(a)(1) All scaffolding or staging swung or suspended from an overhead support or erected with stationary supports, which scaffolding or staging is suspended or rises 30 feet or ...

(a) No person, firm, association, or corporation carrying on or conducting within this state any business requiring the employment of labor shall refuse to hire, employ, or license ...

(a) It shall be unlawful for any employer or the agent of such employer to discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize an employee because the employee is absent from ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Employee' means any person who is employed by an employer described in paragraph (2) of ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'multiracial' means having parents of different races. (b) All written forms, applications, questionnaires, and other written ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'employer' means any person or entity that employs one or more employees and shall include the state and its ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Course of conduct' means a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over ...

There is created and established a separate and independent administrative agency to be known as the Department of Labor. ...

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) 'Employer' includes every person, firm, corporation, partnership, stock association, agent, manager, representative, or foreman, or other persons ...

(a) The Department of Labor shall be under the direction and supervision of a commissioner to be known as the Commissioner of Labor. The Commissioner shall devote his ...

(a) The Commissioner of Labor may establish within the Department of Labor such divisions as he may deem necessary for the exercise of the powers and the performance ...

(a) The Commissioner of Labor shall keep and maintain the office of the Department of Labor in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, and shall be provided with suitable ...

(a) In addition to such other duties and powers as may be conferred upon him by law, the Commissioner of Labor shall have the power, jurisdiction, and authority: ...

The Commissioner shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the 'Georgia Administrative Procedure Act,' in the promulgation, adoption, review, amendment, and repeal of all ...

If there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in carrying out a rule of the Commissioner of Labor, the Commissioner, after public hearing, may make a variation from ...

The Commissioner of Labor shall annually, on or before January 1, compile a report covering the activities of the Department of Labor, accompanied by recommendations with reference to ...

(a) Every employer shall furnish employment which shall be reasonably safe for the employees therein, shall furnish and use safety devices and safeguards, shall adopt and use methods ...

Every employer shall keep a true and accurate record of the name, address, and occupation of each person employed by him, and of the daily and weekly hours ...

It shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the state and the district attorneys of their respective judicial circuits, upon request of the Commissioner of Labor ...

(a) Any employer or owner who violates or fails or refuses to comply with any provision of this chapter within the time prescribed or any judgment or decree ...

The Georgia Department of Labor shall have the authorization to enter into agreements with district attorneys and solicitors-general of the several judicial circuits of this state for the ...

The hours of labor required of all persons employed in all cotton or woolen manufacturing establishments in this state, except engineers, firefighters, watchmen, mechanics, teamsters, yard employees, clerical ...

All contracts which require employees of cotton or woolen manufacturing establishments to work more than 40 hours per week shall be null and void. ...

Any person with whom a contract violative of this chapter is made or any person having knowledge thereof may institute an action against such cotton or woolen manufacturing ...

Any cotton or woolen manufacturing establishment that makes any contract in violation of Code Section 34-3-1 shall be subject to a fine of not less than $20.00 and ...

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Minimum Wage Law.' ...

The Commissioner of Labor shall administer and enforce this chapter and may make rules and regulations for such administration. ...

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, every employer, whether a person, firm, or corporation, shall pay to all covered employees a minimum wage which shall ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Employee' means any individual employed by an employer. (2) 'Employer' means any ...

(a) The Commissioner of Labor is authorized to grant exemptions to certain categories of organizations and businesses for the purpose of exempting them from the operation of this ...

Every employer subject to this chapter or any regulation pursuant thereto shall maintain records showing the hours worked by each employee and the wages paid to him and ...

If any employer pays any employee a lesser amount than the minimum wage provided in this chapter, the employee, at any time within three years, may bring a ...

The General Assembly declares that the practice of discriminating on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees of one sex at a lesser rate than the ...

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of Labor of the State of Georgia. (2) 'Employ' means to ...

(a) No employer having employees subject to any provisions of this chapter shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are employed, between employees on the basis ...

(a) The Commissioner shall have the power and it shall be his duty to carry out this chapter; and for this purpose the Commissioner or his authorized representative ...

(a) Any employer who violates Code Section 34-5-3 shall be liable to the employee affected in the amount of his unpaid wages. An action to recover such liability ...

In the event any dispute should arise between any employer and employee covered by this chapter in relation to any subject matter which is covered by this chapter, ...

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia Equal Employment for Persons With Disabilities Code.' ...

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) 'Disability' means any condition or characteristic that renders a person an individual with disabilities but shall not ...

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent an employer from making any job related inquiry about the existence of the disability of an applicant for ...

(a) No employer shall fail or refuse to hire nor shall any employer discharge or discriminate against any individual with disabilities with respect to wages, rates of pay, ...

No employer shall discharge, expel, refuse to hire, or otherwise discriminate against any person or applicant for employment because such person has opposed any practice made an unfair ...

(a) Any individual with disabilities who is aggrieved by an unfair employment practice against such individual may institute a civil action against the persons engaged in such prohibited ...

Every employer subject to this chapter shall keep an abstract or copy of this chapter posted in a conspicuous place in or about the premises wherein any employee ...

If a contract of employment provides that wages are payable at a stipulated period, the presumption shall arise that the hiring is for such period, provided that, if ...

Every person, firm, or corporation, including steam and electric railroads, but not including farming, sawmill, and turpentine industries, employing skilled or unskilled wageworkers in manual, mechanical, or clerical ...

(a) Any order, check, draft, note, or other instrument issued in payment of wages or salary due or to become due must be negotiable and payable in cash, ...

(a)(1) Upon the death of any person who was employed by any political subdivision of the state or by any railroad company or other corporation, individual, or partnership ...

