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GA Code § 34-8-46 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 2 - Definitions|§ 34-8-46. Temporary Help Contracting Firm

 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 party, providing those individuals to perform work for the third party under the general or direct supervision of the third party. Employment with a temporary help contracting firm is characterized by a series of limited-term assignments of an employee to a third party, based on a contract between the temporary help contracting firm and the third party.A separate employment contract exists between the temporary help contracting firm and each individual it hires as an employee. Completion of an assignment for a third party by an employee employed by a temporary help contracting firm does not, in itself, terminate the employment contract between the temporary help contracting firm and the employee.    (Code 1981, §34-8-46, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)
GA Code § 34-8-47 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 2 - Definitions|§ 34-8-47. Unemployed; Unemployment

 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 are payable to him or her or in any week of less than full-time work if his or her deductible earnings do not equal or exceed his or her weekly benefit amount. The Commissioner shall prescribe regulations applicable to unemployed individuals and shall make such distinctions in the procedures as to total unemployment, partial unemployment of individuals attached to their regular jobs, temporary employment, and other forms of short-time work as is deemed necessary. An individual compensated solely on a commission basis shall be deemed to be unemployed only upon the termination of his or her contract of employment.    (Code 1981, §34-8-47, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 76 Am. Jur. 2d, Unemployment Compensation, §§ 20, 21.   C.J.S.   - 81 C.J.S., Social Security and Public Welfare, §§ 305, 327.   ALR.   - Right to unemployment compensation as affected by employee's refusal to work in areas where smoking is permitted, 14 A.L.R.4th 1234.
GA Code § 34-8-48 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 2 - Definitions|§ 34-8-48. Valid Claim

 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 provided in Code Section 34-8-193.    (Code 1981, §34-8-48, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)
GA Code § 34-8-50 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 2 - Definitions|§ 34-8-50. Week

 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.    (Code 1981, §34-8-50, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)
GA Code § 34-8-51 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 2 - Definitions|§ 34-8-51. Weekly Benefit Amount

 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 week of total unemployment.    (Code 1981, §34-8-51, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)
GA Code § 34-8-71 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Administration|§ 34-8-71. Distribution of Text of Chapter and Other Materials

 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 to the Governor, and any other material the Commissioner deems relevant.Such copies shall be furnished without cost, provided the request for copies is nominal and reasonable.    (Code 1981, §34-8-71, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, §§ 1 et seq., 270, 271, 278.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 248 et seq. 81A C.J.S., Social Security and Public Welfare, §§ 488, 489, 490.
GA Code § 34-8-72 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Administration|§ 34-8-72. Appointment of State and Local or Industry Advisory Councils

 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 employee representatives who may fairly be regarded as representative because of their vocation, employment, or affiliations and of such members representing the general public as the Commissioner may designate. Such councils shall aid the Commissioner in formulating policies and discussing problems related to the administration of this chapter and in assuring impartiality and freedom from political influence in the resolution of such problems. Such advisory councils shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for any necessary expenses.    (Code 1981, §34-8-72, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)
GA Code § 34-8-73 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Administration|§ 34-8-73. Department to Administer Chapter and Programs; Authority to Create, and Delegate Powers and Duties To, Employment Security Agency

  The department shall administer the provisions of this chapter and all programs relating to state employment services and unemployment compensation.   The Commissioner may, at his or her discretion, create an Employment Security Agency and a director of such agency within the department and may delegate in writing to such agency and director and to any subordinate official or employee such powers, duties, and responsibilities as the Commissioner deems appropriate to administer this chapter and the programs relating to state employment services and unemployment compensation.     (Code 1981, §34-8-73, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 241 et seq. 70A Am. Jur. 2d, Social Security and Medicare, §§ 21, 29.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 147 et seq.
GA Code § 34-8-74 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Administration|§ 34-8-74. Appointment, Compensation, Powers, and Duties of Personnel Administering Chapter

 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, experts, and other persons as may be necessary in the performance of the Commissioner's duties under this chapter. The Commissioner may delegate to any such person such power and authority as deemed reasonable and proper for the effective administration of this chapter and may, in the discretion of the Commissioner, bond any persons handling moneys or signing checks under this chapter.    (Code 1981, §34-8-74, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Editor's notes   - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions decided under former Code Section 34-8-74, which was repealed by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1, are included in the annotations for this Code section.    Attorney General to represent Department of Labor. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 84-48 (decided under former § 34-8-74).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Civil Service, § 23 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 241 et seq., 253, 262, 263, 437.   C.J.S.   - 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 199, 204 et seq., 374 et seq., 421 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 147 et seq. 81 C.J.S., Social Security and Public Welfare, § 480. 81A C.J.S., States, § 265.
GA Code § 34-8-75 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Administration|§ 34-8-75. Experience Rating Committee

