kept...

Section 25-8-32.1 - Definitions. - For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases...

Section 25-8-32.2 - Child Labor Administrative Trust Fund. - (a) The Child Labor Administrative Trust Fund is established in...

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...

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...

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...

Section 25-8-36 - Time Restrictions. - (a) No person 14 or 15 years of age shall...

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...

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...

Section 25-8-39 - Age Requirements for Street or Public Place Occupations; Exemptions. - (a) No person under 14 years of age shall distribute,...

Section 25-8-40 - Restrictions for Minors Engaging in Street or Public Place Occupations. - (a) No person under 16 years of age shall engage...

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,...

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...

Section 25-8-43 - Prohibited Occupations and Places for Individuals Under 18 Years of Age. - (a) No individual under 18 years of age shall be...

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...

Section 25-8-45 - Eligibility to Work Form - When Required; Child Labor Certificates. - (a) No person under 16 years of age shall engage...

Section 25-8-46 - Eligibility to Work Form - Issuance; Scope. - (a) The head administrator, counselor, or, if home schooled an...

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,...

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,...

Section 25-8-49 - Work Permits - Contents and Forms. - Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19,...

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,...

Section 25-8-51 - Cancellation of Child Labor Certificate. - Any official charged with the enforcement of this chapter may...

Section 25-8-52 - Routine Inspections of Business Establishments. - The department shall have the right to enter, without prior...

Section 25-8-53 - School Attendance Officers. - Every school attendance officer shall report to the department every...

Section 25-8-54 - Working Conditions. - Every person, firm, or corporation owning or controlling any establishment...

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...

Section 25-8-56 - Removal of Minor From Establishment. - The department shall remove from any establishment any minor found...

Section 25-8-57 - Discrimination Prohibited Against Persons Disclosing Information, Making Charges, Refusing to Obey Illegal Orders, Etc. - (a) No person shall discriminate against any individual because the...

Section 25-8-58 - Person Selling Article to Minor for Resale on Streets or Public Place Required to Ascertain Whether Minor Has Permit. - Repealed by Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §4, effective May 19,...

Section 25-8-59 - Penalties; Notice of Violation and Opportunity to Show Cause; Hearing. - (a) Any employer who violates this chapter, or who fails...

Section 25-8-60 - Minors Employed as Actors or Performers. - (a) Persons under 18 years of age may be employed...

Section 25-8-61 - Minors Employed as Models. - (a) Time and hour restrictions shall be under the authority...

Chapter 9 - Coal Mine Safety.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 25-9-1 - Short Title; Purpose of Chapter. - This chapter shall be known as the "Alabama Coal Mine...

Section 25-9-2 - Definitions. - Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this...

Section 25-9-3 - Appointment of Mine Inspectors and Other Employees. - There shall be appointed by the Secretary of Labor a...

Section 25-9-4 - Certain Persons Not to Have Interest in Alabama Coal Mines. - No person shall be appointed mine inspector, head mine inspector,...

Section 25-9-5 - Qualifications and Residence of Chief of Division. - (a) The Chief of the Division of Safety and Inspection...

Section 25-9-6 - Qualifications and Residence of Mine Inspectors and Head Mine Inspector. - (a) Each mine inspector and head mine inspector shall: (1)...

Section 25-9-7 - Duties of Mine Inspectors Generally; Accompanying of Inspectors on Inspections by Representatives of Miners; Mine Examination Reports. - The duties of mine inspectors are to make examinations of...

Section 25-9-8 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Required. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person...

Section 25-9-9 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Board of Examiners. - (a) There shall be appointed by the Governor a board...

Section 25-9-10 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Examinations; Fees. - The board of examiners created by Section 25-9-9 shall examine...

Section 25-9-11 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Qualifications of Mine Foreman. - (a) Each applicant for a mine foreman's certificate of competency...

Section 25-9-12 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Qualifications of Fire Boss. - (a) Each applicant for a fire boss's certificate of competency...

Section 25-9-13 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Replacement of Lost Certificates. - In case of the loss or destruction of a certificate...

Section 25-9-14 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Forged or Counterfeit Certificates; Uttering False Certificates; False Statements or Misrepresentations in Applications. - Any person who shall forge or counterfeit a certificate or...

Section 25-9-15 - Certificate of Competency for Fire Bosses and Mine Foremen - Suspension, Cancellation, or Revocation; Voluntary Surrender of Certificate. - (a) The board may issue an official written reprimand of...

Section 25-9-16 - Failure of Fire Boss to Perform Required Duties. - Any fire boss in a mine who fails to perform...

