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GA Code § 34-2-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|§ 34-2-9. Preparation by Commissioner of Annual Report and Recommendations

 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 such changes in the law, applying to and affecting industrial labor conditions, as the Commissioner may deem advisable. Such report shall be kept in the Commissioner's office and shall be available for public inspection during regular business hours. Copies of the report or portions thereof shall be made available on request.   (Ga. L. 1911, p. 133, § 6; Code 1933, § 54-113; Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, § 19; Ga. L. 1978, p. 9, § 1.)
GA Code § 34-2-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|§ 34-2-11. Employer's Duty to Keep Records

 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 worked by each such person and of the wages paid during each pay period to each such person. Such records shall be kept on file for at least one year after the date of the record. No employer shall make or cause to be made any false entries in any such record.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, § 16.)   Cross references.   - Employer's records of hours worked by and wages paid to employees, § 34-4-4.    Duty of employers to maintain records to indicate compliance with minimum wage law, § 34-4-5.    Record-keeping duties of employers under workers' compensation law, § 34-9-12.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48B Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 3168 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 51B C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 1221 et seq., 1376, 1377.   ALR.   - Defamation: loss of employer's qualified privilege to publish employee's work record or qualifications, 24 A.L.R.4th 144.   Validity and construction of statute giving employee the right to review and comment upon personnel record maintained by the employer, 64 A.L.R.4th 619.
GA Code § 34-2-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|§ 34-2-12. Duty of Attorney General and District Attorneys to Prosecute Violations of Those Laws Enforced by Commissioner

 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 or any of his authorized representatives, to prosecute any violation of the law which is made the duty of the Commissioner to enforce.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, § 17.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 6 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 73A C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 575 et seq.   ALR.   - Enforcement of labor board's order against employer's successors, assigns, or the like, 46 A.L.R.2d 592.
GA Code § 34-2-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|§ 34-2-13. Penalties for Violations of Chapter and for False Statements Under Oath

  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 made by any court in connection with the provisions of this chapter for which no penalty has been otherwise provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished for each such offense by a fine of not less than $20.00 nor more than $200.00, by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.   Any person who shall knowingly testify falsely, under oath, or shall knowingly make, give, or produce any false statements or false evidence, under oath, to the Commissioner of Labor or his authorized representatives commits the offense of perjury.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, § 18; Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 3.)   Cross references.   - Offense of perjury generally, § 16-10-70.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, § 18 (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-2-13) is a penal section and must be strictly construed. Plummer v. State, 90 Ga. App. 773, 84 S.E.2d 202 (1954).   Employer's false statements do not support at-will employee's wrongful discharge claim.    - Although a discharged at-will city employee's claims that the employer falsified the separation notice and conspired to deceive the Department of Labor for purposes of denying the employee unemployment compensation benefits could possibly have implicated the criminal provisions of O.C.G.A. §§ 34-2-13(b) and34-8-256(b), there was nothing in those statutes that authorized a wrongful discharge claim on that basis. Reid v. City of Albany, 276 Ga. App. 171, 622 S.E.2d 875 (2005).
GA Code § 34-2-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|§ 34-2-14. Authorization to Establish and Administer Pretrial Intervention Programs

 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 purpose of establishing pretrial intervention programs in such judicial circuits. The Georgia Department of Labor shall be authorized to administer all such programs pursuant to said agreement.    (Ga. L. 1982, p. 1093, § 2; Code 1981, §34-2-15, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1093, § 4; Code 1981, §34-2-14, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1985, p. 708, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 748, § 18.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1985, p. 708, § 3, repealed former Code Section 34-2-14 (Ga. L. 1982, p. 1093, §§ 1, 3), relating to creation of the Correctional Services Division within the Georgia Department of Labor, and redesignated former Code Section 34-2-15 as this Code section.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Dismissal of charges against person completing program.   - If an indictment or accusation has been filed against a person who successfully completes a pretrial diversion program, consent of the court is required before the criminal charge can be dismissed. If the person completes the pretrial diversion program prior to the filing of an indictment or accusation, consent of the court is not required. 1988 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U88-25.
GA Code § 34-2-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 2 - Department of Labor|§ 34-2-16. Service on Commissioner of Labor or the Department of Labor