Any corporation or person doing business of any kind in this state who shall issue checks or written evidences of indebtedness for the wages of laborers shall redeem ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'professional employer organization' means an employee leasing company as defined in Code Section 34-8-32 that has established a coemployment ...

The employer is bound to exercise ordinary care in the selection of employees and not to retain them after knowledge of incompetency; he shall use like care in ...

With the exception of railroad companies, the employer shall not be liable to one employee for injuries arising from the negligence or misconduct of other employees about the ...

All contracts between employer and employee made in consideration of employment, whereby the employer is exempted from liability to the employee arising from the negligence of the employer ...

An employee assumes the ordinary risks of his employment and is bound to exercise his own skill and diligence to protect himself. In actions for injuries arising from ...

As used in this article, the term 'common carrier' shall include the receiver or receivers or other person or corporation charged with the duty of the management and ...

Every common carrier by railroad shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier or, in case of death of ...

In all actions brought against any common carrier by railroad under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this Code section, Code Section 34-7-41, 34-7-43, 34-7-44, ...

In any action brought against any common carrier by railroad, under and by virtue of any of the provisions of Code Sections 34-7-41 and 34-7-42, to recover damages ...

Any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier by railroad to exempt itself from any liability ...

(a) The liability of receivers, trustees, assignees, and other like officers operating railroads in, or partially in, this state for injuries and damages to employees or their property ...

No action shall be maintained under Code Sections 34-7-41 through 34-7-44 unless commenced within two years from the day the cause of action accrued. ...

Where two or more chartered railroad companies whose lines terminate in the same city contract to use the same track within the corporate limits, the company owning the ...

No employee of any railroad company shall be deprived of his right to recover damages for personal injury by reason of the fact that at the time of ...

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the 'Employment Security Law.' ...

As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter, the public policy of this state is declared to be as follows: economic insecurity due to unemployment ...

The General Assembly reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this chapter at any time; and there shall be no vested private rights ...

In any civil action to enforce this chapter, the Commissioner, the board of review, and the state shall be represented by the Attorney General of this state. ...

(a) As used in this chapter, the term 'annual payroll' means the total amount of wages for employment paid by an employer during the 12 month period immediately ...

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, as used in this chapter, the term 'base period' means the first four of the last five ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'benefits' means the compensation payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter, with respect to the individual´s unemployment. ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'benefit year' with respect to any individual means the one-year period beginning with the day on which a valid claim is ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'bona fide in the labor market' means that any person claiming benefits under this chapter must be available for full-time employment, ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'calendar quarter' means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on the dates of March 31, June 30, September 30, ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of Labor. ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'common paymaster' means one of two or more related corporations which concurrently employ the same individual and which is designated to ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'computation date' means June 30 of each calendar year with respect to rates applicable to the succeeding calendar year for each ...

(a) As used in this chapter, the term 'contributions' means the money payments to the Unemployment Compensation Fund required by Code Sections 34-8-150 through 34-8-156. ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'deductible earnings' means all money in excess of $30.00 each week earned by a claimant for services performed, whether or not ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'department' means the Georgia Department of Labor. ...

(a) As used in this chapter, the term 'employee leasing company' means an independently established business entity which engages in the business of providing leased employees to any ...

(a) As used in this chapter, the term 'employer' means: (1) Any employing unit which, in either the current or preceding calendar year: ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'employing unit' means any individual, the legal representative of a deceased individual, or any type of organization, including any partnership, association, ...

(a) As used in this chapter, the term 'employment' means any service, including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages or under any contract of hire, written or ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'employment office' means a free public employment office or branch thereof operated by this state or maintained as a part of ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'Employment Security Administration Fund' means the Employment Security Administration Fund which is established by this chapter and from which administrative expenses ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'experience rating account' means the individual experience of a covered employer, as determined by factors set forth in Code Sections 34-8-150 ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'extended benefits' means benefits, including benefits payable to federal civilian employees and to ex-service personnel pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Chapter 85, ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'fund' means the Unemployment Compensation Fund which is established by Code Section 34-8-83 and from which all benefits provided under this ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'insured work' means employment for a liable employer. ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'liable employer' means an employer who is responsible for the payment of unemployment contributions or payments in lieu of contributions or ...

(a) As used in this chapter and except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the term 'most recent employer' means the last liable employer ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'state' includes the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'supplemental unemployment benefits' means only: (1) Benefits which are paid to an employee because of such employee´s involuntary separation ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'temporary help contracting firm' means any person who is in the business of employing individuals and, for compensation from a third ...

For purposes of this chapter, an individual shall be deemed 'unemployed' in any week during which the individual performs no services and with respect to which no wages ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'valid claim' means a claim filed for unemployment compensation benefits in which sufficient base period wages establish a monetary entitlement as ...

(a)(1) As used in this chapter, the term 'wages' means all remuneration for personal services, including commissions and bonuses and the cash value of all remuneration paid in ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'week' means such period of seven consecutive calendar days ending at 12:00 Midnight as the Commissioner may by regulation prescribe. ...

As used in this chapter, the term 'weekly benefit amount' means the dollar amount, prior to any deductions, which an individual may be entitled to receive for one ...

(a) It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to administer this chapter. (b) The Commissioner shall have power and authority to adopt, amend, or rescind ...

The Commissioner shall make available to the public copies of the text of this chapter, any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, the Commissioner´s annual reports ...

The Commissioner shall appoint a State Advisory Council and may appoint local or industry advisory councils, composed in each case of an equal number of employer representatives and ...

(a) The department shall administer the provisions of this chapter and all programs relating to state employment services and unemployment compensation. (b) The Commissioner may, at ...

