Labor Law Requirements

• Unemployment Insurance (Required)
• Vacation (Required)
• Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (Required)
• Workers' Compensation Bill for Rights (Required)
• Workers’ Compensation Conformed Panel (Required)
• Workers’ Compensation Managed Care Organizations (MCO)* (Required)

• Family and Medical Leave (Required)
• Equal Employment Opportunity (Required)
• USERRA (Required)
• OSHA (Required)
• Federal Minimum Wage (Required)
• Polygraph Protection Test (Required)
• NLRA (Required)

Recent Changes

E-Verify - January 2012

Georgia requires all employers with 10 or more employees to utilize the E-Verify system. This is for all employers, not just public employers and contractors.
Effective Dates:
January 1, 2012 for employers with 500 or more employees.
July 1, 2012 for employers with 100 or more, but fewer then 500, employees.
July 1, 2013 for employers with 10 or more, but fewer then 100, employees.

E-Verify is a separate poster available for free download in our Specialty Poster section and is NOT included on the GA All-In-One poster. You must post an E-Verify Participation poster and a Right to Work notice. Both posters are required to be posted in English and Spanish.

Workers' Compensation - Equal Pay Notice - October 2011

• Workers' Compensation - Non-substantive formatting changes
• Equal Pay Notice - Non-substantive formatting changes

Workers Compensation - January 2010

Non-substantive formatting changes.

Bill of Rights for the Injured Worker - July 2007

New notice in which weekly benefit amounts and reduced wages benefit amounts have been increased.

E-Verify - July 2007

Pursuant to the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act, passed on April 18, 2006, public employers and contractors with the state of Georgia must use E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of newly hired employees. This law has three effective dates for public employers and contractors, including subcontractors, to participate in E-Verify: (1) effective July 1, 2007, for every public employer and contractor, including every subcontractor, who has 500 or more employees, (2) effective July 1, 2008, for every contractor, including every subcontractor, who has 100 or more employees, and (3) effective July 1, 2009, for every contractor, including every subcontractor, who has 99 or fewer employees.
E-Verify is a separate poster available for free download in our Specialty Poster section and is NOT included on the GA All-In-One poster. You must post an E-Verify Participation poster and a Right to Work notice. Both posters are required to be posted in English and Spanish.