Title 45 — Title 45
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O.C.G.A. § 45-19-20 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978.’’ (Ga. L. 1978, p. 859, § 25; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1097, § 1.)
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-21 Purposes and construction of article
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(a) The general purposes of this article are: (1) To provide for execution within public employment in the state of the policies embodied in Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 241), as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 103)…
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-22 Definitions
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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, which agency is composed of an Equal Employment Division and a Fair Housing Division. (2) ‘‘Board’’ means the Board of Co…
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-25 Function of administrator
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The function of the administrator shall be to encourage fair treatment for public employees and to discourage unlawful discrimination in public employment. (Ga. L. 1978, p. 859, § 11; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1097, § 1.)
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-26 Role of Attorney General
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The Attorney General shall be the legal adviser for the administrator. (Ga. L. 1978, p. 859, § 12; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1097, § 1.)
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-27 Additional powers and duties of administrator
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In the enforcement of this article the administrator shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To maintain an office in the City of Atlanta and such other offices within the state as the administrator may deem necessary; (2) To meet and exercise the administrator’s powers a…
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-28 Limitation on provisions of article relating to age discrimination
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Sec. 45-19-29. Unlawful practices generally.
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-29 Unlawful practices generally
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It is an unlawful practice for an employer: (1) To fail or refuse to hire, to discharge, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to the individual’s compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of such individual’s race, color, rel…
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-30 Unlawful practices in training or apprenticeship programs
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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 because of such individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age in admis…
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-31 Unlawful practices in advertisement of employment
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45-19-32. Unlawful practice for party to violate conciliation agreement. 45-19-33. Different standards of compensation or different terms and conditions of employment when not based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age. 45-19-34. Hiring, employing, o…
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-36 Filing complaints of unlawful practice; action by administrator
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(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 aggrieved by an unlawful practice or another person on behalf of an individual claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful practice …
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-44 Unlawful practices punishable by civil fine
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(a) It shall be an unlawful practice for a person willfully to: (1) Make public with respect to a particular employer or person without the employer’s or person’s consent information obtained by the administrator or the administrator’s employees pursuant to their authority under …
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-45 Unlawful conspiracies
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It shall be an unlawful practice for a person or for two or more persons to conspire: (1) To retaliate or discriminate in any manner against a person because the person has opposed a practice declared unlawful by this article or because the person has made a charge, filed a compl…
O.C.G.A. § 45-19-46 Overtime compensation
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘Overtime hours’’ means hours worked by a public employee for which payment of time and one-half overtime compensation or time and one-half compensatory time is required pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. 207, et…