Subject to other provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner is authorized to appoint, fix the compensation of, and prescribe the duties and powers of such officers, accountants, attorneys, ...

The Commissioner shall designate an experience rating committee. The committee shall be composed of one representative of employers, one representative of employees, and one representative of the department. ...

The Commissioner, with the advice and aid of the State Advisory Council and the local or industry advisory councils, shall take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent ...

(a) The State Employment Service is established as a program administered by the department. The Commissioner shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number and ...

(a) There shall be a Board of Review of the Department of Labor, which board shall consist of three members. Each member shall be appointed by the Governor ...

(a) In the administration of this chapter, the Commissioner shall cooperate, to the fullest extent consistent with this chapter, with the United States secretary of labor and the ...

(a) The Commissioner shall participate in any arrangements for the payment of compensation on the basis of combining an individual´s wages and employment covered under this chapter with ...

(a) There is created a trust fund, with the Commissioner as trustee, to be known as the Employment Security Administration Fund. All moneys which are deposited or paid ...

This state recognizes its obligation to replace and declares it to be the policy of this state that funds will be provided in the future and applied to ...

There is established as a trust fund, separate and apart from all other public funds of this state, an Unemployment Compensation Fund, which shall be administered by the ...

The Commissioner shall be custodian of the Unemployment Compensation Fund and shall administer the fund in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Commissioner shall prescribe. The ...

Moneys shall be requisitioned from this state´s account in the Unemployment Trust Fund solely for the payment of regular benefits and extended benefits and for refunds pursuant to ...

Code Sections 34-8-83 through 34-8-85, to the extent that they relate to the Unemployment Trust Fund, shall be operative only so long as such trust fund continues to ...

The Commissioner is authorized to borrow funds from the United States Treasury in accordance with standards and regulations promulgated by the United States Department of Labor and pursuant ...

In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter, the Commissioner, the chief administrative hearing officer, the members of the board of review, and any duly authorized ...

(a) In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena by any person, any court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried ...

Reserved. ...

Benefits shall be deemed due and payable under this chapter only to the extent provided in this chapter and to the extent that funds are available therefor to ...

All fines, penalties, and interest collected under the terms of this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury. The General Assembly shall be authorized to appropriate to ...

(a) Any ambiguity in this chapter shall be construed in a manner consistent with federal law applicable to the unemployment compensation program. (b) In the ...

(a) This article is intended to reconcile the free access to public records granted by Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50, relating to the inspection of ...

(a) Any information or records concerning an individual or employing unit obtained by the department pursuant to the administration of this chapter or other federally funded programs for ...

(a) All letters, reports, communications, or any other matters, either oral or written, from the employer or employee to each other or to the department or any of ...

The Commissioner shall have the authority to adopt, amend, or rescind rules and regulations interpreting and implementing the provisions of this article. In particular, these rules shall specify ...

(a) An individual shall have access to all records and information concerning that individual held by the department unless the information is exempt from disclosure. An employing unit ...

(a) Governmental agencies, including law enforcement agencies, prosecuting agencies, and the executive branch, whether state, local, or federal, shall have access to information or records deemed private and ...

Information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter shall be available to parties to judicial or formal administrative proceedings only upon a finding by the presiding ...

The department shall have the right to disclose information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter to any private person or organization when such disclosure is ...

Where the department contracts to provide services to other governmental or private organizations, the department may disclose to those organizations information or records deemed private and confidential which ...

Nothing in this article shall prevent the disclosure of information or records deemed private and confidential under this article if all details identifying an individual or employing unit ...

(a) Contributions shall accrue from each employer for each calendar year in which the employer is subject to this chapter with respect to wages payable for employment, except ...

(a) For periods prior to April 1, 1987, or after December 31, 2011, each new or newly covered employer shall pay contributions at a rate of 2.7 percent ...

(a) The standard rate of contribution shall be 5.4 percent. The standard rate of contribution is the rate from which variations therefrom are computed as provided in Code ...

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (g) and (h) of this Code section, any corporation, partnership, individual, or other legal entity who acquires by purchase, merger, consolidation, ...

Except as provided in Code Section 34-8-161, the Commissioner shall maintain a separate account for each employer and shall credit such account with all the contributions paid by ...

(a) Employers shall be classified in accordance with their actual experience in the payment of contributions and with respect to benefits charged against their accounts so that contribution ...

(a) Regular benefits paid with respect to all benefit years that begin on or before December 31, 1991, shall be charged against the experience rating account of employers ...

(a) Organizations covered. Benefits paid to employees of governmental entities and nonprofit organizations shall be financed in accordance with this Code section and Code Sections 34-8-157 and 34-8-159 ...

The payments in lieu of contributions as provided in Code Section 34-8-158 shall be made in accordance with the following provisions: (1) DATE PAYMENT DUE. ...

(a) Authority to require surety bond. For the purposes of this Code section, a surety bond is a bond of surety issued by an organization licensed and authorized ...

Two or more employers who have become liable for payments in lieu of contributions in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 34-8-158 may file a joint application ...

(a) There is established as a trust fund, separate and apart from all other public moneys or other funds of this state, a cash deposit escrow fund, which ...

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, an employing unit liable under this chapter must apply in writing to the Commissioner prior to April ...

Applications for adjustment or refund of contributions, payments in lieu of contributions, or interest thereon, shall be submitted no later than three years from the date such amounts ...

(a)(1) In accordance with such regulations as the Commissioner may prescribe, tax and wage reports shall become due and be filed by each employer on or before the ...

(a) Contributions unpaid on the due date established by the Commissioner shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5 percent per month or any fraction of a month. ...

