HB174 Summary

• Establishes the Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act to centralize state control over wages, leave, benefits, and collective bargaining regulation.

• Prohibits counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions from enacting ordinances requiring employers to provide minimum wages, paid or unpaid leave, vacation, work schedules, or other employment benefits beyond state or federal requirements.

• Voids any local ordinances, policies, or mandates creating requirements for labor peace agreements or imposing collective bargaining conditions that conflict with federal labor law.

• Prevents local governments from requiring employers or employees to waive rights under the National Labor Relations Act or mandating acceptance of mandatory/non-mandatory collective bargaining subjects.

• Exempts state employers and employees, public educational institutions and their employees, and ordinances relating specifically to public employees from the act's restrictions.