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25-5-340
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 rule
or regulation procedures and forms for the certification of employers who establish and maintain
a drug-free workplace which complies with this article. The department may charge a fee for
the certification of a drug-free workplace program in an amount which shall approximate the
administrative costs to the department of the certification. The certification fees shall
be deposited in a revolving account to fund the administrative costs of certification and
are hereby appropriated solely for that purpose. Certification of an employer shall be required
for each year in which a premium discount is granted. (Acts 1995, No. 95-535, p. 1082, ยง11.)...
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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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25-5-334
confirmed test result. (2) A statement advising an employee or job applicant of the existence
of this article. (3) A general statement concerning confidentiality. (4) The consequences
of refusing to submit to a drug test. (5) A statement advising an employee of the Employee
Assistance Program, if the employer offers the program, or advising the employee of the employer's
resource file of assistance programs and other persons, entities, or organizations designed
to assist employees with personal or behavioral problems. (6) A statement that an employee
or job applicant who receives a positive confirmed test result may contest or explain the
result to the employer within five working days after written notification of the positive
test result. (7) A statement informing an employee of the provisions of the federal Drug-Free
Workplace Act, if applicable to the employer. (b) An employer not having a substance abuse
testing program in effect on July 1, 1996, shall ensure that at least 60...
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25-5-317
Section 25-5-317 Assessment of pro rata share; disposition of unexpended balance. (a) Within
60 days after May 19, 1992, the Secretary of the Department of Labor shall assess each insurance
carrier, self-insured employer, and group fund its pro rata share of the total amount of up
to $4,500,000.00 according to the method set out in Section 25-5-316(d). Of the total amount,
$800,000.00 shall be allocated to pay weekly benefits to the claimants of the Second Injury
Trust Fund until an appropriate budget is approved in accordance with Chapter 4 of Title 41.
The assessment shall be deposited into the Workers' Compensation Administrative Trust Fund
and disbursed by the state Comptroller on order of the secretary. (b) The assessment is appropriated
and made available for the initial implementation costs and expenses of the workers' compensation
program to fund activities not included in the general fund appropriation for fiscal year
1991-1992 and fiscal year 1992-1993, which are peculiar to...
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25-5-293
and insurers operating in Alabama shall, at the secretary's request, provide the secretary
such data as he or she deems necessary to evaluate costs and quality. The data shall be provided
in the form and content to the secretary's specifications and in a manner deemed timely by
the secretary. The secretary may gather from health care claims intermediaries that operate
in Alabama any claims data related to diagnoses and procedures encountered in the treatment
of workers'-compensation-type injury and illness in Alabama. Results from all data
gathered shall be made available to employers or their representatives for use in decisions
regarding the direction of care or to determine appropriateness of reimbursement. (i) Beginning
immediately after May 19, 1992, and to be completed within six months thereafter, the secretary
may engage an independent firm to identify the initial costs for the program. These initial
expenses shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment of a data...
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36-25-1
person is associated in a manner different from the manner it affects the other members of
the class to which he or she belongs. A conflict of interest shall not include any of the
following: a. A loan or financial transaction made or conducted in the ordinary course of
business. b. An occasional nonpecuniary award publicly presented by an organization for performance
of public service. c. Payment of or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenditures for
travel and subsistence for the personal attendance of a public official or public employee
at a convention or other meeting at which he or she is scheduled to meaningfully participate
in connection with his or her official duties and for which attendance no reimbursement is
made by the state. d. Any campaign contribution, including the purchase of tickets to, or
advertisements in journals, for political or testimonial dinners, if the contribution is actually
used for political purposes and is not given under circumstances from...
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25-5-316
withdrawn or expended except those budgeted and allocated in accordance with Article 4 (commencing
with Section 41-4-80) of Chapter 4 of Title 41. All moneys remaining unexpended in the separate
fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the State Treasury to be expended as herein
provided. Included in the budget shall be an amount of money allocated for the specific and
exclusive purpose of paying only benefits to the claimants who have qualified to receive benefits
from the Second Injury Trust Fund on May 19, 1992. Payments of these benefits shall
be made weekly. The secretary shall each week make requisitions to the state Comptroller who
shall draw warrants on the State Treasurer for the weekly compensation amount. The warrants
shall be drawn only if there are sufficient moneys in the Treasury for immediate payment.
Claims shall take priority in an ascending numerical order according to the time of the accident,
and the time shown in the settlement between the employer and...
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25-4-134
Section 25-4-134 Procedures for collection of delinquent contribution payments. (a) Generally.
The contributions, interest, and penalties required to be paid under this chapter shall be
a first and prior lien upon all property and rights to property, real or personal,
of any employer subject to this chapter. The lien shall arise at the time the contribution
report, or the payment of the contributions, as the case may be, was due to have been filed
with or made to the Department of Labor. The secretary may file in the office of the judge
of probate of any county in this state a certificate which shall show the name of the department
for which it is filed, the amount and nature of the contributions, interest, and penalties
for which a lien is claimed together with any costs that may have accrued, the name of the
employer against whose property a lien for such contributions, interest, and penalties is
claimed and the date thereof. An error in the certificate of the amount shall not...
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12-17-226.8
Section 12-17-226.8 Fees. (a) An offender may be assessed an administration fee when he or
she is approved for a pretrial diversion program established under this division. The amount
of the fee for participation in the program shall be in addition to any court costs, assessments
for crime victim's compensation fund, Department of Forensic Sciences assessments, drug, alcohol,
or anger management treatments required by law, restitution, or costs of supervision or treatment.
A schedule of payments for any of these fees may be established by the district attorney.
(b) The amount of the administration fee shall be determined by the district attorney. The
administration fees shall not exceed the amount assessed for a first offense pursuant to Section
13A-12-281(a) for each case for which the offender makes application for acceptance into the
pretrial diversion program. (c)(1) An applicant may not be denied access into the pretrial
diversion program based solely on his or her inability to...
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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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