 Unless otherwise provided by law, all legal documents to be served on the Commissioner of Labor or the Department of Labor shall be served at Georgia Department of Labor, Legal Section, Suite 600, 148 Andrew Young International Boulevard, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751:    By certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested;   By hand delivery; or   In a manner prescribed by law for service of process.     (Code 1981, §34-2-16, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 754, § 1/HB 532.)
GA Code § 34-3-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Hours of Labor in Factories|§ 34-3-1. Hours of Labor in Cotton or Woolen Manufacturing Establishments

 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 force, and all help that may be needed to clean up and make necessary repairs or changes in or of machinery, shall not exceed ten hours per day; or the same may be regulated by employers, so that the number of hours shall not in the aggregate exceed 60 hours per week, provided that nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to prevent any of the aforesaid employees from working such time as may be necessary to make up lost time, not to exceed ten days, caused by accidents or other unavoidable circumstances.   (Ga. L. 1889, p. 163, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2615; Civil Code 1910, § 3137; Ga. L. 1911, p. 65, § 1; Code 1933, § 54-201; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 25; Ga. L. 2002, p. 660, § 4; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1259, § 11.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Legislature intended to remedy unreasonable hours.   - The evil sought to be remedied by the legislature was the unreasonable hours of service of employees working in cotton and woolen manufacturing establishments. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 354.    This section could not be of force in industry engaged in interstate commerce,  since subsequent federal statutes have been enacted which in law supersede state statutes. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 354.   Application of section.   - Whether workers and fixers in textile factories are within the maximum hours provisions of the state law depends upon whether their work is a necessary part of the day's operation, and not merely incidental thereto. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 354.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48B Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, §§ 2925, 2926.   ALR.    - What employers are within "hours of labor" statutes, 16 A.L.R. 537.    Constitutionality of statutes limiting hours of labor in private industry, 90 A.L.R. 814.    Waiver of statutory right to minimum wage or benefit of regulation as to hours of labor, 102 A.L.R. 842; 129 A.L.R. 1145.
GA Code § 34-3-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Hours of Labor in Factories|§ 34-3-2. Effect of Contracts Requiring More Than 40 Hours of Work per Week

 All contracts which require employees of cotton or woolen manufacturing establishments to work more than 40 hours per week shall be null and void.   (Ga. L. 1889, p. 163, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 2616; Civil Code 1910, § 3138; Code 1933, § 54-202.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 17A Am. Jur. 2d, Contracts, §§ 162, 229 et seq. 48B Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 3034 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 17A C.J.S., Contracts, § 261 et seq.
GA Code § 34-3-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Hours of Labor in Factories|§ 34-3-3. Actions for Violations of Chapter; Disposition of Amount Recovered

 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 establishment; and the amount recovered as a fine shall inure to the benefit of the board of education of the county in which the violation shall have occurred.   (Ga. L. 1889, p. 163, § 4; Civil Code 1895, § 2618; Civil Code 1910, § 3140; Code 1933, § 54-204.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 1 Am. Jur. 2d, Actions, § 114 et seq. 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Forfeitures and Penalties, § 75.   C.J.S.   - 1A C.J.S., Actions, § 31 et seq. 36A C.J.S., Fines, §§ 2, 19. 51B C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 1221 et seq. 70 C.J.S., Penalties, § 23.
GA Code § 34-3-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 3 - Hours of Labor in Factories|§ 34-3-4. Penalties for Violations of Chapter