Section 25-9-17 - Persons Authorized to Act as Fire Boss; Temporary Fire Boss or Mine Foreman. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person...

Section 25-9-18 - Qualifications of Mine Foremen in Underground Mines. - No person shall be employed as mine foreman in any...

Section 25-9-19 - Inspection of Working Places and Abandoned Areas of Mines by Foreman. - The mine foreman or subordinate supervisor shall visit each working...

Section 25-9-20 - Schedule of Mine Inspections. - Mines shall be given one complete inspection every 45 days,...

Section 25-9-21 - Instruments for Measurement of Air and Gases in Mines. - The department shall be furnished by the state all necessary...

Section 25-9-22 - Witnesses at Proceedings Under Chapter Generally. - (a) The chief has the authority to administer oaths and...

Section 25-9-23 - Expenses of Executing Subpoenas, Attendance of Witnesses, and Contempt Proceedings. - The expenses of executing subpoenas and the attendance of witnesses...

Section 25-9-24 - Reporting and Correction of Unsafe Conditions. - Unsafe conditions, known to any persons underground, that cannot be...

Section 25-9-26 - Persons Not Employees Not to Enter Mines Without Consent of Operator, Etc. - Persons not employees of a coal mine or duly authorized...

Section 25-9-27 - Entry Into Mine While Intoxicated; Transporting Intoxicating Liquor Into Mine. - Whoever shall, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, enter...

Section 25-9-29 - Giving of Orders Requiring Violation of Chapter. - Any person acting as coal mine superintendent, mining engineer, other...

Section 25-9-28 - Solicitation of Funds From Employees for Purposes of Retaining or Procuring Employment, Etc. - Any coal mine superintendent, mine foreman or assistant mine foreman,...

Section 25-9-30 - Persons Under 18 Not to Work in or About Mines. - No person under the age of 18 shall be employed...

Article 2 - Miscellaneous Safety Requirements.

Section 25-9-40 - Use of Protective Clothing, Etc. - (a) Welders and helpers shall use proper shields or goggles...

Section 25-9-41 - Checking Systems. - Each mine shall have a check-in and check-out system that...

Section 25-9-42 - Shafts, Mine Openings, and Escapeways. - (a) New shafts and partitions therein, made after August 12,...

Article 3 - Accidents and Disasters.

Section 25-9-60 - Maintenance, etc., of First Aid Equipment; Notice of and Treatment of Injuries. - (a) Each mine shall have an adequate supply of first...

Section 25-9-61 - Reports and Investigations of Major Accidents. - (a) Each operator shall report promptly to the chief of...

Section 25-9-62 - Removal of Large and Dangerous Accumulations of Water in Adjoining Mines. - In any coal mine or coal mines or parts thereof...

Section 25-9-63 - Mine Disasters. - (a) If a disaster occurs in a mine, the chief...

Section 25-9-64 - Establishment of Mine Rescue Stations. - The Chief of the Division of Safety and Inspection of...

Section 25-9-65 - Rescue Crews - Training and Employment; Wages and Workers' Compensation Benefits. - Said chief is hereby authorized to have trained and employed...

Section 25-9-66 - Rescue Crews - Training; Removal of Crew Members. - It shall be the duty and responsibility of the chief...

Section 25-9-67 - Rescue Crews - Qualifications; Record of Physical Examination. - Members of said crews shall have one year underground experience,...

Section 25-9-68 - Jurisdiction of Chief in Rescue and Recovery Work; Consultation and Guidance. - All rescue or recovery work performed by these crews shall...

Section 25-9-69 - Compensation for Rescue Work; Workers' Compensation Benefits. - When engaged in rescue or recovery work during an emergency...

Section 25-9-70 - Crews to Be Informed of Existing Conditions; Applicability of Federal Regulations; Assignments by Chief. - (a) During recovery work and prior to entering any mine,...

Article 4 - Mine Gases and Ventilation.

Section 25-9-80 - Main Fans. - (a) All main fans shall be installed on the surface,...

Section 25-9-81 - Use of Methane Detectors. - (a) Methane detectors used for examining in coal mines shall...

Section 25-9-82 - Standards and Procedures as to Gases and Air Quality. - (a) Air in which men work or travel must promptly...

Section 25-9-83 - Standards as to Volume of Air. - Sufficient air must be circulated and conducted through all entries,...

Section 25-9-84 - Coursing of Air. - (a) Two available openings to the surface are required from...

Section 25-9-85 - Sealing, Testing, etc., of Abandoned Workings. - (a) Abandoned workings that cannot be ventilated adequately with safety...

Section 25-9-86 - Examinations for Gases and Other Dangerous Conditions. - (a) Operators of mines are required to employ one or...

