PolicyEngine · daphnehanse11 · May 13, 2026 · May 13, 2026 · May 14, 2026 · May 14, 2026
diff --git a/changelog.d/al-ui.added.md b/changelog.d/al-ui.added.md
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+Implement Alabama Unemployment Insurance (al_ui).
diff --git a/...arameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/eligibility/bpw_to_hqw_multiplier.yaml b/...arameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/eligibility/bpw_to_hqw_multiplier.yaml
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+description: Alabama sets this multiple of high quarter wages as the minimum total base period wages required under the Unemployment Compensation program.
+
+values:
+  2020-01-01: 1.5
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Alabama UI base period wages to high quarter wages multiplier
+  reference:
+    - title: Code of Alabama § 25-4-77(a)(6)
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-25/chapter-4/article-4/section-25-4-77/
+    - title: U.S. DOL Comparison of State UI Laws 2023, Table 3-2
+      href: https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/pdf/uilawcompar/2023/monetary.pdf#page=5
diff --git a/.../parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/eligibility/quarters_with_wages.yaml b/.../parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/eligibility/quarters_with_wages.yaml
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+description: Alabama sets this minimum number of calendar quarters of the base period in which wages must have been paid under the Unemployment Compensation program.
+
+values:
+  2020-01-01: 2
+
+metadata:
+  unit: int
+  period: year
+  label: Alabama UI required quarters with wages
+  reference:
+    - title: Code of Alabama § 25-4-77(a)(6)
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-25/chapter-4/article-4/section-25-4-77/
+    - title: Alabama UC Benefit Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
+      href: https://labor.alabama.gov/docs/guides/uc_brr.pdf#page=7
+    - title: U.S. DOL Comparison of State UI Laws 2023, Table 3-2
+      href: https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/pdf/uilawcompar/2023/monetary.pdf#page=5
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/index.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/index.yaml
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+metadata:
+  propagate_metadata_to_children: true
+  economy: false
+  household: true
+  reference:
+    - title: Code of Alabama 1975, Title 25, Chapter 4 — Unemployment Compensation
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-25/chapter-4/
+    - title: Alabama UC Benefit Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
+      href: https://labor.alabama.gov/docs/guides/uc_brr.pdf
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/mba/bpw_fraction.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/mba/bpw_fraction.yaml
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+description: Alabama limits the maximum benefit amount to this share of base period wages under the Unemployment Compensation program.
+
+values:
+  2020-01-01: 0.25
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Alabama UI maximum benefit base period wages fraction
+  reference:
+    - title: Code of Alabama § 25-4-74(a)
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-25/chapter-4/article-4/section-25-4-74/
+    - title: U.S. DOL Comparison of State UI Laws 2023, Table 3-11
+      href: https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/pdf/uilawcompar/2023/monetary.pdf#page=26
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/mba/duration_weeks.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/mba/duration_weeks.yaml
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+description: Alabama provides this maximum number of weeks of regular benefits under the Unemployment Compensation program.
+
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2020-01-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2020-01-01: 14
+  - threshold:
+      2020-01-01: 0.07  # >= 7.0% — 1 completed 0.5pp increment above 6.5%
+    amount:
+      2020-01-01: 15
+  - threshold:
+      2020-01-01: 0.075  # >= 7.5% — 2 completed 0.5pp increments above 6.5%
+    amount:
+      2020-01-01: 16
+  - threshold:
+      2020-01-01: 0.08  # >= 8.0% — 3 completed 0.5pp increments above 6.5%
+    amount:
+      2020-01-01: 17
+  - threshold:
+      2020-01-01: 0.085  # >= 8.5% — 4 completed 0.5pp increments above 6.5%
+    amount:
+      2020-01-01: 18
+  - threshold:
+      2020-01-01: 0.09  # >= 9.0% — 5 completed 0.5pp increments above 6.5%
+    amount:
+      2020-01-01: 19
+  - threshold:
+      2020-01-01: 0.095  # >= 9.5% — 20-week cap per § 25-4-74(a): 14 weeks + 1 per completed 0.5pp above 6.5%
+    amount:
+      2020-01-01: 20
+
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: week
+  period: year
+  label: Alabama UI maximum weeks of regular benefits by unemployment rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Code of Alabama § 25-4-74(a)
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-25/chapter-4/article-4/section-25-4-74/
+    - title: U.S. DOL Comparison of State UI Laws 2023, Table 3-12
+      href: https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/pdf/uilawcompar/2023/monetary.pdf#page=29
diff --git a/...engine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/partial/disregard_rate.yaml b/...engine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/partial/disregard_rate.yaml
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+description: Alabama excludes this share of the weekly benefit amount from countable earnings before reducing partial unemployment benefits under the Unemployment Compensation program.
