A supervisor shall not discharge, demote, transfer, or otherwise discriminate against a state employee regarding the state employee’s compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment if the state employee, reports, under oath or in the form of an affidavit, a violation of a law, a regulation, or a rule, promulgated pursuant to the laws of this state, or a political subdivision of this state, to a public body.
Ala. Code § 36-26A-3
Discharge for Reporting Violation of Law Prohibited.
Known as the The State Employees Protection Act
The act spans §§ 36-26A-1 to 36-26A-7 (7 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 134 S. Ct. 2369 - Lane v. Franks (2014)
Most recently applied in 134 S. Ct. 2369 - Lane v. Franks (June 2014)
(Acts 1994, No. 94-244, p. 341, §3.)
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.