Section 25-9-87 - Use of Flame Safety Lamps. - (a) All flame safety lamps used for examining coal mines...

Section 25-9-88 - Reports as to Ventilation, Gas Content, Reopening of Mines, Etc. - (a) The operator of each coal mine shall send to...

Section 25-9-89 - Procedure When Workings Approaching Inaccessible Accumulations of Gases or Water. - When workings are being driven toward any worked out and...

Section 25-9-90 - Duty of Employees to Report Damage or Unsafe Conditions; Correction of Damage or Unsafe Conditions. - Each employee shall promptly inform his supervisor or the mine...

Section 25-9-91 - Prohibited Acts. - It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to enter,...

Article 5 - Coal and Rock Dust.

Section 25-9-110 - Accumulation of Coal Dust; Methods for Allaying Dust at Source. - (a) Coal dust shall not be allowed to accumulate excessively...

Section 25-9-111 - Rock Dusting. - (a) Rock dust to be used to render coal dust...

Article 6 - Explosives and Blasting.

Section 25-9-130 - Permissible Explosives and Blasting Methods Generally; Use of Black Blasting Powder; Use of Dynamite, Etc. - (a) Permissible explosives or permissible blasting methods only shall be...

Section 25-9-131 - Surface Storage of Explosives and Detonators. - (a) Separate surface magazines shall be provided for the storage...

Section 25-9-132 - Underground Transportation of Explosives and Detonators. - (a) Individual containers used to carry permissible explosives or detonators...

Section 25-9-133 - Underground Storage of Explosives and Detonators. - (a) Underground section boxes or magazines shall be constructed of...

Section 25-9-134 - Blasting Practices and Procedures Generally. - (a) Only competent persons shall be designated or permitted to...

Section 25-9-135 - Blasting Cables. - Blasting cables shall be: (1) Kept well insulated and as...

Section 25-9-136 - Misfires. - (a) Where misfires occur with electric detonators, the person firing...

Section 25-9-137 - Report of Premature Explosions. - A prompt report shall be made to the chief of...

Article 7 - Underground Fire Prevention and Control.

Section 25-9-150 - Building of Fires in Mines; Use of Torches; Welding and Burning. - (a) No person shall build a fire or cause a...

Section 25-9-151 - Examinations for Fire. - In any mine or part of a mine which will...

Section 25-9-152 - Use, Storage, etc., of Oil, Grease, and Lubricants; Fire Extinguishing Equipment. - (a) Oiling or greasing of mine cars inside coal mines...

Section 25-9-153 - Underground Stables. - No underground stables shall be constructed or used in coal...

Section 25-9-154 - Procedure Upon Discovery of Fire. - (a) The first person to discover a fire and any...

Section 25-9-155 - Operators to Report Fires; Assistance, etc., of Chief in Extinguishing Fires, Etc. - Immediately upon knowledge of serious fire in or about a...

Article 8 - Electrical Equipment.

Section 25-9-170 - Transformers, Conversion Equipment, Etc. - (a) All surface transformers, unless of "dead front" construction or...

Section 25-9-171 - Power Wires and Circuits; Signal and Telephone Wires; Trolley and Feeder Wires. - (a) All power circuits entering a mine shall be protected...

Section 25-9-172 - Grounding of Frames, Casings, and Other Electrical Equipment. - Where grounding wires are used to ground metallic sheaths, armors,...

Section 25-9-173 - Circuit Breakers, etc.; Insulating Platforms. - (a) Circuit breakers or other overload devices shall be provided...

Section 25-9-174 - Telephones. - Telephone service or approved equivalent means of communication shall be...

Section 25-9-175 - Electric Drills, etc.; Trailing Cables; Cables for Portable Equipment. - (a) Electric drills or other electrically operated rotating tools intended...

Section 25-9-176 - Electric Lights. - Electric lights shall be installed so that they cannot come...

Article 9 - Roof Support.

Section 25-9-190 - Testing and Examination of Roof, Faces, Ribs, etc.; Correction of and Precautions Against Unsafe Conditions. - (a) It shall be the duty of the mine foreman...

Section 25-9-191 - Installation, etc., of Timbering or Other Roof Support Systems. - (a) Timbering or other adequate roof support systems suitable to...

Section 25-9-192 - Maintenance of Supply of Timbers or Other Roof Supports. - (a) The operator of each mine shall keep on hand...

Article 10 - Hoisting and Haulage.