+
+values:
+  2020-01-01: 0.3333333333  # One-third of WBA per § 25-4-73 (amended 2015).
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Alabama UI partial unemployment earnings disregard rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Code of Alabama § 25-4-73
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-25/chapter-4/article-4/section-25-4-73/
+    - title: U.S. DOL Comparison of State UI Laws 2023, Table 3-8
+      href: https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/pdf/uilawcompar/2023/monetary.pdf#page=20
diff --git a/...ngine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/state_unemployment_rate.yaml b/...ngine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/state_unemployment_rate.yaml
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+description: Alabama sets this seasonally-adjusted statewide average unemployment rate under the Unemployment Compensation program.
+# The statutory measure (§ 25-4-74(d)) is the seasonally-adjusted statewide
+# average unemployment rate for the three months of the most recently completed
+# calendar quarter ending before the benefit year; this parameter approximates it
+# with the benefit year's January value. Values past the end of the FRED series
+# are carried forward by PolicyEngine.
+
+values:
+  2020-01-01: 0.032
+  2020-02-01: 0.033
+  2020-03-01: 0.034
+  2020-04-01: 0.138
+  2020-05-01: 0.104
+  2020-06-01: 0.086
+  2020-07-01: 0.075
+  2020-08-01: 0.063
+  2020-09-01: 0.059
+  2020-10-01: 0.052
+  2020-11-01: 0.048
+  2020-12-01: 0.045
+  2021-01-01: 0.042
+  2021-02-01: 0.039
+  2021-03-01: 0.038
+  2021-04-01: 0.037
+  2021-05-01: 0.036
+  2021-06-01: 0.035
+  2021-07-01: 0.034
+  2021-08-01: 0.032
+  2021-09-01: 0.030
+  2021-10-01: 0.029
+  2021-11-01: 0.028
+  2021-12-01: 0.027
+  2022-01-01: 0.026
+  2022-02-01: 0.026
+  2022-03-01: 0.026
+  2022-04-01: 0.026
+  2022-05-01: 0.026
+  2022-06-01: 0.026
+  2022-07-01: 0.026
+  2022-08-01: 0.026
+  2022-09-01: 0.025
+  2022-10-01: 0.025
+  2022-11-01: 0.024
+  2022-12-01: 0.023
+  2023-01-01: 0.023
+  2023-02-01: 0.023
+  2023-03-01: 0.023
+  2023-04-01: 0.023
+  2023-05-01: 0.023
+  2023-06-01: 0.024
+  2023-07-01: 0.024
+  2023-08-01: 0.025
+  2023-09-01: 0.026
+  2023-10-01: 0.027
+  2023-11-01: 0.028
+  2023-12-01: 0.028
+  2024-01-01: 0.029
+  2024-02-01: 0.029
+  2024-03-01: 0.029
+  2024-04-01: 0.029
+  2024-05-01: 0.029
+  2024-06-01: 0.029
+  2024-07-01: 0.030
+  2024-08-01: 0.030
+  2024-09-01: 0.031
+  2024-10-01: 0.031
+  2024-11-01: 0.031
+  2024-12-01: 0.031
+  2025-01-01: 0.031
+  2025-02-01: 0.030
+  2025-03-01: 0.030
+  2025-04-01: 0.029
+  2025-05-01: 0.029
+  2025-06-01: 0.029
+  2025-07-01: 0.028
+  2025-08-01: 0.028
+  2025-09-01: 0.028
+  2025-10-01: 0.028  # FRED value missing for this month; prior value carried forward
+  2025-11-01: 0.027
+  2025-12-01: 0.027
+  2026-01-01: 0.027
+  2026-02-01: 0.027
+  2026-03-01: 0.027
+  2026-04-01: 0.028
+  2026-05-01: 0.030
+  2026-06-01: 0.032
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: month
+  label: Alabama UI state unemployment rate
+  reference:
+    - title: FRED — Unemployment Rate in Alabama (ALUR, seasonally adjusted), retrieved 2026-08-03
+      href: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ALUR
+    - title: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
+      href: https://www.bls.gov/lau/
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/waiting_weeks.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/waiting_weeks.yaml
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+description: Alabama excludes this many initial weeks from compensability under the Unemployment Compensation program.
