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25-5-197
Section 25-5-197 Limitation period for claims or actions for compensation. In case of occupational
exposure to radiation, as defined in this article, or of injury or disability resulting therefrom,
all claims for compensation shall be forever barred, unless within one year after the employee
first suffered disability therefrom and either knew or in the exercise of reasonable diligence
should have known that the disability was caused therefrom, but in no event more than three
years after date of the injury as hereinafter defined, the parties shall have agreed upon
the compensation payable under this article, or unless within such period of time one of the
parties shall have filed a verified complaint as provided in Section 25-5-88. In case of death,
all claims for compensation shall be forever barred, unless the death results proximately
from occupational exposure to radiation, as defined in this article, and occurs within three
years of the date of the injury, as hereinafter defined,...
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27-9A-3
Section 27-9A-3 Independent adjuster defined; exclusions. (a) For purposes of this chapter,
an "independent adjuster" is a person who, for compensation as an independent contractor
or as an employee of an independent contractor, undertakes on behalf of an insurer to ascertain
and determine the amount of any claim, loss, or damage payable under a contract of property,
casualty, or workers' compensation insurance or to effect settlement of such claim, loss,
or damage. This chapter shall not be construed to permit persons not licensed as attorneys
to engage in activities constituting the practice of law. (b) An independent adjuster does
not include any of the following: (1) Attorneys-at-law admitted to practice in this state
when acting in their professional capacity as an attorney. (2) A salaried employee of an insurer.
(3) A person employed solely to obtain facts surrounding a claim or to furnish technical assistance
to a licensed independent adjuster. (4) An individual who is employed...
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16-22A-9
Section 16-22A-9 Collection and transfer of fingerprints, fees, and information. (a) Local
employing boards and other public authorized employers required to obtain criminal history
background information checks under this chapter shall collect and forward to the State Department
of Education, two complete acceptable sets of fingerprints, written consent, and nonrefundable
fee, when applicable, from applicants for certification, applicants for public employment,
or public current employees under review, who have or seek to have unsupervised access to
a child or children. (b) Nonpublic school employers shall voluntarily collect and forward
two complete acceptable sets of fingerprints, written consent, and nonrefundable fee, when
applicable, from applicants for nonpublic employment, nonpublic current employees, or nonpublic
current employees under review, who have or seek to have unsupervised access to a child or
children, to the Department of Public Safety to request a criminal history...
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25-5-111
Section 25-5-111 Right to compensation for death or disablement. Where the employer and employee
are subject to this chapter, the disablement or death of an employee caused by the contraction
of an occupational disease, as defined in Section 25-5-110, shall be treated as an injury
by accident, and the employee or, in case of his death, his dependents shall be entitled to
compensation as provided in this article. In no case, however, shall an employer be liable
for compensation by reason of the contraction of an occupational disease, as defined in Section
25-5-110, or for disability or death resulting therefrom unless such disease arose out of
and in the course of the employment and resulted from the nature of the employment in which
the employee was engaged. (Acts 1971, No. 668, p. 1379.)...
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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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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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12-25-32
Section 12-25-32 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the
following meanings: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Sentencing Commission, established as a state
agency under the Supreme Court by this chapter. (2) CONTINUUM OF PUNISHMENTS. An array of
punishment options, from probation to incarceration, graduated in restrictiveness according
to the degree of supervision of the offender including, but not limited to, all of the following:
a. Active Incarceration. A sentence, other than an intermediate punishment or unsupervised
probation, that requires an offender to serve a sentence of imprisonment. The term includes
time served in a work release program operated as a custody option by the Alabama Department
of Corrections or in the Supervised Intensive Restitution program of the Department of Corrections
pursuant to Article 7, commencing with Section 15-18-110, of Chapter 18 of Title 15. b. Intermediate
Punishment. A sentence that may include assignment to any...
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14-8-40
Section 14-8-40 Inmates not deemed state agents, etc.; cause of action against county, etc.
No inmate granted privileges under the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be an
agent, employee, or involuntary servant of the department, state, or county while involved
in the free community, while under the direction, control, and supervision of the inmate's
employer, or while going to and from employment or other specified areas. Any inmate participating
in a work release program authorized by this chapter or otherwise working outside the jail
or a correctional facility shall have no cause of action against the county or a community
correction agency, or an employee thereof, related to such activities, unless the county or
community corrections agency, or employee thereof, is willfully negligent in carrying out
their responsibilities. (Acts 1976, No. 637, p. 883, §11; Act 2002-497, p. 1287, §1.)...
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25-5-338
Section 25-5-338 Construction of article. (a) No physician-patient relationship is created
between an employee or job applicant and an employer, medical review officer, or any person
performing or evaluating a drug test solely by the establishment, implementation, or administration
of a drug-testing program. (b) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent an employer
from establishing reasonable work rules related to employee possession, use, sale, or solicitation
of drugs, including convictions for drug related offenses, and taking action based upon a
violation of any of those rules. (c) Nothing in this article shall be construed to operate
retroactively, and nothing in this article shall abrogate the right of an employer under state
or federal law to conduct drug tests, or implement employee drug-testing programs. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, only those programs that meet the criteria outlined in this article qualify
for reduced workers' compensation insurance premiums...
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36-28-1
Section 36-28-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) WAGES.
All remuneration for employment, as defined in subdivision (2) of this section, including
the cash value of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash; except, that such term
shall not include that part of such remuneration which, even if it were for "employment"
within the meaning of the federal Insurance Contributions Act, would not constitute "wages"
within the meaning of that act. (2) EMPLOYMENT. Any service performed by an employee in the
employ of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, or any instrumentality of either
for such employer, except: a. Service which, in the absence of an agreement entered into under
this chapter, would constitute "employment" as defined in Section 210 of the Social
Security Act; or b. Service which under applicable federal law may not be included in an...
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