(a) If, after due notice, any employer defaults in any payment of contributions or interest thereon, the amount due, including any penalty, may be collected by civil action ...

(a) The Commissioner or an authorized representative of the Commissioner may use garnishment to collect the tax imposed by this chapter. Garnishment may be issued by the Commissioner ...

(a) For the purpose of collecting delinquent contributions, interest, and penalties, the Commissioner may enter into an agreement with one or more private persons, companies, associations, or corporations ...

(a) If any employer fails or neglects to make a report as required by Code Section 34-8-165 or by rules and regulations, the Commissioner may make an estimate ...

An employer may be enjoined from employing individuals if such employer´s reports remain unfiled or contributions remain unpaid 90 days after the end of the calendar quarter to ...

The Commissioner shall require any employee leasing company, as defined in Code Section 34-8-32, to post a surety bond or such equivalent financial securities as approved by the ...

(a) The Commissioner may release or subordinate all or any portion of the property subject to any lien obtained under provisions of this chapter if the Commissioner determines ...

In the event of any distribution of an employer´s assets pursuant to an order of any court under the laws of this state, in proceedings relating to the ...

Any employing unit which sells or transfers its business or stock of goods shall file all required tax and wage reports and pay all contributions, administrative assessments, interest, ...

All collection, penalty, and sanction provisions in this chapter that are applicable to private employers are made equally applicable to all public employers who are liable for the ...

Should any department or political subdivision of the state, any instrumentality of a political subdivision of the state, or any instrumentality of one or more of the foregoing ...

Any employer may make voluntary payments in addition to the contributions required under this chapter, and the same shall be credited to the employer´s experience account; provided, however, ...

(a) For the periods on or after April 1, 1987, but on or before January 1, 2000, there is created an administrative assessment of .06 percent to be ...

(a) For the periods on or after April 1, 1987, but on or before December 31, 1999, in addition to the rate paid under Code Section 34-8-151, each ...

(a) The Commissioner is authorized to collect the administrative assessment as provided in Code Section 34-8-180 and to deposit the funds in the clearing account of the Unemployment ...

The Commissioner may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement and effectuate the provisions of this article. ...

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article and in the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this article, the provisions of this article shall be administered in ...

This article shall stand repealed in its entirety on December 31, 2011. ...

(a) Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such rules or regulations as the Commissioner may prescribe. The Commissioner may provide for employer initiated claims under ...

All benefits payable from and out of the Unemployment Compensation Fund shall be paid as provided in this chapter and through the employment offices of the department in ...

(a) Employees of the department designated by the Commissioner shall take the initial claim. An initial determination thereon shall be made promptly and shall include a determination with ...

(a) The weekly benefit amount of an individuaĺs claim shall be that amount computed by dividing the two highest quarters of wages paid in the base period by ...

An individual shall be disqualified for benefits: (1) For the week or fraction thereof in which the individual has filed an otherwise valid claim for ...

(a) An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits for any week only if such unemployed individual shows to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that each of ...

(a) Benefits based on service in educational institutions. Benefits based on service in employment as defined in subsections (h) and (i) of Code Section 34-8-35 shall be payable ...

(a) Definitions. As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Eligibility period' of an individual means the period consisting of the weeks in his ...

(a) Each claimant shall disclose to the department whether or not such claimant owes child support obligations which are being enforced pursuant to a plan described in Section ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Uncollected overissuance' has the same meaning as provided in 7 U.S.C. Section 2022(c)(1). ...

(a) The Commissioner shall appoint one or more impartial hearing officers to hear and decide appealed decisions. Each hearing officer shall be selected in accordance with Code Section ...

(a) The board of review may on its own motion affirm, modify, or set aside any decision of an administrative hearing officer on the basis of the evidence ...

The manner in which appealed claims shall be presented and the conduct of hearings and appeals shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commissioner for determining ...

(a) Any decision of the board of review, in the absence of a reconsideration as provided in subsection (d) of Code Section 34-8-192, shall become final 15 days ...

Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to this article shall be allowed fees at a rate fixed by the Commissioner. Such fees shall be deemed a part of the expense of ...

Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute his or her rights to benefits or any other rights under this chapter shall be void. Any agreement ...

No individual claiming benefits shall be charged fees of any kind in any proceeding under this chapter by the Commissioner, the board of review, or representatives of the ...

Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right to benefits which are or may become due or payable under this chapter shall be void. Such rights to benefits ...

No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records before the Commissioner, the board of review, an administrative ...

(a) Any person who has received any sum as benefits under this chapter while any conditions for the receipt of benefits imposed by this chapter were not fulfilled ...

Any person who knowingly makes a false statement or misrepresentation as to a material fact or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase ...

(a) Any person who knowingly makes a false representation or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any benefit or payment under this chapter ...

This article shall be known and may be cited as the 'Unemployment Tax Amnesty Program.' ...

The General Assembly finds and declares that a public purpose is served by the waiver of interest on unemployment tax, penalties, and criminal prosecution in return for the ...

As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Accounts receivable' means an amount of unemployment contribution, tax, administrative assessment, reimbursement in lieu of contributions, penalty, ...

(a) The Commissioner shall develop and administer a one-time unemployment tax amnesty program as provided in this article. The Commissioner shall, upon the voluntary return and remission of ...

(a) The provisions of this article shall apply to any eligible employer who files an application for amnesty within the time prescribed by the Commissioner and does the ...

(a) Amnesty shall be granted for any employer who meets the requirements of Code Section 34-8-274 in accordance with the following: (1) For unemployment taxes ...

