Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 36-26-100 (2026)
Definition of Employees.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1983, No. 83-644, p. 1004, §1; Act 2002-508, p. 1313, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 70
cases, 1985–2018 · leading case: Ex Parte McLeod, 718 So. 2d 682 (Ala. 1997).
Ex Parte McLeod, 718 So. 2d 682 (Ala. 1997). “McLeod and Dinkins alleged that, because they had been employed by the College for a certain period of time, they had earned full-time nonprobationary employment ("tenure") under the Fair Dismissal Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 36-26-100 et seq. ("the FDA"), but that the defendants had…”
Ex Parte McLeod, 841 So. 2d 260 (Ala. 2001). “" Ala.Code 1975 § 36-26-100. This Court's opinion on original submission, Ex parte McLeod, 841 So.”
Glass v. Anniston City Bd. of Educ., 957 So. 2d 1143 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006). “Code 1975, of the Fair Dismissal Act ("FDA"), codified at § 36-26-100 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. On October 9, 2003, a hearing officer received evidence regarding the Board's decision to eliminate Glass's position.”
Young v. McLeod, 841 So. 2d 245 (Ala. Civ. App. 2001). “1997), McLeod argued that he was entitled to tenure under the Fair Dismissal Act, § 36-26-100 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 ("the FDA").”
McLeod v. Beaty, 718 So. 2d 673 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996). “McLeod and Dinkins claim that, as employees of a state junior college, they are protected by the provisions of the Fair Dismissal Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 36-26-100 et seq. (the FDA); that the FDA prohibits a partial termination of their employment without notice and a hearing; and…”
Bolton v. Mobile Cty. Bd. of Sch. Com'rs, 514 So. 2d 820 (Ala. 1987). “This approach to the problem is also illustrated in the concluding paragraph of the Board's notice letter of July 19: "If you do not contest your termination within the time allowed, a hearing will be conducted in compliance with Alabama Code 1975, § 36-26-100, et seq...”
Combs v. Wade, 957 So. 2d 464 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005). “President Wade also informed Combs of the procedures under the Fair Dismissal Act ("the FDA"), § 36-26-100 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, by which she could contest the termination.”
Franks v. Jordan, 55 So. 3d 1218 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “Stephen Franks, as president of Central Alabama Community College, appeals from a judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court granting Andrew Jordan’s *1220 petition for a common-law writ of certiora-ri to the administrative law judge (“the ALJ”) in a proceeding brought pursuant to…”
State Bd. of Educ. v. Mullins, 31 So. 3d 91 (Ala. 2009). “To challenge the nonre-newal of their contracts, the employees “filed direct appeals with the attorney general’s office, purportedly pursuant to the Fair Dismissal Act (‘FDA’), § 36-26-100 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. See § 36-26-115, Ala.”
Holland v. Pearson, 20 So. 3d 120 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “Holland filed a direct appeal to the chief administrative law judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings, Division of Administrative Law Judges, Office of the Attorney General, purportedly pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 36-26-115, a part of the Fair Dismissal Act (“the FDA”),…”
In Re Jefferson Cnty., Ala., 469 B.R. 92 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2012). “2d 260 (2001), it was dealing with the interpretation of a portion of the Fair Dismissal Act, Ala.Code § 36-26-100, Code of Alabama 1975, delineating full time employees as those whose duties require twenty hours or more of work in each workweek.”
Bishop State Cmty. Coll. v. Archible, 33 So. 3d 588 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “On certiorari review, the supreme court reversed this court’s judgments, concluding that this court had erred in considering the “ ‘surrounding circumstances’ in evaluating the sufficiency of a notice of proposed termination of employment under the [Fair Dismissal] Act[,…”
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