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25-5-63
Section 25-5-63 Total dependents - Maximum compensation. Total dependents shall be entitled
to take compensation in the order named in Section 25-5-62 until the percentage of the average
weekly earnings of the deceased, during the time and as specified in Section 25-5-60, shall
have been exhausted; but the total compensation to be paid to all total dependents of a deceased
employee shall not exceed in the aggregate the maximum weekly compensation stated in Section
25-5-68, except as otherwise provided in this article. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923,
§7560; Acts 1935, No. 387, p. 831; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 29, p. 9; Code 1940, T. 26,
§287; Acts 1949, No. 36, p. 47; Acts 1951, No. 563, p. 978; Acts 1955, No. 350, p. 849; Acts
1957, No. 339, p. 449.)...
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25-5-60
Section 25-5-60 Compensation for death. In death cases, where the death results proximately
from the accident within three years, compensation payable to dependents shall be computed
on the following basis and shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto without administration,
or to a guardian or other person as the court may direct, for the use and benefit of the person
entitled thereto. (1) PERSONS ENTITLED TO BENEFITS; AMOUNT OF BENEFITS. a. If the deceased
employee leaves one dependent, there shall be paid to the dependent 50 percent of the average
weekly earnings of the deceased. b. If the deceased employee leaves two or more dependents,
there shall be paid to the dependents 66 2/3 percent of the average weekly earnings of the
deceased. c. If one of two or more dependents is a widow or widower, the compensation may
be paid to the widow or widower for the benefit of herself or himself and the dependent child
or children. In its discretion and when it considers appropriate to do...
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25-5-57
Section 25-5-57 Compensation for disability. (a) Compensation schedule. Following is the schedule
of compensation: (1) TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY. For injury producing temporary total disability,
the compensation shall be 66 2/3 percent of the average weekly earnings received at the time
of injury, subject to a maximum and minimum weekly compensation as stated in Section 25-5-68,
but if at the time of injury the employee received average weekly earnings of less than the
minimum stated in Section 25-5-68, then he or she shall receive the full amount of the average
weekly earnings per week. This compensation shall be paid during the time of the disability,
but at the time as a temporary total disability shall become permanent, compensation for the
continued total disability shall be governed by (a)(4) of this section with respect to permanent
total disability. Payments are to be made at the intervals when the earnings were payable,
as nearly as may be, unless the parties otherwise agree....
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25-4-75
Section 25-4-75 Extension of benefit period. (a) Applicability of section. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this chapter, the duration of benefits as provided in Section 25-4-74
shall be extended as provided in this section. (b) Definitions. As used in this section, unless
the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean: (1) EXTENDED BENEFIT
PERIOD. A period which: a. Begins with the third week after a week for which there is a state
"on" indicator; and b. Ends with either of the following weeks, whichever occurs
later: 1. The third week after the first week for which there is a state "off" indicator;
or 2. The thirteenth consecutive week of such period; provided, that no extended benefit period
may begin by reason of a state "on" indicator before the fourteenth week following
the end of a prior extended benefit period which was in effect with respect to this state.
3. The eligibility period for the payment of extended benefits using the total unemployment...
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25-5-68
Section 25-5-68 Maximum and minimum weekly compensation. (a) The compensation paid under this
article shall be not less than, except as otherwise provided in this article, 27 1/2 percent
of the average weekly wage of the state as determined by the secretary, rounded to the nearest
dollar, pursuant to subsection (b) and, in any event, no more than 100 percent of the average
weekly wage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum compensation payable for permanent
partial disability shall be no more than the lesser of two hundred twenty dollars ($220) per
week or 100 percent of the average weekly wage. (b) For the purpose of this section, the average
weekly wage of the state shall be determined by the secretary as follows: On or before June
1 of each year, the total wages reported on contribution reports to the unemployment compensation
division of the department for the preceding calendar year shall be divided by the average
monthly number of insured workers, which shall be determined...
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25-5-62
Section 25-5-62 Total dependents - Designated; order of compensation. A wife, child, husband,
mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, sister, brother, mother-in-law or father-in-law
who was wholly supported by the deceased workman at the time of his death and for a reasonable
period of time immediately prior thereto shall be considered his total dependents, and payment
of compensation shall be made to such total dependents in the order named. (Acts 1919, No.
245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7553; Code 1940, T. 26, §281.)...
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31-3-3
Section 31-3-3 Payment of compensation - Manner; apportionment among dependents. The compensation
payable to surviving dependents of Alabama national guardsmen who are killed under the circumstances
prescribed in Section 31-3-2 shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto, without administration,
or to a guardian or such other person as the awarding authority may direct, for the use of
the persons entitled thereto as follows: (1) If the deceased Alabama national guardsman leaves
a dependent widow and no other dependents or partial dependents the total amount of the compensation
provided for by this chapter shall be paid to such widow. (2) If the deceased Alabama national
guardsman leaves a dependent widow and a dependent child or dependent children and no other
dependents or partial dependents, then the total amount of the compensation provided for by
this chapter shall be paid to such widow for the benefit of herself and such child or children.
Or, in its discretion, the awarding...
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25-4-74
Section 25-4-74 Maximum individual benefit entitlement during benefit year. (a) Any otherwise
eligible individual shall be entitled during any benefit year, beginning on or after July
3, 1983, to a total amount of benefits equal to whichever is the lesser of 14 times his or
her weekly benefit amount, if the state's average unemployment rate is at or below 6.5 percent,
with an additional weekly benefit amount added for each 0.5 percent increase in the state's
average unemployment rate above 6.5 percent up to a maximum of 20 times his or her weekly
benefit amount if the state's average unemployment rate equals or exceeds 9.5 percent, and
one fourth of the wages paid to him or her for insured work during his or her base period;
provided, that such total amounts of benefits, if not a multiple of one dollar ($1), shall
be computed to the nearest multiple of one dollar ($1). (b) For the purpose of this article,
wages shall be counted as "wages for insured work" with respect to any benefit...
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25-5-81
Section 25-5-81 Determination of disputed compensation claims generally. (a) Commencement of
action in circuit court. (1) PROCEDURE. In case of a dispute between employer and employee
or between the dependents of a deceased employee and the employer with respect to the right
to compensation under this article and Article 2 of this chapter, or the amount thereof, either
party may submit the controversy to the circuit court of the county which would have jurisdiction
of a civil action in tort between the parties. The controversy shall be heard and determined
by the judge who would hear and determine a civil action between the same parties arising
out of tort, and, in case there is more than one judge of the court, the controversies shall
be set and assigned for hearing under the same rules and statutes that civil actions in tort
are set and assigned. The court may hear and determine the controversies in a summary manner.
The decision of the judge hearing the same shall be conclusive and...
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25-4-72
Section 25-4-72 Individual weekly benefit amount. (a) For weeks of unemployment during benefit
years which begin before the effective date of subsection (b), an individual's weekly benefit
amount shall be as prescribed by this section as amended through July 6, 1997. (b) For weeks
of unemployment during benefit years beginning on or after July 2, 2006, an individual's weekly
benefit amount shall be an amount based on an equal division of the current weeks compensated
of the wages for insured work paid to the individual during the two quarters of his or her
base period in which the total wages were the highest; except, that: (1) If the amount thus
derived is not a multiple of one dollar ($1), fractional parts of one dollar ($1) in excess
of fifty cents ($.50) shall be rounded to the next higher multiple of one dollar ($1) and
fractional parts of one dollar ($1) which are fifty cents ($.50) or less shall be dropped
to the next lower multiple of one dollar ($1). (2) If the amount derived...
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