In Georgia, not yet. Unfortunately, in April 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has decided that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, religion, and gender, does not protect sexual orientation. By a 9-2 vote, the full appeals court declined…
Georgia law requires employers to give employees who have given reasonable notice of their need for time off to vote, up to two hours off, to vote in any municipal, county, state, or federal election for which the employee is registered and qualified. O.C.G.A. § 21-2-404. But if the employee’s normal work hours start two…
No, not in Georgia. Under Georgia law, it is illegal to fire an employee because of his or her absence from work due to jury service or for responding to a subpoena. Georgia’s statute, O.C.G.A. § 34-1-3 states, “it shall be unlawful for any employer … to discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize an employee because the…