HB291 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Neil RaffertyRepresentative

Democrat

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Labor and employment, Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act repealed

Summary

HB291 would repeal the Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act, removing the state's framework for regulating collective bargaining and certain wages and employment benefits.

What This Bill Does

It repeals Article 2A, Chapter 7, Title 25, Sections 25-7-40 through 25-7-45, known as the Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act. As a result, the Legislature would no longer have that act's authority to regulate collective bargaining under federal labor laws or to regulate wages, leave, and other employment benefits paid by employers, under that framework. The repeal takes effect October 1, 2025.

Who It Affects

• Employers who would be affected by the removal of the act's regulatory framework for wages, leave, and other employment benefits.
• Employees/workers who would be affected by changes to the rules governing collective bargaining and related employment benefits.

Key Provisions

• Repeal of Article 2A, Chapter 7, Title 25 (Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act), including Sections 25-7-40 through 25-7-45.
• Effective date of the repeal: October 1, 2025.

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Subjects

Labor & Employment