Articles About Alabama Labor And Employment Law.

In November 2023, Alabama enacted a law exempting, from Alabama state income tax, amounts received by full-time hourly wage-paid employees as compensation for overtime worked. On May 17, 2024, Alabama amended the Overtime Exemption Act, changing what overtime pay is exempt from Alabama state income tax. Under the amendment, starting

The Alabama Legislature has enacted 2024 Ala. Act 34, limiting the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts of state agencies, public universities, and public boards of education. The new law goes into effect Oct. 1, 2024. Although the new law does not apply to private sector employers, employers should track pending DEI-related legislation in Alabama and other states in which they have employees.

Alabama has joined the growing list of states passing laws banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in public institutions. On March 20, 2024, Governor Kay Ivey signed into law Senate Bill (SB) No. 129, a measure that limits DEI programs and offices and “divisive concepts,” and designates the use

On November 9, 2023, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law a bill that beginning on January 1, 2024, will make compensation received by full-time hourly wage-paid employees for overtime work performed in excess of 40 hours in a workweek exempt from Alabama state income tax.

Three new rules will take effect this year that alter the overtime wages subject to Alabama withholding tax and employers’ requirements in reporting those newly exempt wages. On October 31, 2023, the Alabama Department of Revenue’s Income Tax Administration issued three final rules that take effect December 3, 2023,

On April 13, 2022, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey approved an act establishing the Alabama Workforce and Wage Gap Task Force. The task force will “identify evidence-based policies to assist lawmakers in implementing laws to close the wage gap” in Alabama by investigating the root causes of pay disparities.