Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 25-4-1 (2026)
Base Period.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
“Base period,” as used in this chapter, means the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual benefit year.
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §193.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2022 · leading case: SSC Selma Operating Co. v. Fikes, 238 So. 3d 635 (Ala. 2017).
SSC Selma Operating Co. v. Fikes, 238 So. 3d 635 (Ala. 2017). “Code 1975; unemployment-compensation benefits are governed by the Alabama Unemployment Compensation Act, Ala. Code 1975, § 25-4-1 et seq. ; and an employee-welfare-benefit plan, pension plan, or retirement plan is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.”
Harrison v. State Dep't of Indus. Relations, 42 So. 3d 132 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “The purpose of Alabama's Unemployment Compensation Act, § 25-4-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, is "`beneficent,'" and the act "`should be construed liberally to effectuate its purpose.”
Arlington Props., Inc. v. Brown, 83 So. 3d 503 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “Code 1975, § 25-4-95, a part of the Unemployment Compensation Act, § 25-4-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, granted claimants 10 days to file a notice of appeal with a circuit court from a final decision of the unemployment-compensation board of appeals.”
CVS/Caremark Corp. v. Washington, 121 So. 3d 391 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “disqualifying an employee from receiving workmen’s compensation benefits if he is also receiving unemployment compensation.”
Reynolds Metals Co. v. State Dept. of Indus. Rel., 792 So. 2d 419 (Ala. Civ. App. 2000). “*422 Alabama's Unemployment Compensation Act ("the Act") dates from 1935; as amended, it is now codified at § 25-4-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. The purpose of the Act is to provide a worker with funds to avoid a period of destitution because of the loss of employment.”
Chism v. Ala. Dep't of Labor (In re Ala. Dep't of Labor), 265 So. 3d 272 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “Chism ("the employee"), who had sought an award of unemployment-compensation benefits under Ala. Code 1975, § 25-4-1 et seq. On February 15, 2018, pursuant to Rule 21(b), Ala.”
Chism v. Ala. Dep't of Labor (In re Ala. Dep't of Labor), 265 So. 3d 272 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “Chism ("the employee"), who had sought an award of unemployment-compensation benefits under Ala. Code 1975, § 25-4-1 et seq. On February 15, 2018, pursuant to Rule 21(b), Ala.”
Trimble v. Montgomery Pulmonary Consultants, P.A. (M.D. Ala. 2022). “Courts have concluded that Alabama’s Unemployment Compensation Act, Ala. Code § 25-4-1 , et seq., incorporates procedures that afford parties an adequate opportunity to litigate the issue of termination in an unemployment compensation claim hearing.”
Mills v. Baldwin Transfer Co., 148 So. 3d 433 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “However, Mills’s failure to return to work at the end of that period cannot possibly be the basis for the denial of benefits as early as February 20, 2011.”
Alabama Dep't of Labor v. Davis, 160 So. 3d 335 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014). “Code 1975, a part of the Alabama Unemployment Compensation Act (“the Act”), § 25-4-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, provides that .”
Al-Assi v. Alabama Dep't of Labor, 173 So. 3d 932 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “Procedural History and Facts On November 6, 2011, Al-Assi filed a claim with ADOL for unemployment-compensation benefits under the Alabama Unemployment Compensation Act (“the Act”), § 25-4-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. ADOL initially considered Al-Assi to be eligible to receive…”
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