Wage & hour - Alabama

The Alabama Department of Labor, Child Labor Office controls the Child Labor Program.

State child labor laws: The Child Labor Program is responsible for enforcing Alabama's child labor law, which protects minors by prohibiting work in hazardous locations, regulating the time of day and the number of hours youth may work, and requiring child labor work permits.

The Alabama child labor requirements can be found in Title 25, Chapter 8 of the Code of Alabama

State minimum wage: Alabama has no state minimum wage law.

State prevailing wage: Alabama does not have a prevailing wage law; it was repealed in 1980.

Contact information

• Alabama Department of Labor
  Child Labor Office
  649 Monroe Street
  Montgomery, AL 35131
  Phone: (205) 613-3611
  Website: https://labor.alabama.gov/uc/ChildLabor/child-labor.aspx
• Alabama Department of Labor
  649 Monroe Street
  Montgomery, AL 36131
  Phone: (334) 242-8882
  Fax: (334) 242-3960
  Website: https://labor.alabama.gov/