Section 25-2-6
Secretary of Labor - Qualifications and requirements; vacancies; compensation.
The Department of Labor shall be headed by and shall be under the direction, supervision, and control of an officer who shall be known and designated as the Secretary of Labor. The Secretary of Labor shall be the advisor of the Governor and the Legislature in matters relating to employer-employee relations and the welfare of the wage earners of the state. He or she shall be responsible to the Governor for the administration of the Department of Labor. The Secretary of Labor shall be appointed by and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. Vacancies for any reason shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made. Before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, the Secretary of Labor shall take the constitutional oath of office. Before entering upon the duties of office, the Secretary of Labor shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in an amount to be fixed by the Governor, but not less than $10,000.00, for the faithful performance of the duties of the office. The annual salary of the Secretary of Labor shall be fixed by the Governor at a sum comparable to salaries paid similar officers in other states, notwithstanding any limitation or maximum in any other law, $1,200.00 of which sum shall be paid from moneys of the State of Alabama and the remainder from grants of the United States of America to this state. Such salary shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as the salaries of other state officers. The Secretary of Labor is authorized and empowered to make such agreements as may be necessary or proper with the United States of America with respect to the proration of funds from the State of Alabama and funds from the federal government for the salary paid to the Secretary of Labor by virtue of the provisions of this section. The Secretary of Labor shall devote full time to his or her official duties and shall not hold another office under the government of the United States, or under any other state, or of this state or any political subdivision thereof, during his or her incumbency in such office, and shall not hold any position of trust or profit, or engage in any occupation or business the conduct of which shall interfere or be inconsistent with his or her duties as Secretary of Labor under the provisions of this title.
(Acts 1939, No. 161, p. 232; Code 1940, T. 26, §2; Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123; Acts 1947, No. 527, p. 385; Acts 1951, Ex. Sess., No. 11, p. 177; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190; Act 2012-496, p. 1452, §1; Act 2016-203, §1.)