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Alabama Enacts 30-Day Exemption to Imposition of Individual Income Tax

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased remote work, multistate income tax and payroll tax withholding responsibilities have received heightened consideration nationwide. Employers keen on retaining and attracting...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket… at the Office? New Thoughts on Workplace Concealed Carry

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Can you prohibit your employees from bringing firearms to your workplace? You may think the answer is yes, but it’s more complicated. Recent state laws on gun rights have raised questions regarding guns at work. Here we will...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Eleventh Circuit Finds Volunteer Golf Attendants Not Entitled to Compensation Under the FLSA

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On March 12, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (covering Alabama, Florida, and Georgia) affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action wage and hour lawsuit brought by three golf course attendants...more

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Changes to Alabama Tax Laws Impose New Reporting Requirements on Employers

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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...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Sign on the Line: Alabama Supreme Court Requires Employer Signatures on Non-competes

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If you use non-competes, make sure you complete all the steps to make them enforceable. It may be your practice to ask the employee to sign it and then not sign it yourself. While we seldom see challenges to this practice,...more

Baker Donelson

Spotlight on Alabama: Recent Tax Tribunal Decision Should Be of Interest to Employers Using Remote Workers

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A recent Tax Tribunal decision, Mark E. Bollinger v. State of Alabama Department of Revenue, Inc. 22-390-LP, should be of interest to Alabama employers using remote workers. In this case, Mark Bollinger worked for a large...more

Burr & Forman

Employee Handbook or Employment Contract? The Alabama Supreme Court Holds Employee Handbooks Can Create Contractual Liability...

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Despite a disclaimer, the Alabama Supreme Court held the City of Montevallo’s Employee Handbook created a contract with employees that placed additional obligations on the City before it could terminate employees....more

Butler Snow LLP

Alabama Enacts Legislation That Restricts COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

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Alabama has joined an ever-increasing number of states that have passed laws aimed at countering the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Alabama Senate Bill 9 restricts Alabama employers from requiring COVID-19...more

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Alabama Legislature Codifies Tests for Employee vs. Independent Contractor

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On April 19, 2021, Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 408, sponsored by Rep. Wes Kitchens (R-Marshall County/Blount County) and Sen. Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville), into law as Act 2021-226, which will become effective July 1. A...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama Governor Signs Law Harmonizing Tests for Employee vs. Independent Contractor Status

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We have previously written about the growing complications of employee vs. independent contractor classification in the wake of unemployment assistance in the pandemic era, not only for out-of-work employees but, for the...more

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