{"id":6696,"date":"2012-04-18T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=6696"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:40:24","slug":"georgia-employment-law","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/resources\/hr-compliance\/georgia-employment-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia employment law overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-primary-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-efae2095 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:25px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7fc3d43a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8e1436f2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<p class=\"\">by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/meet-our-authors\/#brightmine-editorial-team\"><strong>The<\/strong> <strong>Brightmine Editorial Team<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Georgia has laws that provide greater protections to employees than federal law, including health care continuation coverage obligations for smaller employers, but generally follows federal law with respect to topics such as occupational safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Select Georgia employment requirements are summarized below to help an employer understand the range of employment laws affecting the employer-employee relationship in the state. An employer must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/solutions\/reduce-compliance-risk\/\">comply<\/a> with both federal and state law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">An employer must also comply with applicable municipal law obligations affecting the employment relationship, in addition to complying with state and federal requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"eeo-diversity-employee-relations\">EEO, diversity and employee relations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Key Georgia requirements impacting EEO, diversity and employee relations are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fair-employment-practices-ga\">Fair employment practices<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Georgia prohibits employment discrimination based on protected characteristics, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-brightmine-list-item-spacing-small\">\n<li class=\"\">Age (ages 40-70)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Disability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Age Discrimination Act applies to all employers, regardless of size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Georgia Equal Employment for Persons With Disabilities Code, which applies to employers with 15 or more employees, prohibits retaliation against an individual for opposing unlawful discrimination, filing a charge or participating in an investigation or hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"equal-pay-ga\">Equal pay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Under the Georgia Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA), an employer with 10 or more employees must pay the same wage rate to both males and females for equal work in jobs that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-brightmine-list-item-spacing-small\">\n<li class=\"\">Require equal skill, effort and responsibility; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Are performed under similar working conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The EPEWA explicitly says that covered employers do not have to pay the same wage rate to both sexes if such payments are made under the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-brightmine-list-item-spacing-small\">\n<li class=\"\">A seniority system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">A merit system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">A system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">A differential based on any factor other than sex<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Be aware that where there is overlap between federal, state and\/or local law, complying with the law that offers the greatest rights or benefits to the employee will generally apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"recruiting-hiring\">Recruiting and hiring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Key Georgia requirements impacting recruiting and hiring are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"criminal-checks-ga\">Criminal checks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Under Georgia law, an employer may generally base an employment decision on an applicant criminal record. An employer may obtain criminal history information with the applicant&#8217;s written consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">If an employer makes an adverse employment decision based on such records, it must inform the applicant of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-brightmine-list-item-spacing-small\">\n<li class=\"\">That a record was obtained<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The specific contents of the record<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The effect the record had upon the decision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drug testing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">An employer that chooses to conduct preemployment drug and alcohol testing must follow the law, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-brightmine-list-item-spacing-small\">\n<li class=\"\">Providing advance notice of the testing requirement to applicants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Following proper collection and testing procedures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Paying all costs associated with testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">E-Verify<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act (IIREA), a Georgia employer with more than 10 employees must use the federal employment verification system (E-Verify) to confirm the work eligibility of new hires and rehires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Be aware that where there is overlap between federal, state and\/or local law, complying with the law that offers the greatest rights or benefits to the employee will generally apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-secondary-light-gray-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fcdab8bb wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Want to make smarter, more-informed decisions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);font-style:normal;font-weight:500\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-secondary-blue-color has-primary-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"\/us\/products\/hr-compliance-center\/\" style=\"border-radius:100px\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wage-hour\">Wage and hour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Key Georgia requirements impacting wages and hours are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"minimum-wage-ga\">Minimum wage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Georgia&#8217;s minimum wage rate is $5.15 per hour. The state law applies to most employers with more than $40,000 in annual sales and with more than five employees. However, because the federal minimum wage is higher, for most employers in Georgia, the federal minimum wage requirements apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"breastfeeding-breaks-ga\">Breastfeeding breaks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">An employer must provide reasonable paid break time and a private location to an employee who wishes to express breast milk at the work site during work hours. The break time must be paid at the employee&#8217;s regular rate of compensation. Employees paid on a salary basis may not be required to use paid leave or have their salary reduced. Breaks are not required on any day the employee is working away from the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"child-labor-ga\">Child labor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Child labor laws in Georgia restrict the occupations in which minors may be employed and the number of hours and times during which they may work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Minors between the ages of 12 