All installment agreements authorized under subsection (c) of Code Section 34-8-274 shall bear interest on the outstanding amount of unemployment tax due at the rate prescribed under Code ...

The Commissioner shall promulgate administrative regulations as necessary, issue forms and instructions, and take all actions necessary to implement the provisions of this article. The Commissioner shall publicize ...

For purposes of accounting for the unemployment contributions received pursuant to this chapter, the Commissioner shall maintain an accounting and reporting of funds collected under the amnesty program. ...

(a) In addition to all other penalties provided under this chapter or any other law, the Commissioner may by regulation impose after the expiration of the unemployment tax ...

The Commissioner may, for the purpose of collecting any delinquent unemployment tax due from an employer, contract with any debt collection agency or attorney doing business within or ...

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) 'Board' means the State Board of Workers´ Compensation. (2) 'Employee' means every person in ...

(a) This chapter shall not apply to common carriers by railroad engaged in intrastate trade or commerce; nor shall this chapter be construed to lessen the liability of ...

(a) A corporate officer or a member of a limited liability company who elects to be exempt from coverage under this chapter shall make such election by giving ...

Any sole proprietor or partner of a business whose employees are eligible for benefits under this chapter may elect to be included as an employee under the workers´ ...

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of Code Section 34-9-2, relative to the exempt status of individuals employed as farm laborers, an employer of farm laborers may elect ...

Neither any municipal corporation within the state, nor any political subdivision of the state, nor any employee of any such corporation or subdivision shall have the right to ...

All planning commissions created pursuant to Ga. L. 1957, p. 420, as amended, relating to the creation of planning commissions by certain political subdivisions, are authorized to provide ...

Notwithstanding Code Section 34-9-1 or any other provision of law, this chapter shall not be deemed to apply to any airplane pilots or their assistants flying patrols for ...

So far as concerns the State of Georgia or any department thereof which has been operating under the terms of this chapter, the state and such departments thereof ...

Every contract of service between an employer and an employee covered by this chapter, whether such contract is written, oral, or implied, shall be presumed to have been ...

(a) A principal, intermediate, or subcontractor shall be liable for compensation to any employee injured while in the employ of any of his subcontractors engaged upon the subject ...

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any employer or employee from any penalty for failure or neglect to perform any statutory duty. ...

No contract or agreement, written, oral, or implied, nor any rule, regulation, or other device shall in any manner operate to relieve any employer in whole or in ...

(a) The rights and the remedies granted to an employee by this chapter shall exclude all other rights and remedies of such employee, his personal representative, parents, dependents, ...

(a) When the injury or death for which compensation is payable under this chapter is caused under circumstances creating a legal liability against some person other than the ...

(a) Every employer subject to the provisions of this chapter relative to the payment of compensation shall hereafter keep a record of all injuries, fatal or otherwise, received ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Child' includes dependent stepchildren, legally adopted children, posthumous children, and acknowledged children born out of ...

(a) Subject to the joint approval of the board and the Commissioner of Insurance, any employer may enter into or continue any agreement with its employees to provide ...

(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed so as to prevent settlements made by and between the employee and employer but rather to encourage them, so ...

All questions arising under this chapter shall be determined by the trial division and the appellate division of the board if the interested parties cannot reach an agreement ...

(a) No compensation shall be allowed for an injury or death due to the employee´s willful misconduct, including intentionally self-inflicted injury, or growing out of his or her ...

(a) Any person who willfully fails to file any form or report required by the board, fails to follow any order or directive of the board or any ...

Any person, firm, or corporation who willfully makes any false or misleading statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining or denying any benefit or payment under this ...

Any person who shall knowingly make, give, or produce any false statements or false evidence, under oath, to any member of the board or to any administrative law ...

Any employee who, with the intent to defraud, receives and retains any income benefits to which he or she is not entitled shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ...

Any physician, attorney, or hospital which receives any fee, other consideration, or any gratuity on account of services rendered under this chapter, unless such consideration or gratuity is ...

This chapter shall be liberally construed only for the purpose of bringing employers and employees within the provisions of this chapter and to provide protection for both. This ...

(a) There is established within the office of the State Board of Workers´ Compensation a fraud and compliance unit. This unit shall assist the chairperson in administratively investigating ...

(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the 'Workers´ Compensation Truth in Advertising Act of 1995.' (b) The purpose of this ...

Any television advertisement, with broadcast originating in this state, which solicits persons to file workers´ compensation claims or to engage or consult an attorney, a medical care provider, ...

(a) Any advertiser who violates Code Section 34-9-31 is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be subject to a fine of not less than $1,000.00 nor more than ...

There is created and established within the executive branch a board to be known as the State Board of Workerś Compensation, composed of three members who shall be ...

The Governor shall appoint one member of the board as chairman, and the appointee shall hold his office for four years and until his successor shall have been ...

(a) The chairperson of the board shall be a person who, on account of his or her previous employment, affiliation, or experience, shall be considered knowledgeable of the ...

Each member of the board, including the chairman thereof, shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take an oath for the faithful discharge of his duties. ...

Each member of the board, including the chairman thereof, shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute such bond as may be required by the Governor ...

Any member of the board may be removed by the Governor for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, provided written charges are served upon the member at ...

Any two members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business or the rendering of any decision required by this chapter to be ...

(a) There is created and established within the State Board of Workers´ Compensation a trial division and an appellate division, which shall exercise judicial functions in implementing this ...

All members of the board are designated as appellate administrative law judges in the appellate division of the State Board of Workers´ Compensation for the purposes of serving ...

(a) There is created the office of senior administrative law judge of the board. Any director or administrative law judge who is retired on July 1, 1991, or ...