 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 committee shall be constituted as a continuing committee for the purpose of conducting studies of experience rating and from time to time making recommendations to the Commissioner and the advisory council as to desirable modifications and improvements of the law, procedures, and regulations adopted in connection with the experience rating program.    (Code 1981, §34-8-75, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)
GA Code § 34-8-76 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Administration|§ 34-8-76. Duties of Commissioner to Reduce and Prevent Unemployment

 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 unemployment; to encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining, and vocational guidance; to investigate, recommend, advise, and assist in the establishment and operation, by municipalities, counties, school districts, and the state, of reserves for public works to be used in times of business depressions and unemployment; to promote the reemployment of unemployed workers throughout the state in every other way that may be feasible; and to these ends to carry on and publish in print or electronically the results of investigations and research studies.    (Code 1981, §34-8-76, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 76 Am. Jur. 2d, Unemployment Compensation, §§ 5, 6.   C.J.S.   - 81 C.J.S., Social Security and Public Welfare, § 281 et seq.
GA Code § 34-8-77 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Administration|§ 34-8-77. Creation and Financing of State Employment Service; Cooperation With Federal Agencies; Authority to Establish and Maintain Free Public Employment Offices

  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 in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this chapter and for the purposes of performing such duties as are within the purview of the federal Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 49, as amended. The Commissioner is authorized to cooperate with or enter into agreements with any official or agency of the United States having powers or duties under the federal Wagner-Peyser Act and to do and perform all things necessary to secure to this state the benefits of that act in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices. The provisions of the federal Wagner-Peyser Act are accepted by this state, in conformity with Section 4 of that act, and this state will observe and comply with the requirements thereof. The Department of Labor is designated and constituted the agency of this state for the purposes of that act.   For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, the Commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with the Railroad Retirement Board or any other agency of the United States charged with the administration of any unemployment compensation law, with any political subdivision of this state, or with any private, nonprofit organization; and, as a part of any such agreement, the Commissioner may accept moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution.     (Code 1981, §34-8-77, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 373, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 27 Am. Jur. 2d, Employment Agencies, §§ 15, 16. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 241 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 147 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 264.
GA Code § 34-8-78 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Administration|§ 34-8-78. Board of Review; Appointment, Term of Office, Compensation, and Removal of Members

  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 for a term of six years. Each member shall be compensated for such member's services, which compensation shall be fixed by the Governor and paid from the Employment Security Administration Fund. The Governor may, at any time, after notice and a hearing, remove any member for cause. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term.   The Governor may appoint additional alternative members of the board of review as needed to ensure the prompt and efficient review of cases by the board of review.Those members may participate in any cases in which the other members are unable to participate.   The board of review shall have the powers and authority and shall perform the functions conferred upon it by this chapter.     (Code 1981, §34-8-78, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 76 Am. Jur. 2d, Unemployment Compensation, §§ 8, 14, 85, 88.   C.J.S.   - 81 C.J.S., Social Security and Public Welfare, §§ 297, 298, 377, 383 et seq.
GA Code § 34-8-79 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Administration|§ 34-8-79. State and Federal Cooperation in Administration of Chapter

  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 federal official responsible for the allocation of funds for the administration of this chapter and for making other administrative determinations within the federal province under the federal Social Security Act, as amended; shall make such reports in such form and containing such information as the United States secretary of labor and such federal official may from time to time require and shall comply with such provisions as the United States secretary of labor and such federal official may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and shall comply with the regulations prescribed by the United States secretary of labor and such federal official governing the expenditures of such sums as may be allotted and paid to this state under Title III of the federal Social Security Act for the purpose of assisting in the administration of this chapter.   Upon request therefor, the Commissioner shall furnish to any agency of the United States charged with the administration of public works or assistance through public employment the name, address, ordinary occupation, and employment status of each recipient of benefits and such recipient's rights to further benefits under this chapter.   The Commissioner may request the comptroller of the currency of the United States to cause an examination of the correctness of any return or report of any national banking association rendered pursuant to this chapter and may in connection with such request transmit any such report or return to the comptroller of the currency of the United States as provided in 26 U.S.C. Section 3305(c).     (Code 1981, §34-8-79, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 34.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 11 et seq. 76 Am. Jur. 2d, Unemployment Compensation, §§ 1, 7.   C.J.S.   - 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 156 et seq. 81 C.J.S., Social Security and Public Welfare, § 285 et seq.   ALR.    - State banks, insurance companies, or building and loan associations, which are members of Federal Reserve Bank or similar federal agency, or national banks, as within state Social Security or Unemployment Compensation Act, 165 A.L.R. 1250.
GA Code § 34-8-80 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Administration|§ 34-8-80. Payment of Compensation Under Two or More State Unemployment Compensation Laws

