Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include Unique’s reopening.
The Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County has ordered Unique Bar to close, citing its failure to provide proof of workers’ compensation insurance. However, the bar has since reopened.
This comes after the Alabama Department of Labor filed a complaint to enjoin Unique “from continued violations of the coverage provisions of The Alabama Workers’ Compensation Law,” according to court filings.
The court then ordered on Dec. 4 that the bar’s owners, Royale Service and Hospitality LLC, provide proof of workers’ compensation insurance within 10 days, which they failed to do.
The court ordered the bar to pay a civil penalty of $100 per day for each day after the grace period in which the bar failed to provide proof of workers’ compensation insurance.
Unique did not immediately respond to request for comment. The bar has reopened, and on Thursday, it posted on Instagram with the words “We’re back!”