(a) There is created the position of executive director of the board. The executive director shall be both appointed and removed by the board. Subject to the general ...

Reserved. ...

The members, administrative law judges, and assistants of the State Board of Workers´ Compensation shall be entitled to receive their actual and necessary expenses while traveling on the ...

(a) All members of the board, including the chairman thereof, shall be in the unclassified service, as defined in Code Section 45-20-2, and shall not be subject to ...

There is created the office of director emeritus of the board. Any director of the board now or hereafter in office shall be eligible for appointment as director ...

All persons appointed to the office of director emeritus of the board, as provided and created by Code Section 34-9-53, shall hold such office for life. A director ...

It shall be the duty of a director emeritus of the board to serve in an advisory capacity to the board and to lend his advice and counsel ...

Vacancies on the board caused by the resignation of a member of the board and his appointment as director emeritus as provided in Code Section 34-9-53 shall be ...

There is created the office of administrative law judge emeritus of the board. Any administrative law judge, formerly known as deputy director, of the board now or hereafter ...

The State Board of Workers´ Compensation shall exercise all powers and perform all the duties relating to the enforcement of this chapter. ...

The board is empowered and authorized to adopt proper rules of procedure to govern the exercise of its functions and hearings before the board or any of its ...

(a) The board may make rules, not inconsistent with this chapter, for carrying out this chapter. Processes and procedure under this chapter shall be as summary and simple ...

(a) The board shall prepare and cause to be printed and, upon request, shall furnish free of charge to any employee or employer such blank forms and literature ...

Reserved. ...

(a) The total expenses of the board shall be prorated among the qualified insurance companies writing compensation insurance in this state, hereinafter referred to as insurers, and employers ...

Every injured employee or his representative shall, immediately on the occurrence of any accident or as soon thereafter as practicable, give or cause to be given to the ...

The written notice provided for in Code Section 34-9-80 shall state in ordinary language the name and address of the employee, the time, place, nature, and cause of ...

(a) The board shall provide by rule for the publication of a summary of the rights, benefits, and obligations under this chapter and the distribution of such summary ...

(a) The right to compensation shall be barred unless a claim therefor is filed within one year after injury, except that if payment of weekly benefits has been ...

All rights of compensation under this chapter shall have the same preference or priority for the whole thereof against the assets of the employer as is allowed by ...

No claim for compensation under this chapter shall be assignable, and all compensation and claims therefor shall be exempt from all claims of creditors. ...

If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or is under 18 years of age at the time any right or privilege accrues to him under this chapter, his ...

No limitation of time provided in this chapter for the giving of notice or making claim shall apply to any person who is mentally incompetent or a minor ...

(a) Subject to Code Section 34-9-82, a claim for compensation may be filed with the board at any time following an injury or death. The board and its ...

The members of the board or any one of them or an administrative law judge may, upon the application of either party or upon their own motion, appoint ...

(a) Notice of hearing. The hearing shall be held as soon as practicable; provided, however, no hearing shall be scheduled less than 30 days nor more than 90 ...

(a) Any party dissatisfied with a decision of an administrative law judge of the trial division of the State Board of Workers´ Compensation may appeal that decision to ...

(a) 'Change in condition' defined; benefits. (1) As used in this Code section, the term 'change in condition' means a change in the wage-earning capacity, physical ...

(a) Any award of the administrative law judge provided for in Code Section 34-9-102 for which no timely application for review has been filed or any award of ...

Any party in interest may file in the superior court of the county in which the injury occurred or, if the injury occurred outside this state, in the ...

Any final award for compensation entered by the board shall bear interest at the legal rate of 12 percent on all accrued amounts and on all amounts accruing ...

(a) The fee of an attorney for service to a claimant in an amount of more than $100.00 shall be subject to the approval of the board, and ...

Every employer subject to the compensation provisions of this chapter shall insure the payment of compensation to his employees in the manner provided in this article; and, while ...

(a) Unless otherwise ordered or permitted by the board, every employer subject to the provisions of this chapter relative to the payment of compensation shall secure and maintain ...

Any policy of insurance issued under this chapter shall be the standard workers´ compensation policy of insurance containing the usual and customary provisions found in such policies and ...

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, workers´ compensation health benefits pilot projects are authorized under the provisions of this Code section. ...

All policies insuring the payment of compensation under this chapter, including all contracts of mutual, reciprocal, or interinsurance must contain a clause to the effect that, as between ...

(a) No policy or contract of insurance shall be issued unless it contains the agreement of the insurer or insurers that it or they will promptly pay all ...

(a) Each insurer issuing a policy under this chapter shall offer, as a part of the policy or as an optional endorsement to the policy, deductibles optional to ...

(a) A policy, plan, or contract of workers´ compensation insurance issued under this chapter may not be issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after July ...

Every policy insuring the payment of compensation provided for in this article or insuring against liability for payment of such compensation, including all contracts of mutual, reciprocal, or ...

(a) Every employer subject to the compensation provisions of this chapter shall file with the board in the form prescribed by the board, annually or as often as ...

(a) Whenever an employer has complied with those provisions of Code Section 34-9-121 relating to self-insurance, the board shall issue to such employer a certificate which shall remain ...

The board and its authorized representatives shall have the power and authority to enter any place of employment and to inspect the same, together with all employment, payroll, ...

Every insurance company doing a workers´ compensation business in this state shall furnish a bond payable to the state in the sum of $50,000.00 with some surety company ...

In addition to the authority prescribed in Title 33, the Commissioner of Insurance shall have the power, in such manner and by such means as he may deem ...

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all insurers issuing policies or contracts of insurance against the liability for compensation under this chapter shall comply with the following ...

