Section 11-47-26 - Payment of municipal employees by direct deposit of wages(a) A municipality may adopt a policy to require new employees hired by the municipality after the adoption of the policy to participate in direct deposit of the employee's wages.(b) If a municipality elects to pay the wages of its employees by direct deposit, the municipality shall do all of the following: (1) Provide a municipal employee with an electronic fund transfer authorization form.(2) Deposit the wage of a municipal employee into a personal bank account at a financial institution selected by the employee on the electronic fund transfer authorization form.(3) Each time the municipality pays the wage of a municipal employee by direct deposit, provide the employee with a direct deposit statement that includes:a. The total amount of the wage.b. Any amount deducted from the wage.c. The amount of the wage directly deposited into the personal bank account selected by the employee. (c) A municipality may not require an employee to participate in direct deposit of the employee's wages if the employee would incur fees charged to the employee's account as a result of the direct deposit and a comparable financial institution that would not charge a fee for a direct deposit is not available to the employee in the municipality.(d) An employe may opt out of the direct deposit requirement by submitting a written request to his or her employer prior to the end of the first pay period, or once annually thereafter.Ala. Code § 11-47-26 (1975)
Added by Act 2014-334,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2014.