Employment

Legal Authority

The Fair Labor Standards Act

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Americans with Disabilities Act)

Family and Medical Leave Act

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967

Equal Pay Act of 1963

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, Title II

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Ga. Const. Art. IX, Sec. II, Para. I(c)(1)

O.C.G.A. § 34-4-1 et seq.

O.C.G.A. § 34-4-3.1

O.C.G.A. § 34-5-1 et seq.

O.C.G.A. § 34-6A-1 et seq.

O.C.G.A. § 34-7-1

O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1(2)

O.C.G.A. § 36-1-11

O.C.G.A. § 36-1-11.1

O.C.G.A. § 36-1-21

O.C.G.A. § 36-5-20

O.C.G.A. § 38-2-279

O.C.G.A. § 45-2-2

O.C.G.A. § 45-2-5 et seq.

Publications

Computing County Official Salaries for 2012

Constitutional County Officers: Budgeting, Contracting and Other Issues: A Guidebook for County Commissioners (2011)

Personnel Management (Handbook for Georgia County Commissioners 2010)

Liability of Public Officials and the County (Handbook for Georgia County Commissioners 2010)

U.S. Supreme Court Places Greater Burden on Employers Defending Age Claims (Georgia County Government Magazine, October 2008)

Georgia’s Fair Employment Practices Act (Georgia County Government Magazine, August 2008)

Military Leave of Absence for County Officials and Employees: Update (County Line, January 2003)

Legal Status of Public Employee Labor Organizations in Georgia (1975)

Resources

U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division

U.S. Department of Labor FLSA Compliance Assistance

U.S. Department of Labor FMLA

E-laws: Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses

Georgia Department of Labor

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division

Disability.gov

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve

U.S. Department of Labor VETS

DCA Wage and Salary Survey