(a) Every insurance company and every person, firm, or corporation writing policies of insurance under this chapter or insuring the payment of compensation to employees as provided by ...

The board is authorized, of its own motion or upon complaint filed with it, after notice of not less than ten days and a hearing thereon, to revoke ...

(a) The board shall prescribe the rules and regulations for apportioning rejected workers´ compensation policies and may establish an equitable assignment of such policies and enforce such provisions; ...

Appeal from any decision under Code Sections 34-9-122 and 34-9-131 through 34-9-133 may be made in the manner provided elsewhere for appeals from orders or judgments of the ...

(a) Each workers´ compensation insurer shall disclose on or before March 1 of each year its costs, as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, for the ...

(a) Before an insurance company is authorized to submit statistical data on an employer to any licensed rating organization for purposes of determining the employer´s experience modification factor, ...

Whenever an experience modification factor is applied to the premium of an employer´s policy of workers´ compensation insurance, consideration shall be given to: (1) Any ...

Any insurance company which voluntarily writes a policy for any employer which was self-insured under any provision of this chapter shall include such employer´s prior experience while self-insured ...

It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide an alternative mechanism through which bona fide members of trade associations and professional associations as well as groups ...

As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Administrator' means any individual, partnership, or corporation, except a sponsoring association or associations, designated and authorized by ...

(a) Any group or groups of employers who are engaged in similar business activities may establish a fund or funds provided that: (1) Such fund ...

(a) At least 30 days prior to executing the initial intrastate agreement required by this article, any group authorized to form a fund under this article shall file ...

(a) Any group of municipalities, counties, school boards, or hospital authorities or any trade association or professional association or any other group authorized by this article may enter ...

(a) The Commissioner shall examine the application made under Code Section 34-9-152 to determine whether the fund will be able to comply with the laws of this state ...

The participation by a member in a fund created pursuant to this article shall enable it to comply with its duty as an employer to assure payment of ...

(a) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no person other than a trustee, officer, or administrator of the fund shall solicit membership or participation in ...

(a) A member may elect to terminate voluntarily its participation in a fund by giving at least 90 days´ advance written notice to the fund and to the ...

Each fund created pursuant to this article shall be operated by a board of trustees chosen by the mutual agreement of the participating members of such fund in ...

The board of the fund shall have the following specific powers, together with such other powers granted elsewhere in this article as may be necessary or incidental to ...

On or before March 1 in each year after it shall have commenced to do business pursuant to a certificate of authority, every fund shall make and file ...

In determining the financial condition and solvency of a fund and the financial capacity of a fund to pay workers´ compensation obligations promptly and otherwise to meet its ...

(a)(1) Each fund shall maintain a deposit consisting of securities eligible for deposit by domestic insurance companies in accordance with Chapter 12 of Title 33 in the amount ...

(a) A fund formed pursuant to this article shall possess and thereafter maintain a minimum surplus of not less than $200,000.00. (b) Any fund established ...

(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided for in this article, the investable assets of a fund shall be invested only in securities or other investments permitted by the ...

(a) Each member shall pay into the fund its share of the fund´s projected obligation for workers´ compensation liability, administrative expenses, and other costs incurred by the fund ...

(a) If a fund contracts with an administrator which is not an employee of the fund, the fund and the administrator must enter into a written agreement which ...

Any trustee, officer, or administrator of a fund who receives, collects, disburses, or invests moneys in connection with the activities of the fund shall be responsible for such ...

(a) The Commissioner shall require each administrator to have and maintain a fidelity bond pursuant to Code Section 33-23-102. (b) Errors and omissions coverage or ...

If the Commissioner finds that any fund or its administrator (1) has failed to comply with any provision of this article, (2) is fraudulently operated, (3) is in ...

(a) The Commissioner may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue or renew the certificate of authority of any fund when and if, after investigation, he finds that: ...

Reserved. ...

Funds organized and operating pursuant to this article shall be exempt from state and local premium taxes. ...

(a) The Commissioner shall have the authority to require and conduct periodic examinations to verify the solvency of funds in the same manner and under the same conditions ...

(a) If the assets of a fund are at any time insufficient to enable a fund to discharge its legal liabilities and other obligations and to maintain the ...

The Commissioner shall have authority to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of this article. ...

Any party which is aggrieved by any act, determination, order, or any other action of the Commissioner taken pursuant to this article may request a hearing before the ...

Except as otherwise provided in this article, service of process and venue shall be governed by the applicable provisions of Titles 9 and 14. ...

Notwithstanding any provisions of this article which might be construed to the contrary, no fund shall be considered an insurer for the purposes of Title 33 except for ...

Nothing in this article shall be construed to apply to employers who elect to self-insure individually for workers´ compensation pursuant to Code Section 34-9-121 and the rules of ...

Chapter 6 of Title 33 shall apply to 'funds,' as defined in this article; and, for the purpose of determining whether a violation of that chapter has occurred, ...

(a) An officer, trustee, administrator, member of any committee, or employee of a fund who is charged with the duty of investing or handling the fund´s assets shall ...

(a) The Commissioner may, after a hearing, impose upon a fund an administrative fine if he finds that the fund, through the acts of its officers, employees, agents, ...

Except where otherwise specified in this article, funds established pursuant to this article shall have until July 1, 1998, to comply with the requirements of this article. ...

(a) The employer shall furnish the employee entitled to benefits under this chapter such medical, surgical, and hospital care and other treatment, items, and services which are prescribed ...

(a) In the event of a catastrophic injury, the employer shall furnish the employee entitled to benefits under this chapter with reasonable and necessary rehabilitation services. The employer ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'physician' shall include any person licensed to practice a healing art and any remedial treatment and care in the ...

