Section 25-2-1 Established; seal. There shall be a Department of Labor of the State of Alabama, which shall be an executive and administrative department of the state. The Department of Labor shall have a seal, which shall be affixed by the secretary to his or her official acts and deeds and to those of the […]
Section 25-2-1.1 Department renamed. (a) All powers, duties, and functions and all related records, property, equipment of, employees of, and all contractual rights, obligations of, and unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds or allocations of the Department of Labor shall be transferred to the Department of Industrial Relations which shall be renamed the Department […]
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 in immediate charge, supervision and control of the division of the Department of Labor charged with the duties arising under Chapter 4 of this title and the state employment service, […]
Section 25-2-11 Secretary of Labor – Agreements with federal agencies. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed or intended to prevent the Secretary of Labor from conforming, if not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, to minimum standards heretofore or hereafter adopted or promulgated by the Secretary of Labor or any other agency, […]
Section 25-2-12 Board of appeals – Creation; composition; compensation. There shall be a Board of Appeals for the Department of Labor. The board shall exercise its own judgment and discretion in all matters entrusted to it, and, to that extent, shall be entirely separate and distinct from and independent of the Department of Labor, but […]
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 shall be as follows: (1) To hear and determine appeals under Chapter 4 of this title. (2) To hold public hearings on proposed safety […]
Section 25-2-14 Board of appeals – Procedure; record of proceedings, etc. The board of appeals shall have power and authority to prescribe its own procedure. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings before the board of appeals by the employee of the Department of Labor designated as its clerk. All testimony […]
Section 25-2-15 Board of appeals – Sessions. The board of appeals shall meet only at such times as the Secretary of Labor or the Governor shall determine a session to be in the public interest and shall notify the members thereof in writing of the time of convening. The board of appeals shall remain in […]
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 those affecting the administration of Chapter 4 of this title, may from time to time be proposed to the board of appeals by the Secretary of Labor or any officer […]
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 by the board of appeals, there shall be a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be published at least once, not less than 10 days prior thereto, in a […]
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 by the board of appeals shall, unless otherwise prescribed by the board of appeals, take effect 30 days after the first publication thereof and after a certified […]
Section 25-2-19 Variations from rules or regulations. 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 […]
Section 25-2-2 Duties generally. (a) The general functions and duties of the Department of Labor shall be as follows: (1) To administer all labor laws and all laws relating to the relationship between employer and employee, including laws relating to hours of work, and working conditions in places of employment. (2) To make or cause […]
Section 25-2-20 Review of rules or regulations – Petition to board of appeals. Any person in interest, his authorized agent or attorney may petition the board of appeals for a review of the validity or reasonableness of any rule or regulation adopted, amended, or repealed by the board of appeals under the provisions of this […]
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 with any rule or regulation of the board of appeals, may commence an action in the circuit court of the county wherein such employer, owner, or other person in interest resides, […]
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 Labor or the board of appeals any information which the Department of Labor or the board of appeals is authorized to require, and shall make true and specific answers to all reasonable […]
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 Labor designated by the secretary and the members of the board of appeals, in the performance of any function or duty or the execution of any power prescribed by law, […]
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 employed by the Department of Labor, or the Attorney General of the state and any district attorney, upon the request of the Secretary of Labor or of any of his authorized representatives, to […]
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 with any requirement of this chapter or any lawful rule or regulation of the board of appeals adopted pursuant thereto, for which no penalty has been […]
Section 25-2-26 Disposition and expenditure of appropriations and federal allotments. All appropriations heretofore and hereafter to be made for the administration of Chapter 4 of this title and all moneys heretofore or hereafter to be allotted or apportioned by the federal government or the Secretary of Labor or his successor or any other federal agency, […]