  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 the individual's wages and employment covered under the unemployment compensation laws of other states, which arrangements are approved by the United States secretary of labor in consultation with the state unemployment compensation agencies as reasonably calculated to assure the prompt and full payment of compensation in such situations and which include provisions for (1) applying the base period of a single state law to a claim involving the combining of an individual's wages and employment covered under two or more state unemployment compensation laws and (2) avoiding the duplicate use of wages and employment by reason of such combining.   Payments to another state's trust fund shall be deemed to be benefits for the purposes of Code Sections 34-8-83 through 34-8-86, 34-8-150 through 34-8-161, 34-8-191, and 34-8-193, provided that appropriate charges may be made to employers' accounts for benefits so payable based on wages in this state. The Commissioner is authorized to make payment to other state or federal agencies and receive payment from such other state or federal agencies, in accordance with arrangements pursuant to this Code section.     (Code 1981, §34-8-80, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 34.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Editor's note   - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions decided under Ga. L. 1937, p. 806 are included in the annotations for this Code section.   Interstate arrangements.   - The Commissioner of Labor may enter into arrangements with agencies of other states for the determination and payment of interstate benefit claims under the law. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 360 (decided under former Ga. L. 1937, p. 806).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories and Dependencies, §§ 7, 8. 76 Am. Jur. 2d, Unemployment Compensation, §§ 1, 6, 7.   C.J.S.   - 81 C.J.S., Social Security and Public Welfare, § 281. 81A C.J.S., States, § 60 et seq.   ALR.    - State banks, insurance companies, or building and loan associations, which are members of Federal Reserve Bank or similar federal agency, or national banks, as within state Social Security or Unemployment Compensation Act, 165 A.L.R. 1250.
GA Code § 34-8-82 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Administration|§ 34-8-82. State Reimbursement of Employment Security Administration Fund for Moneys Lost, Wrongfully Expended, or Overexpended

 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 the replacement of any moneys received from the United States secretary of labor or the federal official responsible for the allocation of funds for the administration of this chapter and for making other administrative determinations within the federal province under Title III of the federal Social Security Act; any unencumbered balances in the Employment Security Administration Fund as of that date; any moneys thereafter granted to this state pursuant to the provisions of the federal Wagner-Peyser Act; and any moneys made available by the state or its political subdivisions and matched by such moneys granted to this state pursuant to the provisions of the federal Wagner-Peyser Act, which the United States secretary of labor or other responsible federal official finds, because of any action or contingency, have been lost or have been expended for purposes other than orin amounts in excess of those found necessary by the United States secretary of labor or other responsible federal official. Such moneys shall be promptly replaced by moneys appropriated for such purpose from the general funds of this state to the Employment Security Administration Fund for expenditure as provided in Code Section 34-8-81. The Commissioner shall promptly report to the Governor, and the Governor to the General Assembly, the amount required for such replacement.    (Code 1981, §34-8-82, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 34.)
GA Code § 34-8-83 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 8 - Employment Security|Article 3 - Administration|§ 34-8-83. Establishment, Composition, and Administration of Unemployment Compensation Fund

 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 Commissioner exclusively for the purposes of this chapter. The fund shall consist of:    All contributions collected under this chapter;   All payments in lieu of contributions collected under Code Sections 34-8-158 through 34-8-161;   Interest earned upon any moneys in the fund;   Any property or securities acquired through the use of moneys belonging to the fund;   All earnings of such property or securities;   All moneys credited to this state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund pursuant to Section 903 and related sections of the federal Social Security Act, as amended;   All moneys received from the federal government as reimbursements pursuant to Section 204 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970; and   All moneys received for the fund from any other source.     (Code 1981, §34-8-83, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 76 Am. Jur. 2d, Unemployment Compensation, §§ 2, 14.   C.J.S.   - 81 C.J.S., Social Security and Public Welfare, § 364.