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25-5-318
Section 25-5-318 One-time discount to small employers. (a) For purposes of this article, "small
employer" means an employer who is not experienced-rated for workers' compensation insurance
purposes and whose annual workers' compensation premium is less than $5,000.00. (b) The Department
of Insurance shall promulgate a plan by which all insurance companies writing workers' compensation
insurance in this state shall grant a one-time discount to small employers who qualify under
this article and by which surcharges are assessed against small employers who experience two
or more employee on-the-job injuries resulting in payment of indemnity or medical payments
during a one-year period. (c) A small employer who has not experienced an employee on-the-job
injury resulting in payment of indemnity or medical payments during the most recent one-year
period for which statistics are available shall receive a one-time discount of 10 percent
on the amount of the employer's workers' compensation...
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25-5-332
Section 25-5-332 Premium discount where drug-free workplace program implemented. (a) If an
employer implements a drug-free workplace program substantially in accordance with this article,
the employer shall qualify for certification for a five percent premium discount under the
employer's workers' compensation insurance policy. (b) For each policy of workers' compensation
insurance issued or renewed in the state on and after July 1, 1996, there shall be granted
by the insurer a five percent reduction in the premium for the policy if the insured has been
certified by the Department of Labor, Workers' Compensation Division, as having a drug-free
workplace program which complies with the requirements of this article and has notified its
insurer in writing of the certification. (c)(1) The premium discount provided by this section
shall be applied to an insured's policy of workers' compensation insurance pro rata as of
the date the insured receives certification by the Department of Labor,...
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25-5-8
Section 25-5-8 Employers' options to secure payment of compensation. (a) Option to insure risks.
An employer subject to this chapter may secure the payment of compensation under this chapter
by insuring and keeping insured his or her liability in some insurance corporation, association,
organization, insurance association, corporation, or association formed of employers and workers
or formed by a group of employers to insure the risks under this chapter, operating by mutual
assessment or other plans or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the insurance association,
organization, or corporation shall have first had its contract and plan of business approved
in writing by the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance of Alabama and have been authorized
by the Department of Insurance to transact the business of workers' compensation insurance
in this state and under the plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary,
the obligations of employers under law for...
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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this section,
the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. The design,
implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and
consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the
use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between
environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental
disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the
time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including
applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain,
or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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25-5-335
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 of tests
in order to qualify for the workers' compensation insurance premium discounts provided under
this article: (1) An employer shall require job applicants to submit to a substance abuse
test after extending an offer of employment. Limited testing of job applicants by an employer
shall qualify under this article if the testing is conducted on the basis of reasonable classifications
of job positions. (2) An employer shall require an employee to submit to reasonable suspicion
testing. (3) An employer shall require an employee to submit to a substance abuse test if
the test is conducted as part of a routinely scheduled employee fitness-for-duty medical examination
that is part of the employer's established policy or that is scheduled routinely for all members
of an employment classification or group. (4) If the...
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25-14-9
Section 25-14-9 Written contract; rights and duties of clients; employees, and professional
employer organizations. (a) All professional employer organization arrangements shall have
a written contract between the client and the professional employer organization recognizing
the rights, responsibilities, and duties of each party. The contract shall disclose to the
client the services to be rendered by the professional employer organization, including the
total administrative fees charged for professional employer organization services, the respective
rights and obligations of the parties, and shall provide the following: (1) The professional
employer organization reserves a right of direction and control over contract employees and
exercises that right in the context of the need to do so according to the terms and conditions
of the professional employment agreement. The client, however, as an employer, may retain
sufficient direction and control over covered employees necessary to...
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25-4-54
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 beginning on January 1 of each year which begins after December 31, 1996, any employer
whose experience rating account has been subject to benefit charges throughout at least the
fiscal year, as defined in Section 25-4-4, immediately preceding such January 1, shall have
his or her rate determined by the Unemployment Compensation Fund's liability for benefits
paid to his or her employees, modified by the fund's balance as of the most recent June 30.
The employment record of an organization which has been making payments in lieu of contributions
but which elects to change to payment of contributions shall be deemed to have been chargeable
with benefits throughout the period (not to exceed three fiscal years) with respect to which
it was making payments in lieu of contributions and its benefit charges...
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25-5-11
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 payable under Articles
3 or 4 of this chapter was caused under circumstances also creating a legal liability for
damages on the part of any party other than the employer, whether or not the party is subject
to this chapter, the employee, or his or her dependents in case of death, may proceed against
the employer to recover compensation under this chapter or may agree with the employer upon
the compensation payable under this chapter, and at the same time, may bring an action against
the other party to recover damages for the injury or death, and the amount of the damages
shall be ascertained and determined without regard to this chapter. If a party, other than
the employer, is a workers' compensation insurance carrier of the...
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25-5-50
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
not be construed or held to apply to an employer of a domestic employee; an employer of a
farm laborer; an employer of a person whose employment at the time of the injury is casual
and not in the usual course of the trade, business, profession, or occupation of the employer;
an employer who regularly employs less than five employees in any one business, other than
the business of constructing or assisting on-site in the construction of new single-family,
detached residential dwellings; or a municipality having a population of less than 2,000 according
to the most recent federal decennial census. An employer who regularly employs less than five
employees in any one business; a farm-labor employer; an employer of a domestic employee;
or a municipality having a population of less than 2,000 according to...
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25-5-290
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
Program to assist injured or disabled employees, persons claiming death benefits, employers,
and other persons in protecting their rights and obtaining information available under the
Workers' Compensation Law. (b) Providing that the employer and the employee agree to participate
in the benefit review conference, the ombudsmen shall meet with or otherwise provide information
to injured or disabled employees, investigate complaints, and communicate with employers,
insurance carriers, and health care providers on behalf of injured or disabled employees.
(c) Ombudsmen shall be Merit System employees and demonstrate familiarity with the Workers'
Compensation Law. An ombudsman shall not be an advocate for any person who shall assist a
claimant, employer, or other person in any proceeding beyond the...
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