+
+values:
+  # The one-week waiting period applies to claims filed on or after 2012-08-01;
+  # a backdating pass covering earlier claims must add a 0-week tier before then.
+  2020-01-01: 1
+
+metadata:
+  unit: week
+  period: year
+  label: Alabama UI waiting weeks
+  reference:
+    - title: Alabama UC Benefit Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
+      href: https://labor.alabama.gov/docs/guides/uc_brr.pdf#page=9
+    - title: Ala. Admin. Code Chapter 480-4-3 — Benefits (waiting-week rule)
+      href: https://admincode.legislature.state.al.us/administrative-code/480-4-3
+    - title: U.S. DOL Comparison of State UI Laws 2023, Table 3-7
+      href: https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/pdf/uilawcompar/2023/monetary.pdf#page=17
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/wba/max.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/wba/max.yaml
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+description: Alabama provides this amount as the maximum weekly benefit under the Unemployment Compensation program.
+
+values:
+  # The maximum weekly benefit was $265 before 2020-01-01 (raised to $275 by
+  # Act 2019-204); a backdating pass must add the earlier $265 (and prior) tier.
+  2020-01-01: 275
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: week
+  label: Alabama UI maximum weekly benefit amount
+  reference:
+    - title: Code of Alabama § 25-4-72(b)(5)
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-25/chapter-4/article-4/section-25-4-72/
+    - title: Alabama Act 2019-204 summary
+      href: https://alabamaretail.org/news/unemployment-comp-weeks-weekly-benefits/
+    - title: Alabama UC Benefit Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
+      href: https://labor.alabama.gov/docs/guides/uc_brr.pdf#page=8
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/wba/min_threshold.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dol/unemployment_insurance/wba/min_threshold.yaml
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+description: Alabama sets this amount as the minimum unrounded weekly benefit threshold under the Unemployment Compensation program.
+
+values:
+  2020-01-01: 44.5
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: week
+  label: Alabama UI minimum unrounded weekly benefit threshold
+  reference:
+    - title: Code of Alabama § 25-4-72(b)(2)
+      href: https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-25/chapter-4/article-4/section-25-4-72/
+    - title: Alabama UC Benefit Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
+      href: https://labor.alabama.gov/docs/guides/uc_brr.pdf#page=8
diff --git a/policyengine_us/programs.yaml b/policyengine_us/programs.yaml
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     verified_start_year: 2023
 
   # --- State programs ---
+  - id: al_ui
+    name: Alabama UI
+    full_name: Alabama Unemployment Compensation
+    category: Benefits
+    agency: State
+    status: complete
+    coverage: AL
+    variable: al_ui
+    parameter_prefix: gov.states.al.dol.unemployment_insurance
+    verified_years: "2024"
+
   - id: co_oap
     name: Colorado OAP
     full_name: Colorado Old Age Pension
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		Implement Alabama Unemployment Insurance (al_ui).