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25-5-80
Section 25-5-80 Limitation period for claims or actions for compensation. In case of a personal
injury not involving cumulative physical stress, all claims for compensation under this article
shall be forever barred unless within two years after the accident the parties shall have
agreed upon the compensation payable under this article or unless within two years after the
accident one of the parties shall have filed a verified complaint as provided in Section 25-5-88.
In cases involving personal injury due to cumulative physical stress, compensation under this
article shall be forever barred unless within two years after the date of the injury one of
the parties shall have filed a verified complaint as provided in Section 25-5-88. In cases
involving claims for lost earning capacity under Section 25-5-57(a)(3)i., other than those
involving cumulative physical stress, following termination of employment as outlined therein,
compensation under this article and Article 4 shall be forever...
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41-9-62
Section 41-9-62 Claims within jurisdiction of board generally; employees of municipalities,
counties, etc., not within jurisdiction of board, etc. (a) The Board of Adjustment shall have
the power and jurisdiction and it shall be its duty to hear and consider: (1) All claims for
damages to the person or property growing out of any injury done to either the person or property
by the State of Alabama or any of its agencies, commissions, boards, institutions or departments,
with the exception of claims by employees of the state for personal injury or death arising
out of the course of employment with the State of Alabama, where such employees are covered
by an employee injury compensation program; (2) All claims for personal injuries to or the
death of any convict, and all claims for personal injuries to or the death of any employee
of a city or county board of education, or college or university, arising out of the course
of the employee's employment and where the employee is not covered...
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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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16-1-18.1
Section 16-1-18.1 Accumulation of sick leave. (a) Definitions. When used in this section, the
following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) EMPLOYEE. Any person
employed full time as provided by law by those employers enumerated in this section; and adult
bus drivers. (2) EMPLOYER. All public city and county boards of education; the Board of Trustees
of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama Youth Services Department District
Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services Department District;
the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama
High School of Mathematics and Science; for purposes of subsection (c) only, the Alabama State
Senate, the Lieutenant Governor, the Office of the Senate President Pro Tempore, the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, the Alabama House of Representatives, the Legislative Reference
Service; any organization participating in the Teachers'...
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25-5-78
Section 25-5-78 Written notice to employer of accident - Required. For purposes of this article
only, an injured employee or the employee's representative, within five days after the occurrence
of an accident, shall give or cause to be given to the employer written notice of the accident.
If the notice is not given, the employee or the employee's dependent shall not be entitled
to physician's or medical fees nor any compensation which may have accrued under the terms
of this article, unless it can be shown that the party required to give the notice had been
prevented from doing so by reason of physical or mental incapacity, other than minority, fraud
or deceit, or equal good reason. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no compensation
shall be payable unless written notice is given within 90 days after the occurrence of the
accident or, if death results, within 90 days after the death. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206;
Code 1923, §7568; Code 1940, T. 26, §294; Acts 1992,...
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25-5-54
Section 25-5-54 Presumptions as to applicability and acceptance of provisions of articles.
Every employer and employee, except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, shall
be presumed to have accepted and come under this article and Article 4 of this chapter and
the provisions thereof relating to the payment and acceptance of compensation. (Acts 1919,
No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7547; Acts 1935, No. 387, p. 831; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No.
29, p. 9; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §15; Code 1940, T. 26, §273; Acts 1973, No. 1062,
p. 1750, §9; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §14.)...
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25-5-69
Section 25-5-69 Compensation to cease upon death or marriage of dependent; proportional benefits
for dependents. (a) If compensation is being paid under this article to any dependent, the
compensation shall cease upon the death or marriage of the dependent. Where compensation is
being paid under this chapter to any dependent, in no event shall such dependent receive more
than the proportion which the amount received of the deceased employee's income during his
or her life bears to the compensation provided under this article. (b) Subsection (a) does
not apply if the dependent is the surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer or firefighter
who dies on or after January 1, 2018, as a result of injuries received in the performance
of his or her duties. (Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7564; Code 1940, T. 26, §290;
Act 2018-523, §2; Act 2019-445, §1.)...
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25-7-41
Section 25-7-41 Definitions; limitations on compensation and employment benefits not required
by state or federal laws. (a) For purposes of this article, the following words have the following
meanings: (1) DISCRIMINATION. An action by an employer or a distinction by an employer that
adversely affects an employee or job applicant based on a group, class, or category to which
that person belongs. (2) EMPLOYEE. An individual employed in this state by an employer or
a natural person who performs services for an employer for valuable consideration and does
not include a self-employed independent contractor. (3) EMPLOYER. A person engaging in any
activity, enterprise, or business in this state employing one or more employees, or a person,
association, or legal or commercial entity receiving services from an employee or independent
contractor and, in return, giving compensation of any kind to such employee or independent
contractor. (4) FEDERAL LABOR LAWS. The National Labor Relations Act,...
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36-30-1
Section 36-30-1 Definitions; dependents; persons eligible for compensation. (a) For the purposes
of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AWARDING
AUTHORITY. The State Board of Adjustment, created and existing pursuant to Article 4, Chapter
9 of Title 41. (2) COMPENSATION. The money benefits paid on account of injury or death which
occurred during the course of employment or activity as a peace officer or firefighter and
is in the nature of workers' compensation. (3) DEPENDENT CHILD. An unmarried child under the
age of 18 years, or one over the age of 18 who is physically or mentally incapacitated from
earning. (4) DIRECT AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE. Death resulting from
a heart attack or stroke caused by engaging or participating in a situation while on duty
involving nonroutine stressful or strenuous physical law enforcement, fire suppression, rescue,
hazardous material response, emergency medical service, prison...
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32-2-10
Section 32-2-10 Insurance for employees. The state Department of Public Safety is authorized,
subject to approval by the Governor, to insure its employees in some insurance company or
companies authorized to do business in the State of Alabama against personal injury or death
caused by accident or violence while discharging their duties as such employees; provided,
the amount of insurance to be procured as to any such employee shall not exceed the amount
which would be payable to such employee under the workmen's compensation laws of the State
of Alabama if such employee were privately employed; except, that such policy may provide
additional benefits not to exceed $10,000.00 per employee for the payment of hospital and
medical expenses. The cost of such insurance shall be paid by the state Department of Public
Safety out of any funds appropriated to its use in manner provided by law. (Acts 1943, No.
388, p. 606; Acts 1953, No. 722, p. 976.)...
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