Background checks - Alabama

Summary of differences between federal and state regulations

Arrest and conviction record inquiries Alabama has no laws or regulations specifically prohibiting arrest or conviction record inquiries.

Employer immunity from disclosure claims

Neither federal nor state requirements cover employer immunity from disclosure claims. However, Alabama Code Section 13A-11-123, Maintaining Blacklist, prohibits anyone from keeping a blacklist, notifying anyone that a person is on a blacklist, or similarly preventing anyone from receiving employment.

State

Contacts

Employer immunity from disclosure claims

Alabama Department of Labor

Alabama Department of Public Safety

Arrest record inquiries

Alabama Department of Human Resources

Conviction record inquiries

Alabama Department of Human Resources

Regulations

Employer immunity from disclosure claims

None.

Arrest record inquiries

None.

Conviction record inquiries

None.

Federal

Contacts

Employer immunity from disclosure claims

None.

Arrest record inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Conviction record inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Regulations

Employer immunity from disclosure claims

None.

Arrest record inquiries

None; however, EEOC published the enforcement guidance, Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, on April 25, 2012.

Conviction record inquiries

None; however, EEOC published the enforcement guidance, Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, on April 25, 2012.