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Georgia (GA) Employer Laws

August 24th, 2006 Posted by Rachel

Georgia (GA) employer laws state that since Georgia is an employment at will state, then employers can terminate an employee for any reason at all. However, there are laws that do protect the employee and employers must make themselves aware of these limitations to the employment at will law. Discrimination is not tolerated in any state, even those who are an employment at-will state. So firing an employee based on things like his gender, age, religion, or sexual preference is illegal and employers can face big consequences.

Georgia (GA) employer laws not only protect employees from discrimination, but they also protect them in the event of an accident on the job. While no law can guarantee that an employee won’t get hurt, they can guarantee than an employee will be taken care of in the even that he does get hurt. Georgia (GA) employer laws say that employers with three or more employees must provide worker’s compensation to their employees. This means that if an employee is injured on the job, the employer is liable for hospital bills and in some cases, paid for work missed over seven days.

Of course Georgia (GA) employer laws ensure fair wages are paid to the employee as well. All employees who are not exempt are entitled to receive at least the minimum wage set by the state which is currently the same as the federal minimum wage of $5.15 per hour. Of course this does not apply to tipped employees and employees who are working overtime. Tipped employees should be paid $2.13 per hour plus their tips earned while employees working overtime should receive one and on half times their regular hourly rate.