Alabama § 12-16-8.1 Discharge of Employee or Adverse Employee Action

Alabama Statutes

§ 12-16-8.1 — Discharge of Employee or Adverse Employee Action

Alabama § 12-16-8.1

Title 12Courts

Ch. 16Juries

Art. 1General Provisions

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Ala. Code § 12-16-8.1 (2026).

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(a)No employer in this state may discharge any employee or subject any employee to an adverse employment action solely because he or she serves on any jury empanelled under any state or federal statute; provided, however, that the employee reports for work on his or her next regularly scheduled hour after being dismissed from any jury.

(b)Any employee who is so discharged or subjected to an adverse employment action shall have a cause of action against the employer for the discharge or adverse employment action in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state and shall be entitled to recover both actual and punitive damages.

(c)The provisions of this section are supplemental to any statutes, existing or to be enacted in the future, that are designed to protect and safeguard a citize

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(a) No employer in this state may discharge any employee or subject any employee to an adverse employment action solely because he or she serves on any jury empanelled under any state or federal statute; provided, however, that the employee reports for work on his or her next regularly scheduled hour after being dismissed from any jury.
(b) Any employee who is so discharged or subjected to an adverse employment action shall have a cause of action against the employer for the discharge or adverse employment action in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state and shall be entitled to recover both actual and punitive damages.
(c) The provisions of this section are supplemental to any statutes, existing or to be enacted in the future, that are designed to protect and safeguard a citizen’s right and duty to serve on a lawful jury, and the provisions of this section shall not repeal or supersede the provisions of any law not directly inconsistent herewith.