(a) After an injury and as long as he claims compensation, the employee, if so requested by his employer, shall submit himself to examination, at reasonable times and ...

(a) The pecuniary liability of the employer for medical, surgical, hospital service, or other treatment required, when ordered by the board, shall be limited to such charges as ...

(a) No compensation shall be payable for the death or disability of an employee if his or her death is caused by or, insofar as his or her ...

(a) Fees of physicians and charges of hospitals and other services under this chapter shall be subject to the approval of the State Board of Workers´ Compensation. No ...

(a) Any party to a claim under this chapter, a group insurance company, or other health care provider who covers the costs of medical treatment for a person ...

(a) When an employee has submitted a claim for workers´ compensation benefits or is receiving payment of weekly income benefits or the employer has paid any medical expenses, ...

(a) Any health care provider or group of medical service providers may make written application to the board to become certified to provide managed care to injured employees ...

No compensation shall be allowed for the first seven calendar days of incapacity resulting from an injury, including the day of the injury, except the benefits provided for ...

(a) Income benefits shall be paid periodically, promptly, and directly to the person entitled thereto, without an award, except where liability is controverted by the employer. Payments shall ...

(a) Upon the application of any party when benefits have been continued for a period of not less than 26 weeks, if the board determines that it is ...

Whenever the board deems it expedient, any lump sum, subject to the provisions of Code Section 34-9-222, shall be paid by the employer to some suitable person or ...

Whenever any employee whose injury or death is compensable under this chapter shall at the time of the injury be in the joint service of two or more ...

(a) Whenever payment of compensation, in accordance with the terms of this chapter, is made to a widow or widower for her or his use or for her ...

(a) Except as provided in this Code section, the only person capable of representing a minor or legally incompetent claimant entitled to workerś compensation benefits shall be a ...

(a) If an injured employee refuses employment procured for him or her and suitable to his or her capacity, such employee shall not be entitled to any compensation, ...

(a) Limitation on simultaneous compensation. If an employee received an injury for which income benefits are payable while still entitled to or receiving income benefits for a previous ...

In the event an accident occurs while the employee is employed elsewhere than in this state, which accident would entitle him or his dependents to compensation if it ...

(a) The payment by the employer or the employer´s workers´ compensation insurance carrier to the employee or to any dependent of the employee of any benefit when not ...

(a) Any party to a claim under this chapter, a group insurance company, or other disability benefits provider who provides disability benefits for a person who subsequently files ...

Should the board find that a claimant has received an overpayment of income benefits from the employer, for any reason, the board shall have the authority to order ...

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the average weekly wages of the injured employee at the time of the injury shall be taken as the basis upon ...

While the disability to work resulting from an injury is temporarily total, the employer shall pay or cause to be paid to the employee a weekly benefit equal ...

Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 34-9-263, where the disability to work resulting from the injury is partial in character but temporary in quality, the employer shall ...

(a) Definition. As used in this chapter, 'permanent partial disability' means disability partial in character but permanent in quality resulting from loss or loss of use of body ...

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Harmful noise' means sound in employment capable of producing occupational loss of hearing as defined ...

(a) When an employee is entitled to compensation under this chapter for an injury received and death ensues from any cause not resulting from the injury for which ...

In all claims for compensation for hernia resulting from injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employee´s employment it must be definitely proved ...

As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Disablement' means the event of an employee becoming actually disabled to work, as provided in Code Sections ...

(a) Where the employer and employee are subject to this chapter, the disablement or death of an employee resulting from an occupational disease shall be treated as the ...

Any claimant who shall be entitled to compensation under the terms of this article shall be entitled to burial expenses and medical, hospital, and other treatment in the ...

The provisions of Code Section 34-9-263 with respect to permanent partial industrial disabilities shall apply in the case of an occupational disease, save and except that there shall ...

Where compensation is payable for an occupational disease, the employer in whose employment the employee was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of such disease and the insurance ...

Where an occupational disease is aggravated by any other disease or infirmity not itself compensable or where disability or death from any other cause not itself compensable is ...

Reserved. ...

Reserved. ...

All of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to this article, unless otherwise provided in or inconsistent with this article. ...

Whenever an employer and employee are subject to this chapter, the liability of the employer under this article for the disablement or death of the employee from an ...

Reserved. ...

No compensation shall be payable for an occupational disease if the employee, in the course of or in the course of entering into the employment of the employer ...

The total expenses of the State Board of Workers´ Compensation for the administration, operation, and proper functioning of the board under this article shall be a proper charge ...

(a) When medical questions are in controversy in any claim for compensation for an occupational disease, the parties may agree to refer the employee to a licensed physician ...

Reserved. ...

Reserved. ...

The medical board shall have the same power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of records as the superior courts of this state have to ...

Reserved. ...

It is the purpose of this article to encourage the employment of persons with disabilities by protecting employers from excess liability for compensation when an injury to a ...

As used in this article, the term: (1) 'Merger of an injury with a preexisting permanent impairment' describes or means that: (A) ...

Employers which are self-insured with regard to workers´ compensation benefits but which are not authorized by the State Board of Workers´ Compensation or other regulatory bodies as self-insured ...

There is established a Subsequent Injury Trust Fund which shall be of a perpetual, nonlapsing nature for the sole purpose of making payments in accordance with this article. ...

The administrator and the custodian, before entering upon the performance of their duties, shall each execute and file an official surety bond of not less than $50,000.00. The ...

(a) There is created a Board of Trustees of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund composed of five members who shall serve for a term of six years each. ...

(a) The board of trustees shall appoint the administrator of the fund, and he shall serve at the