Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 25-1-20 (2026)
Definitions.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(1) DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE. Any practice made unlawful by this article.
(2) EMPLOYER. Any person employing 20 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, including any agent of that person.
(3) EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Any person regularly undertaking, with or without compensation, to procure employees for an employer or to procure for employees opportunities to work for an employer, including any agent of that person.
(4) LABOR ORGANIZATION. Any organization which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms, or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-723, p. 1495, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 37
cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1999–2025 · leading case: Bonham v. Regions Mortg., Inc., 129 F. Supp. 2d 1315 (M.D. Ala. 2001).
Bonham v. Regions Mortg., Inc., 129 F. Supp. 2d 1315 (M.D. Ala. 2001). “§§ 621-634 ), and state law (the Alabama Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1997 (AADEA), 1975 Ala.Code §§ 25-1-20 through 25-1-29,. and Alabama common law).”
Dooley v. AutoNation USA Corp., 218 F. Supp. 2d 1270 (N.D. Ala. 2002). “Dooley alleges that AutoNation discriminated against him in violation of the Alabama Age Discrimination Act, 1975 Ala.Code §§ 25-1-20 et. seq., by terminating his employment.”
Ex Parte Auburn Univ., 6 So. 3d 478 (Ala. 2008). “Smith, in both his official and individual capacities, alleging against all the defendants a denial of their equal protection as established by the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and age discrimination under the Alabama Age Discrimination in Employment Act, § 25-1-20 et seq.,…”
Patricia G. Stroud v. Phillip McIntosh, 722 F.3d 1294 (11th Cir. 2013). “§ 2000e-2, and the Alabama Age Discrimination in Employment Act (AADEA), Ala. Code §§ 25-1-20 to -29. The Complaint alleged the same claims against McIntosh, as well as a claim under 42 U.”
Robinson v. Regions Fin. Corp., 242 F. Supp. 2d 1070 (M.D. Ala. 2003). “§§ 621 through 634, commonly known as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (hereinafter FedADEA); and (4) 1975 Ala.Code §§ 25-1-20 through 25-1-29, otherwise known as the Alabama Age Discrimination in Employment Act (hereinafter AlaADEA).”
Howard v. Steris Corp., 886 F. Supp. 2d 1279 (M.D. Ala. 2012). “The other alleges discrimination under Alabama’s Age Discrimination in Employment Act (AADEA), Ala. Code §§ 25-1-20 to -25. Because the Acts are nearly identical, the Court will apply the same standards to both claims.”
Whitson v. City of Hoover, 14 So. 3d 98 (Ala. 2009). “Marcus Lynn Whitson appeals from a judgment of the Shelby Circuit Court denying his motion for a change of venue to Jefferson County and dismissing his age-discrimination claim against the City of Hoover (“the City”), made pursuant to the Alabama Age Discrimination in Employment…”
Robinson v. Alabama Cent. Credit Union, 964 So. 2d 1225 (Ala. 2007). “Anthony Robinson appeals the summary judgment entered by the Jefferson Circuit Court in favor of his former employer, Alabama Central Credit Union ("ACCU"), on his age-discrimination claim brought pursuant to the Alabama Age Discrimination and Employment Act, § 25-1-20 et seq.,…”
Israel v. Sonic-Montgomery FLM, Inc., 231 F. Supp. 2d 1156 (M.D. Ala. 2002). “§§ 621-634 , and the Alabama Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1997 (AADEA), 1975 Ala.Code §§ 25-1-20 through 25-1-29. Jurisdiction of Israel’s ADEA claim is proper under 42 U.”
Benjamin Thomas v. CVS Pharmacy, 336 F. App'x 913 (11th Cir. 2009). “§ 1981 and the Alabama Age Discrimination in Employment Act (AADEA), Ala.Code §§ 25-1-20 to -29. Thomas argues that he sufficiently- demonstrated that CVS’s legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for failing to promote him to store manager were *914 pretextual.”
Lambert v. Mazer Disc. Home Centers, Inc., 33 So. 3d 18 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “This is an appeal from a summary judgment in an action brought pursuant to the Alabama Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“AADEA”), codified at Ala.Code 1975, § 25-1-20 et seq. Facts and Procedural History Danny Lambert was employed for Mazer Discount Home Centers, Inc.”
Henry v. Jefferson Cnty. Pers. Bd., 519 F. Supp. 2d 1171 (N.D. Ala. 2007). “§ 621 (“ADEA”) and Alabama’s Age Discrimination Act of 1997 (“Alabama Age Act”), Ala.Code § 25-1-20 et seq., by effectively demoting her on the following two occasions when Sims targeted her positions for elimination in the RIFs: (1) when her position as Administrative…”
— Ala. Code § 25-1-20(2) — 1 case
Weaver v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 871 So. 2d 814 (Ala. Civ. App. 2001).
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