 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 not more than $500.00 for each and every such violation.   (Ga. L. 1889, p. 163, § 3; Civil Code 1895, § 2617; Civil Code 1910, § 3139; Code 1933, § 54-203.)
GA Code § 34-4-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 4 - Minimum Wage Law|§ 34-4-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Minimum Wage Law."   (Ga. L. 1970, p. 153, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48B Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, §§ 2980 et seq., 2996.   ALR.   - Increase, or promise of increase, or withholding of increase, of wages as unfair labor practice under National Labor Relations Act, 137 A.L.R. Fed 333.   Who is "employee employed in agriculture" and therefore exempt from overtime provisions of Fair Labor Standards Act by § 13 (b)(12) of Act (29 U.S.C.A. § 213(b)(12)), 162 A.L.R. Fed. 575.
GA Code § 34-4-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 4 - Minimum Wage Law|§ 34-4-2. Administration and Enforcement of Chapter by Commissioner of Labor

 The Commissioner of Labor shall administer and enforce this chapter and may make rules and regulations for such administration.   (Ga. L. 1970, p. 153, § 3.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Commissioner of Labor has responsibility, authority, and is empowered to enforce provisions of Ga. L. 1970, p. 153 (see now O.C.G.A. Ch. 4, T. 34).  1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-184.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 51B C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 1229, 1380 et seq.
GA Code § 34-4-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 4 - Minimum Wage Law|§ 34-4-4. Authority of Commissioner to Grant Exemptions From Operation of Chapter

  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 chapter. The exemptions so granted shall be based upon considerations of the value of allowing certain classes of persons to be employed at rates below the minimum rate because of overriding considerations of public policy to allow employment of certainpersons with disabilities and others who cannot otherwise compete effectively in the labor market.   The Commissioner of Labor is authorized to conduct investigations and compile information as to the reasons for granting exemptions to certain organizations and businesses pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section. The Commissioner is required to maintain a list of such exemptions, along with the records of the investigations conducted and the basis for the granting of such exemptions, which list and records shall be a public record.    (Ga. L. 1970, p. 153, § 7; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 34; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1302, § 16.)
GA Code § 34-4-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 4 - Minimum Wage Law|§ 34-4-5. Employer's Records of Hours Worked by and Wages Paid to Employees

 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 shall furnish to the Commissioner upon demand a sworn statement of the hours worked and wages paid to each person in his or its employment covered by this chapter. The records covering such hours and payments shall be open to inspection by the Commissioner, his deputy, or any authorized agent of the department at any reasonable time. Each employer subject to this chapter shall post copies of any regulation or order issued pursuant to its provisions in a conspicuous place in an area frequented by his employees.   (Ga. L. 1970, p. 153, § 4.)   Cross references.   - Duty of employers to keep records generally, § 34-2-11.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Commissioner of Labor has responsibility, authority, and is empowered to enforce provisions of minimum wage law (see now O.C.G.A. Ch. 4, T. 34).  1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-184.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48B Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 3168 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 833, 834. 51B C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 1376 et seq.
GA Code § 34-4-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 4 - Minimum Wage Law|§ 34-4-6. Action to Recover Difference Where Employee Paid Less Than Minimum Wage

