Code of Alabama - Title 25: Industrial Relations and Labor - Chapter 14 - Alabama Professional Employer Organization Registration Act

• Section 25-14-1 Short title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Professional Employer Organization Registration Act."
• Section 25-14-2 Legislative findings
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) That employee leasing is a growing industry in the State of Alabama and that professional employer organizations...
• Section 25-14-3 Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. The fee charged to a client by a professional...
• Section 25-14-4 Construction of provisions; scope of business; taxation; competitive bidding; employment information provided by professional employer organization
  (a) Neither this chapter nor a professional employer agreement may affect, modify, or amend any collective bargaining agreement, or the rights or obligations of any...
• Section 25-14-5 Registration requirements; limited registration; reciprocity; fees
  (a)(1) A person may not provide, advertise, or otherwise hold itself out as providing professional employer services in this state unless the person is registered...
• Section 25-14-6 Prohibited practices
  The following acts and omissions are deemed to constitute deceptive practices and are prohibited for a professional employer organization and its controlling person: (1) Making,...
• Section 25-14-7 Grounds for disciplinary action
  The following acts constitute grounds for which disciplinary action against a registrant or controlling person may be taken by the secretary: (1) Being convicted of...
• Section 25-14-8 Violations; penalties
  (a)(1) Upon a finding that a registrant has violated a provision of Section 25-14-6 or 25-14-7, the secretary may: a. Impose an administrative fine not...
• Section 25-14-9 Written contract; rights and duties of clients; employees, and professional employer organizations
  (a) All professional employer organization arrangements shall have a written contract between the client and the professional employer organization recognizing the rights, responsibilities, and duties...
• Section 25-14-10 Professional Employer Organization Registration Administrative Trust Fund
  (a) There is established in the State Treasury a fund entitled the Professional Employer Organization Registration Administrative Trust Fund. Fees and assessments provided by this...
• Section 25-14-11 Promulgation of rules
  (a) The department shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this chapter in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act. (b) All registrants are governed...

Last modified: May 3, 2021