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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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45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General Retirement
System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual who currently
is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and is making employee
contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30, 1984, or such other
dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of the pension board, a
form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from a specific benefit provided
under the plan but having the same value when computed using the mortality tables, the interest
rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension board, which assumptions shall
clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the amount of a member's benefit.
(4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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25-5-56
Section 25-5-56 Settlements between parties. The interested parties may settle all matters
of benefits, whether involving compensation, medical payments, or rehabilitation, and all
questions arising under this article and Article 4 of this chapter between themselves, and
every settlement shall be in an amount the same as the amounts or benefits stipulated in this
article. No settlement for an amount less than the amounts or benefits stipulated in this
article shall be valid for any purpose, unless a judge of the court where the claim for compensation
under this chapter is entitled to be made, or upon the written consent of the parties, a judge
of the court determines that it is for the best interest of the employee or the employee's
dependent to accept a lesser sum and approves the settlement. The court shall not approve
any settlement unless and until it has first made inquiry into the bona fides of a claimant's
claim and the liability of the defendant; and if deemed advisable, the...
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31-13-3
Section 31-13-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) ALIEN. Any person who is not a citizen or national of the United
States, as described in 8 U.S.C. ยง 1101, et seq., and any amendments thereto. (2) BUSINESS
ENTITY. Any person or group of persons employing one or more persons performing or engaging
in any activity, enterprise, profession, or occupation for gain, benefit, advantage, or livelihood,
whether for profit or not for profit. Business entity shall include, but not be limited to,
the following: a. Self-employed individuals, business entities filing articles of incorporation,
partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, foreign corporations, foreign
limited partnerships, foreign limited liability companies authorized to transact business
in this state, business trusts, and any business entity that registers with the Secretary
of State. b. Any business entity that possesses a business...
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36-27-6
Section 36-27-6 Participation of employees of counties, cities, towns, public or quasi-public
organizations, etc. - Generally. (a) The governing board of any county, city, town or public
or quasi-public organization of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or the Alabama
Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station System of Auburn University may, by
resolution legally adopted to conform to rules prescribed by the Board of Control, elect to
have its officers and employees from whatever sources and in whatever manner paid become eligible
to participate in the retirement system; and the Adjutant General of the state, with the approval
of the Governor, may, by application properly prepared and submitted in conformity with rules
prescribed by the Board of Control, elect to have those employees of the Alabama National
Guard employed pursuant to 32 U.S.C.A., Section 709, and paid from federally appropriated
funds, become eligible to participate in this retirement system....
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25-5-316
Section 25-5-316 Workers' Compensation Administrative Trust Fund; creation; management; trustee
and custodian; assessments; penalties. (a) There is established in the State Treasury a fund
entitled the Workers' Compensation Administrative Trust Fund, into which shall be deposited
certain assessments provided under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 25-5-1) of Title 25
collected by the Department of Labor. The fund shall constitute a separate fund to be disbursed
by the state Comptroller on order of the Secretary of the Department of Labor. All expenses
incurred by the department under the Workers' Compensation Law, including the salaries of
all employees, travel cost, and any other cost of administration and enforcement as may become
necessary, either within or without the state, shall be paid from the separate fund in the
State Treasury upon warrants of the state Comptroller drawn upon the State Treasury from time
to time when vouchers therefor are approved by the secretary. The State...
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16-25A-8
Section 16-25A-8 Funding of health insurance plan; participation; Public Education Employees'
Health Insurance Fund. (a) The Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board is hereby
authorized to provide under the contract or contracts entered into under the provisions of
this article an insurance benefit plan for each covered employee and, under certain conditions,
retired employees; the cost of such plan may be funded in part or in full through monthly
premiums per active employee from the same source of funds as those used for the payment of
salaries of active members and in part from other funds. (b) On or before January 1 next preceding
each regular meeting of the Legislature, the board shall certify to the Governor and to the
Legislature the amount or amounts necessary to fund coverage for benefits authorized by this
article for the following fiscal year for employees and for retired employees as a monthly
premium per active member per month. The Legislature shall set the...
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25-2-12
Section 25-2-12 Board of appeals - Creation; composition; compensation. There shall be a Board
of Appeals for the Department of Labor. The board shall exercise its own judgment and discretion
in all matters entrusted to it, and, to that extent, shall be entirely separate and distinct
from and independent of the Department of Labor, but it shall have offices with the Department
of Labor, and an employee of the Department of Labor shall act as its clerk. All proper expenses
of the board shall be paid from the appropriations to the Department of Labor in the same
manner as expenses of the department are paid. There shall be three members of the board,
all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, for
a term of office of six years or until their successors are appointed; except, that the first
appointments of members of the board shall be for terms of two, four and six years respectively.
One member of the board shall be a person who, on account of...
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25-5-293
Section 25-5-293 Duties of secretary; continuing education, accounting; recovery of expenses;
advisory committees; legislative intent regarding reimbursements. (a) The Secretary of the
Department of Labor may prescribe rules and regulations for the purpose of conducting continuing
education seminars for all personnel associated with workers' compensation claims and collect
registration fees in order to cover the related expenditures. The secretary may adopt rules
and regulations setting continuing education standards for workers' compensation claims personnel
employed by insurance companies and self-insured employers and groups. (b) The secretary shall
file annually with the Governor and the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature
a complete and detailed written report accounting for all funds received and disbursed during
the preceding fiscal year. The annual report shall be in the form and reported in the time
provided by law. (c) The secretary shall establish reasonable...
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25-7-4
Section 25-7-4 Boards of mediation. The Governor may, whenever he considers it expedient, appoint
a board of mediation, consisting of three members, for the purpose of gathering facts and
information and hearing evidence concerning the cause of any strike, lockout, or other dispute
or disagreement between employees or between any employer and his employees, for the purpose
of making recommendations for the peaceable solution thereof, and, if the parties involved
in such strike, lockout, or other dispute or disagreement shall in writing submit to such
board such strike, lockout, or other dispute or disagreement for arbitration, which written
submission must contain an agreement to abide by the determination or award of the board,
then also for the purpose of arbitrating such strike, lockout, or other dispute or disagreement.
One member of the board shall be a person who, on account of his previous employment or affiliations,
shall be generally classified as a representative of...
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