Title 45

(a) This subsection shall apply whenever any department or agency proposes to terminate the employment of one or more classified employees through a reduction in force. No termination subject to this subsection shall become effective until at least 30 days after the affected empl…

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Appointing authority’’ means the person or groups of persons authorized by law or delegated authority to make appointments to fill positions. (2) ‘‘Classified employee’’ means an employee who was in the classified service as of June 30, 19…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) ‘‘Employing unit’’ means that budget unit under the Appropriations Act through which an officer or employee receives compensation for services rendered as such officer or employee. (2) ‘‘Federal law’’ means Section 3(a) of the Milit…

The State Personnel Board shall provide for a performance management system for the periodic review and rating of the quality and quantity of work performed by employees. All agencies of the executive branch, exclusive of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, …

(a)(1) The State Personnel Board shall provide direction by which the state’s personnel policies shall be administered. The state’s personnel policies shall constitute a state merit system of personnel administration. The board shall hold regular meetings as needed for the proper…

(a) At least 30 days prior to the date of a public hearing held by the board to consider the adoption of rules or regulations to effectuate this chapter, the commissioner shall transmit a notice containing an exact copy of the proposed rule or regulation to each member of the Sen…

The duties and responsibilities of the commissioner in the administration of this chapter shall be: (1) To serve as executive secretary to the board, to attend meetings as directed by the board, and to provide such professional, technical, and other supportive assistance as may b…

(a) Any officer or employee who occupied a classified position under the State Personnel Administration prior to July 1, 1996, or as provided in Code Section 15-11-69 shall remain in the classified service so long as such officer or employee shall remain in a classified position …

(a) Classified employees who have successfully completed a working test period may be dismissed from employment or otherwise adversely affected as to compensation or employment status only if such action is taken in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Personnel…

(a) Any laws to the contrary notwithstanding, all hearings on dismissals, other adverse personnel actions, and other purported violations of the rules and regulations as applied to classified employees shall be instituted by filing a written appeal with the Office of State Admini…

Each state, county, and municipal officer and employee in this state shall be allowed a leave of absence, without loss of pay, of not more than eight hours in each calendar year for the purpose of donating blood. This absence shall be computed at two hours per donation, up to fou…

(a) Each employee of the State of Georgia or of any branch, department, board, bureau, or commission of the State of Georgia who serves as an organ donor for the purpose of transplantation shall receive a leave of absence, with pay, of 30 days and such leave shall not be charged …

Each full-time, nontemporary employee of the State of Georgia or of any branch, department, board, bureau, or commission thereof shall be entitled to apply for up to eight hours of paid leave per calendar year for the purpose of promoting education in this state. The State Person…

It is the purpose of this article to permit voluntary deductions from wages or salaries of employees of the State of Georgia for the benefit of eligible charitable health and human care organizations and to provide for the distribution of funds collected through a process which i…

As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Agency’’ means any agency, as defined in Code Section 45-20-2, which has full-time paid state employees and, in addition thereto, shall include the board of regents, all units of the university system, public authorities, and public corpor…

The board shall set policy for administration of this article and shall have full power to promulgate, adopt, amend, or revoke such rules and regulations consistent with this article as may be necessary to implement this article. The board shall have specific authority to establi…

(a) Any agency is authorized to deduct from the salaries or wages of its employees amounts designated by the employee for the purpose of contribution to charitable organizations. No such deduction procedure shall be implemented without the approval of the chief executive officer …

(a) No person shall disclose to any other person names of contributors or the amounts or designations of authorized charitable deductions of another, except as is necessary to accomplish the purpose of this article or as otherwise authorized in writing by the person whose contrib…

The board shall promulgate regulations necessary and expedient to accomplishing the distribution of funds deducted from employees’ salaries, honoring employee designations. Undesignated funds shall be fairly and impartially distributed as determined by the board. (Ga. L. 1982, p.…

The state shall be reimbursed by participating charitable organizations, in direct proportion to their receipts, for its additional direct cost of making deductions and remitting the proceeds. To minimize time and administrative expense, activities related to the management of th…

Deductions from salaries of employees and transmittal of funds to charitable organizations may be offered as a privilege for the convenience of employees and no right of action shall accrue to the employee or to any charitable organization for errors, omissions, or decisions of a…

As used in this article, the term ‘‘employee assistance program’’ or ‘‘program’’ means a service established to assist state employees in coping with and overcoming persistent problems that jeopardize the employee’s effective job performance. (Code 1981, § 45-20-70, enacted by Ga…

The board is authorized in its discretion to establish an employee assistance program for all state employees and to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for its administration. (Code 1981, § 45-20-70.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 13, § 45; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1377, § 5; Ga. L.…

Program related records or activities which might disclose the nature of the services provided an employee or the identity of an employee utilizing the program shall be maintained on a confidential basis. Such records shall be produced only when the commissioner or his or her des…

As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Employee’’ means any employee required to be certified under the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 35 receiving a salary or hourly wage from any state agency, department, commission, bureau, board, or authority. ‘‘Employee’’ shall also incl…

(a) Employees working in high-risk jobs shall be subject to random testing for evidence of use of illegal drugs. (b) The head of each state agency, department, commission, board, bureau, or authority, in conjunction with the DOAS, shall determine those positions and groups of pos…

(a) The State Personnel Board shall adopt rules to establish: (1) The portion of employees in the high-risk work group that may be selected at random for testing at each testing period; (2) Methods for assuring that employees are selected for testing on a random basis; (3) Method…

(a) Any employee conducting high-risk work found to have used an illegal drug shall be terminated from his or her employment. (b) Any employee who refuses to provide body fluid specimens, when requested to do so in accordance with the random drug testing conducted pursuant to thi…

As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Applicant’’ means a candidate who is offered public employment with any agency, department, commission, bureau, board, college, university, institution, or authority of any branch of state government or who has commenced employment but has…

(a) The head of each agency, department, commission, bureau, board, college, university, institution, or authority shall ensure an analysis is completed on all jobs in his or her organization to determine those positions whose duties and responsibilities warrant conducting an est…