The Alabama Small Business Commission is conducting listening sessions throughout the state. The commission, which includes the Alabama Retail Association’s outgoing chairman, Jacob Shevin, was created in 2014 to formulate policy that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship, while addressing issues critical…
This year’s Shop Alabama for the Holidays campaign kicks off in the city of Florence. The Alabama Retail Association will begin its statewide shopping initiative and holiday hashtag campaign, #DoubleYourGift, during Florence Mayor Steve Holt’s State of the City program….
Alabama RetailPAC, the Alabama Retail Association’s state political action committee, has made endorsements in Alabama’s appellate court races for the 2020 election cycle. “The Alabama Retail Association believes these candidates understand retailers and will give retailers’ interests a fair hearing,”…
Throughout the 2019 regular session of the Alabama Legislature, the Alabama Retail Association communicated to its members about legislation that affects retailers. Read our 2019 regular session summary to learn more. Of the almost 400 laws enacted by the Alabama…
Alabama summers are hot. Temperatures throughout the state tend to stay in the 90s in August, but the mercury can rise into the 100s. Temperatures can reach into the 100s and high 90s even in September and October. OTHER RESOURCES…
Our recommendation is for employers to refrain from asking the (wage history) question on the application or during an interview; phrase questions in terms of pay expectations rather than wage history – Richard Lehr, employment law expert By Richard I. Lehr Esq….
Consult your accountant and/or attorney on this and other major business process decisions. By Tuesday, July 23, merchants that accepted Visa and/or MasterCard between Jan. 1, 2004, and Jan. 25, 2019, can object to or exclude themselves from a class-action…
In the first year of their term, Alabama lawmakers elected in 2018 tackled hot-button issues in long work weeks and late-night debates. The Alabama Legislature packed much into its three-month 2019 regular session. The Legislature approved changes in unemployment compensation…
The Clarke-Figures Equal Pay Act takes effect Sept. 1, making Alabama the 49th state with a pay equity law. Mississippi is now the only state without a state pay equity law. The federal Equal Pay Act, which covers pay equity…
In the 2019 regular legislative session, Mountain Brook and Hoover (only portion within Jefferson County) got the go ahead to move up the time restaurants and bars there can offer alcoholic beverages on Sundays to 10 a.m. SUNDAY SALES Seven local…