# Alabama — Jury duty employer pay requirements by US state — whether an employer must keep paying wages during jury service, how much, for how long, quoted from the state's own statute

For Alabama, employer pay rule is any full-time employee shall be entitled to his or her usual compensation received from such employment; statute is Ala. Code § 12-16-8, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Alabama _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Employer pay rule:** any full-time employee shall be entitled to his or her usual compensation received from such employment _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Ala. Code § 12-16-8 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (c) Notwithstanding the excused absence provided in subsection (a), any full-time employee shall be entitled to his or her usual compensation received from such employment.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Statute

> Alabama Code Title 12. Courts § 12-16-8 SECTION 12-16-8 EMPLOYEES EXCUSED FROM EMPLOYMENT; COMPENSATION; POSTPONEMENT OF SERVICE

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/al/title-12-courts/al-code-sect-12-16-8/

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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