The Human Resources Division of the Administrative Office of Courts provides a full range of human resources services to the judicial branch of government and the general public.
Direct support is provided to approximately
1744 Unified Judicial System officials and employees.
As of December 2023, these officials and employees include;
128 Appellate Judges and Employees (to include 3 Alabama Sentencing Commission employees),
1527 Trial Court Officials and Employees (appx. 182 are County funded employees), and
89 Administrative Office of Courts Staff (including 2 Temporary employees).
The personnel operations section of this division processes all personnel actions. In Fiscal Year 2023,
more than 2488 separate actions were processed manually, including appointments,
separations, LWOP, 3/6 month probationary paperwork, longevity bonuses, preparing and distributing salary adjustment invoices, as well as other miscellaneous
actions. The ops section maintains all employee personnel records and position control for the judicial branch of government, using an automated
information system and periodic reports. This section also audits all UJS payrolls and certifies state service for the annual longevity bonus and conducts background checks
and E-verify for applicants for the pre-employment screening process.
The payroll section of the Human Resources Division provides or processes services such as: daily data entry, timesheets, one-time pay, supplemental pay, circuit clerks’ restitution, reimbursement checks,
Title IV-D payments, duplicate/cancelled warrants, county supplement, FICA cut offs, W-2 and eMap service requests through the year, JPO fund updates, insurance, reimbursement for
separated, terminated, retired employees, longevity bonuses, deferred compensation (e.g., Great-West, RSA-1, United Way) funding source/organization code changes, unemployment compensation,
insurance billing, direct deposits, employment verifications, retirement contributions, and miscellaneous deduction.
The Human Resources Division is responsible for monitoring a leave program (Human Resources Desktop) for approximately 1231 leave-earning UJS employees.
Because leave represents a potential debt of the UJS, the Human Resources Division audits leave accounts annually. In Fiscal Year 2023,
the Unified Judicial System’s total leave liability exceeded $966,741.00
and separation costs exceeded $999,999.00.
For Fiscal Year 2023,
approximately 450
applicants took the written court specialist examinations that were given in the State of Alabama. In addition to maintaining the open and promotional court specialist registers,
the division issued numerous special job announcements for positions at the AOC, the trial courts, the appellate courts, and the State Law Library.
Approximately 550 total applications were received from these announcements.
As of December 2023,
there were 472 minorities employed in the UJS.
This included 70 elected officials.
Minorities comprised 27.10
percent of the total Unified Judicial System work force. The Human Resources Director is also the EEOC Officer for the UJS.