Permitted and Prohibited Actions
Employers in Alabama may restrict or prohibit their employees, including those with a concealed
weapons permit, from carrying firearms while on the employer’s property or while engaged in work
duties. Public and private employers, however, may not restrict the transportation or storage of a
lawfully possessed firearm or ammunition in an employee’s privately owned motor vehicle while it is
parked or operated in a public or private parking area under the following circumstances:
(a) the employee has a valid concealed weapon permit; or
(b) the weapon (other than a pistol) is legal for hunting, and
(1) the employee possesses a valid Alabama hunting license,
(2) the weapon is unloaded at all times,
(3) it is hunting season in Alabama,
(4) the employee has not been convicted of a crime of violence,
(5) the employee has no documented prior workplace incidents involving the threat of physical
injury or which resulted in physical injury,
(6) the vehicle is operated or parked where it is otherwise permitted to be, and
(7) if the vehicle is attended by the employee, the firearm or ammunition is kept from ordinary
observation within the vehicle, or, if the vehicle is unattended, the firearm or ammunition is