Georgia Code, Title 45, Chapter 19, Article 2 - Fair Employment Practices

• § 45-19-20 - Short Title
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978."
• § 45-19-21 - Purposes and Construction of Article
  (a) The general purposes of this article are: (1) To provide for execution within public employment in the state of the policies embodied in...
• § 45-19-22 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Administrator" means the administrator of the Commission on Equal Opportunity provided for by Code Section 45-19-24,...
• § 45-19-23 - Creation of Board of Commissioners of the Commission on Equal Opportunity; Members; Terms; Officers; Meetings; Compensation of Members; Powers and Duties of Board; Annual Report to Governor and General Assembly; Special Masters' List
  (a) A Board of Commissioners of the Commission on Equal Opportunity is created. The board shall consist of nine persons. Subject to confirmation by...
• § 45-19-24 - Commission on Equal Opportunity Created; Appointment of Administrator; Assignment of Commission to Governor for Administrative Purposes
  There is created the Commission on Equal Opportunity. The Governor shall appoint an administrator of the Commission on Equal Opportunity who shall serve at...
• § 45-19-25 - Function of Administrator
  The function of the administrator shall be to encourage fair treatment for public employees and to discourage unlawful discrimination in public employment.
• § 45-19-26 - Attorney General to Be Legal Adviser to Administrator
  The Attorney General shall be the legal adviser for the administrator.
• § 45-19-27 - Additional Powers and Duties of Administrator
  In the enforcement of this article the administrator shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To maintain an office in the City of...
• § 45-19-28 - Limitation on Provisions of Article Relating to Age Discrimination
  The provisions of this article relating to discrimination in employment on the basis of age shall apply only to individuals who are at least...
• § 45-19-29 - Unlawful Practices Generally
  It is an unlawful practice for an employer: (1) To fail or refuse to hire, to discharge, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual...
• § 45-19-30 - Unlawful Practices in Training or Apprenticeship Programs
  It is an unlawful practice for an employer controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining including on-the-job training programs to discriminate against an individual...
• § 45-19-31 - Unlawful Practices in Advertisement of Employment
  It is an unlawful practice for an employer to print or publish or cause to be printed or published a notice or advertisement relating...
• § 45-19-32 - Unlawful Practice for Party to Violate Conciliation Agreement
  It is an unlawful practice for a party to a conciliation agreement made pursuant to subsection (e) of Code Section 45-19-36 to violate the...
• § 45-19-33 - Different Standards of Compensation or Different Terms and Conditions of Employment Where Not Based on Race, Color, Religion, Sex, National Origin, Disability, or Age
  It is not an unlawful practice for an employer to apply different standards of compensation or different terms, conditions, or privileges of employment pursuant...
• § 45-19-34 - Hiring, Employing, or Selecting for Training Programs Where Religion or National Origin a Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
  It is not an unlawful practice for an employer to hire and employ employees or to select an individual in any training program on...
• § 45-19-35 - Use of Quotas Because of Imbalances in Employee Ratios Prohibited; Grants of Preferential Treatment to Certain Individuals or Groups Not Required by Article; Adoption of Plans Required by Governor to Reduce Imbalance; Effect of Article Upon Certain Employment Practices
  (a) Quotas because of imbalances in employee ratios shall not be permitted.(b) Nothing contained in this article requires an employer to grant preferential treatment...
• § 45-19-36 - Filing Complaints of Unlawful Practice; Action by Administrator
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "respondent" means an employer charged with an alleged unlawful practice.(b) An individual claiming to be...
• § 45-19-37 - Appointment of Special Master to Conduct Hearing on Complaint; Procedure
  (a) Unless the administrator has issued an order dismissing the complaint or stating the terms of a conciliation agreement within 90 days after a...
• § 45-19-38 - Findings, Conclusions, and Order of Special Master Generally; Order to Cease and Desist From Unlawful Practice and to Take Remedial Action
  (a) If the special master determines that the respondent has not engaged in an unlawful practice, the special master shall state the special master's...
• § 45-19-39 - Appeal to Superior Court of Final Order of Special Master or Complaint Dismissed by Administrator
  (a) Any party to a hearing before a special master or a complainant whose complaint has been dismissed by the administrator may appeal any...
• § 45-19-40 - Entry of Court Judgment Based Upon Final Order of Administrator or Special Master; Notification of Parties; Effect of Judgment
  Any person affected by a final order of the administrator or a special master may file in the superior court of the county of...
• § 45-19-41 - Administrator to Have Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Claims Under Article; Final Determination of Claim Bars Further State Actions
  The administrator shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim of any unlawful practice under this article. A final determination of a claim alleging an...
• § 45-19-42 - Procurement of Violation of Article by Person Not Subject Thereto Not a Defense
  It shall not be a defense to a violation of this article by any person subject to this article that the violation was requested,...
• § 45-19-43 - Access of Administrator or Designee to Premises, Records, and Documents; Persons Required to Make and Keep Employment Records; Application for Relief From Order Due to Hardship; Unlawful for Administrator or Employee of Administrator to Make Information Public
  (a) In connection with an investigation of a complaint of an unlawful practice filed under this article, the administrator or the administrator's designee shall...
• § 45-19-44 - Unlawful Practices Punishable by Civil Fine
  (a) It shall be an unlawful practice for a person willfully to: (1) Make public with respect to a particular employer or person without...
• § 45-19-45 - Unlawful Conspiracies
  It shall be an unlawful practice for a person or for two or more persons to conspire: (1) To retaliate or discriminate in any...
• § 45-19-46 - Overtime Compensation
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Overtime hours" means hours worked by a public employee for which payment of time...

Last modified: October 14, 2016