 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 civil action in superior court for the recovery of the difference between the amount paid and the minimum wage provided in this chapter, plus an additional amount equal to the original claim, which shall be allowed as liquidated damages, together with costs and such reasonable attorney's fees as may be allowed by the court. No contract or agreement between any employer and his employees nor any acceptance of a lesser wage by any employee shall bar the action.   (Ga. L. 1970, p. 153, § 5.)   Cross references.   - Time limitation on actions to recover wages, overtime and damages generally, § 9-3-22.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Arbitration.    - Under the Supremacy Clause, § 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C.A. § 2, pre-empts O.C.G.A. § 34-4-6 and the employee employed under contract requiring arbitration of any claims or disputes cannot bring action under the Georgia statute for unpaid wages. Haluska v. RAF Fin. Corp., 875 F. Supp. 825 (N.D. Ga. 1994).    Cited in  Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y of United States v. Studenic, 77 F.3d 412 (11th Cir. 1996).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48B Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 3220.   C.J.S.   - 51B C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 1413 et seq.   ALR.    - Validity of statutory provision for attorney's fees, 11 A.L.R. 884; 90 A.L.R. 530.    Construction and application of statute providing for attorney's fees in action to recover for wages, 115 A.L.R. 250.    Right of employee of public contractor to maintain action against latter based upon statutory obligation as to rate of wages or upon provisions in that regard in the contract between contractor and the public, 144 A.L.R. 1035.    Right to recover under Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wages, compensation for overtime, or liquidated damages for nonpayment thereof as affected by waiver, release, compromise, offer of compromise, tender, or full payment, 167 A.L.R. 218.   Effect of fraud to toll the period for bringing action prescribed in statute creating the right of action, 15 A.L.R.2d 500; 48 A.L.R.4th 1094.   Validity, and applicability to causes of action not already barred, of a statute enlarging limitation period, 79 A.L.R.2d 1080.   What constitutes "trial," "final trial," or "final hearing" under statute authorizing allowance of attorneys' fees as costs on such proceeding, 100 A.L.R.2d 397.   Settlement negotiations as estopping reliance on statute of limitations, 39 A.L.R.3d 127.   Validity of statute allowing attorney's fee to successful claimant but not to defendant, or vice-versa, 73 A.L.R.3d 515.   Fraud as extending statutory limitations period for contesting will or its probate, 48 A.L.R.4th 1094.
GA Code § 34-5-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 5 - Sex Discrimination in Employment|§ 34-5-2. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor of the State of Georgia.   "Employ" means to permit to work.   "Employee" means any individual employed by an employer, other than domestic or agricultural employees, and includes individuals employed by the state or any of its political subdivisions, including public bodies.   "Employer" means any person employing ten or more employees and acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee. The term "employer," as used in this chapter, means an employer who is engaged in intrastate commerce.   "Occupation" means any industry, trade, business or branch thereof, or any employment or class of employment.   "Person" means one or more individuals, partnerships, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or voluntary associations.   "Wage rate" means all compensation for employment, including payment in kind and amounts paid by employers for employee benefits.    (Ga. L. 1966, p. 582, § 2; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1392, §§ 1, 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 881.   C.J.S.   - 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 6 et seq., 65. 51B C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 1364, 1365.   ALR.   - What constitutes reverse or majority gender discrimination against males violative of federal constitution or statutes - public employment cases, 153 A.L.R. Fed. 609.
GA Code § 34-5-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 5 - Sex Discrimination in Employment|§ 34-5-4. Powers and Authority of Commissioner Under Chapter

  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 shall have the power to:   Assist any employer to ensure that all employees are receiving comparable pay for comparable work in jobs which require comparable skill, effort, and responsibility;   Assist any employer so that the character of the work and operations on which persons are employed can be compared, to question such persons, and to obtain such other information as is reasonably necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter; and   Eliminate pay practices unlawful under this chapter by informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion.     The Commissioner is authorized to request witnesses to appear and to produce pertinent records for examination by the Commissioner or his authorized representative in the county of the place of business of the employer and such witnesses shall be paid the same fees as are allowed witnesses attending the superior courts of this state. In the event of failure of a person to attend, testify, or produce records voluntarily, the Commissioner may make application to the superior court of the county in which the business is located and, after notice and hearing, the court, in its discretion, and upon proper cause shown, may issue an order requiring the person to appear before the Commissioner or his authorized representative and testify or produce records as requested by the Commissioner.   The Commissioner shall have the authority to issue such rules and regulations appropriate to the carrying out of this chapter.    (Ga. L. 1968, p. 1392, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 241 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Civil Rights, § 724 et seq. 51B C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 1531. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 8, 9.