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Alabama Minimum Wage Law Preemption Upheld (For Now)

By Albert Vreeland, Shareholder, Lehr Middlebrooks Vreeland & Thompson, P.C. Dec 13, 2019 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Dec 13, 2019

The dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage Law was upheld today by the full U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Alabama). In 2016, the state legislature enacted the statute to preempt any attempts by local governments to set higher minimum wage rates at the city or county level.