Section 25-9-210 - Hoist Engineers; Signal Codes, etc.; Safety Features of Cages, Hoist Engines, Hoist Ropes, and Hoist Shafts; Hoisting of Tools, Timber, Animals, Etc. - (a) Only competent engineers shall be placed in charge of...

Section 25-9-211 - Maintenance, etc., of Mine Locomotives and Other Haulage Equipment. - (a) Mine locomotives must be maintained so that brakes are...

Section 25-9-212 - Construction, Installation, and Maintenance of Elements of Track of Haulage Roads. - (a) The roadbed, rails, joints, switches, frogs, and other elements...

Section 25-9-213 - Clearances, Crossovers, and Shelter Holes on Haulage Roads. - (a) Haulage roads on entries developed after August 12, 1949,...

Section 25-9-214 - Certain Machinery Prohibited Underground. - Nonpermissible internal combustion engines or other machinery which gives off...

Section 25-9-215 - Safety Devices and Practices. - (a) Locomotives shall be equipped with proper devices for the...

Section 25-9-216 - Transportation of Men. - (a) Man-trips shall be operated at safe speeds consistent with...

Article 11 - Operation and Maintenance of Machinery.

Section 25-9-230 - Face Equipment. - (a) The cutter chains of mining machines shall be locked...

Section 25-9-231 - Shop Equipment, Etc. - (a) Gears, sprockets, friction devices, and couplings with protruding bolts...

Section 25-9-232 - Operation of Machinery by Repairmen. - Repairmen shall not operate machinery unless they are thoroughly familiar...

Article 12 - Surface Structures and Practices.

Section 25-9-250 - Use of Electrical Equipment; Maintenance, etc., in Tipples and Cleaning Plants. - (a) In dangerously dusty locations, electric motors, switches, and controls...

Section 25-9-251 - Storage of Flammable Liquids in Lamp Houses. - Naphtha or other flammable liquids in lamp houses shall be...

Section 25-9-252 - Maintenance, etc., of Stairways, Elevated Platforms, and Runways. - (a) Stairways, elevated platforms, and runways shall be equipped with...

Section 25-9-253 - Housekeeping Practices. - Good housekeeping shall be practiced in and around mine buildings...

Section 25-9-254 - Fire Prevention in Surface Structures. - (a) Oil, grease, and similar flammable materials shall be stored...

Article 13 - Surface Mining Operations.

Section 25-9-270 - Applicability of Provisions. - All other provisions of this chapter, except those obviously peculiar...

Section 25-9-271 - Maintenance, etc., of Banks; Overburden, etc., of Open Pits. - (a) Guards. Excavations shall be provided with substantial barriers at...

Section 25-9-272 - Maintenance, etc., of Means of Access to Pits. - (a) Access. Safe means of access shall be provided to...

Section 25-9-273 - Operation, Inspection, and Maintenance of Shovels and Draglines. - (a) Inspection. Shovels and draglines shall be inspected at the...

Section 25-9-274 - Electrical Equipment Installations and Inspections; Grounding and Insulation of Electrical Equipment; Trailing Cables. - (a) Installations and inspections. All electrical equipment installations shall be...

Section 25-9-275 - Guarding of Exposed Engines, Wheels, etc.; Safety of Tools. - (a) All exposed engines, wheels, screens, shafting, gears, belting, or...

Section 25-9-276 - "Blasting Agent" and "Explosives" Defined; Storage and Transportation of Blasting Agents, Explosives, and Detonators Generally. - (a)(1) "Blasting agent," as used in this article, means any...

Section 25-9-277 - Handling and Use of Explosives and Detonators. - (a) Only designated persons shall cut, cap, and issue capped...

Section 25-9-278 - Blasting Practices and Procedures Generally. - (a) All blasting shall be done in a safe manner...

Section 25-9-279 - Electrical Blasting Practices and Procedures. - (a) When loading or charging blast holes with electric detonators,...

Section 25-9-280 - Handling of Explosives During Blasting Operations; Warnings, Guards, Etc. - (a) Explosives, excluding blasting agents, must be unloaded in a...

Section 25-9-281 - Safety Devices and Practices for Compressed Air Receivers, Etc. - (a) All compressed air receivers, cylinders, or other vessels used...

Section 25-9-282 - First Aid Equipment; Training of Personnel in First Aid Methods. - (a) At or near every pit there shall be adequate...

Section 25-9-283 - Provision of Sanitary Toilets, Potable Drinking Water, and Drinking Cups or Fountains. - (a) Approved sanitary toilets shall be provided and kept in...

Section 25-9-284 - Increase in Hazards of Pit Operations to Be Reported. - In case of any occurrence or change of conditions tending...

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Code of Alabama Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.

Code of Alabama
Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.