and 16 may not work in certain occupations, industries or locations, such as in manufacturing, mills and factories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Minors between the ages of 12 and 16 may not work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-brightmine-list-item-spacing-small\">\n<li class=\"\">More than four hours on a school day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">More than eight hours on nonschool days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">More than 40 hours in any week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">During school hours (unless the minor has completed senior high school or has been excused from attendance)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Be aware that where there is overlap between federal, state and\/or local law, complying with the law that offers the greatest rights or benefits to the employee will generally apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pay-benefits\">Pay and benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Key Georgia requirements impacting pay and benefits are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"health-care-continuation-ga\">Health care continuation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Georgia requires employers with fewer than 20 employees to offer health care continuation coverage for up to three full months after the month in which coverage was lost. Employers are required to extend continuation coverage to employees and their covered dependents whose coverage terminates for any reason, unless the employee is terminated for cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"payment-of-wages-ga\">Payment of wages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Wages must be paid in cash or by check. Exceptions apply. Wages may be paid by direct deposit or a payroll card account if certain conditions are met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pay-frequency-ga\">Pay frequency<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Nonexempt employees may be paid semimonthly, or twice a month at equal intervals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pay-statements-ga\">Pay statements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Labor pool and worksite employers must provide each employee with a paystub that indicates the number of hours worked, the rate of pay and any deductions taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wage-deductions-ga\">Wage deductions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Union dues may be deducted from wages with the employees&#8217; consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Be aware that where there is overlap between federal, state and\/or local law, complying with the law that offers the greatest rights or benefits to the employee will generally apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"time-off-leaves-absence\">Time off and leaves of absence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Georgia has few laws relating to required time off and leaves of absence for employees. These laws include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-brightmine-list-item-spacing-small\">\n<li class=\"\">Jury and witness duty leave<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Military leave<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Voting leave<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Day of rest requirements (covering employers that operate on Saturday or Sunday)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Be aware that where there is overlap between federal, state and\/or local law, complying with the law that offers the greatest rights or benefits to the employee will generally apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"health-safety\">Health and safety<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Key Georgia requirements impacting health and safety are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"weapons-in-the-workplace-ga\">Weapons in the workplace<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Georgia law generally prohibits an employer from searching an employee&#8217;s locked, privately owned vehicle on the employer&#8217;s parking lot or from conditioning employment on an agreement that prohibits an employee from entering the parking lot when his or her personal vehicle contains a licensed firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"smoke-free-workplace-ga\">Smoke-free workplace<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Georgia Smokefree Air Act bans smoking in all enclosed areas within places of employment. The ban does not apply to certain areas, such as outdoor areas, and an employer may designate smoking areas that meet certain requirements. Proper signage is required where smoking is prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"safe-driving-practices-ga\">Safe driving practices<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Hands-Free Georgia Act prohibits all drivers from using hand-held cell phones and other electronic devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In addition, a commercial motor vehicle driver is prohibited from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-brightmine-list-item-spacing-small\">\n<li class=\"\">Using more than a single button on a wireless telecommunications device to initiate or terminate a voice communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Reaching for a wireless telecommunications device or stand-alone electronic device in a way that requires the driver to no longer be:\n<ul style=\"margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">In a seated driving position; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Properly restrained by a safety belt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Be aware that where there is overlap between federal, state and\/or local law, complying with the law that offers the greatest rights or benefits to the employee will generally apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"organizational-exit\">Organizational exit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Upon the death of an employee, an employer can pay wages due to the employee up to $2,500. The wages must be paid to certain individuals in a specific order, beginning with the beneficiary designated by the employee in writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Be aware that where there is overlap between federal, state and\/or local law, complying with the law that offers the greatest rights or benefits to the employee will generally apply.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column lnrs-hide-block-on-mobile is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--secondary-gray);border-left-width:2px;padding-left:10px;flex-basis:30%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-container-2 is-position-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-secondary-gray-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-db4c44a6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:14px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b827052 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:5px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" class=\"\">In this resource:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#eeo-diversity-employee-relations\">EEO, diversity and employee relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#recruiting-hiring\">Recruiting and hiring<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#wage-hour\">Wage and hour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#pay-benefits\">Pay and benefits<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#time-off-leaves-absence\">Time off and leaves of absence<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#health-safety\">Health and safety<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.274), 16px);line-height:1.3\" class=\"\"><a href=\"#organizational-exit\">Organizational exit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-bleach-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a36fa716 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:14px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:15px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get the full picture. 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