SB201 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Feb 25, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Paul Bussman
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: Unemployment compensation, employers, conditions for charging for overpayments to claimants, Sec. 25-4-78 am'd.
Summary: SB201 amends unemployment compensation in Alabama to make an employer's unemployment account responsible for overpayments when the overpayment is caused by the employer or its agent failing to promptly respond to information requests and this pattern occurs (two or more times).
What This Bill Does
It adds a new rule that the unemployment compensation account of an employer shall be charged for an overpayment if the overpayment happened because the employer or an agent failed to respond timely or adequately to information requests, and the employer has a pattern of such failures on two or more occasions. The change takes effect October 21, 2013. Other existing disqualification rules in Section 25-4-78 remain in place and are not replaced by this new charging rule.

Who It Affects
Employers and their agents: may have their unemployment compensation account charged for an overpayment when the overpayment results from delayed or inadequate responses to agency information requests and there is a pattern of two or more such failures.
Claimants and the unemployment program: overpayments may be charged to the employer's account rather than the general fund or other sources, while all other benefit eligibility rules continue to apply as before.

Key Provisions
Effective October 21, 2013, an employer's unemployment compensation account shall be charged for an overpayment if (i) the overpayment was caused by the employer or an agent failing to respond timely or adequately to a request for information, and (ii) there is a pattern of such failures on two or more occasions.
The amendment clarifies that this charging rule applies specifically to the overpayment trigger; other provisions of Section 25-4-78, including disqualification for various reasons, remain in effect.

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Subjects: Unemployment Compensation