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Nursing home owners in the state of Georgia now are subject to the same requirements as frontline caregivers and other employees who interact with residents. Beginning Oct. 1, 2019, employees, owners and administrators will be required to undergo fingerprint…
With America in the throes of a prescription drug crisis, employers face the liability for failing to accommodate an employee’s use of legally prescribed medications. In Georgia, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently sued a Georgia medical center…
The Georgia State Legislature passed SB 160 this last session and just signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal, which greatly expands Georgia’s previous immigration compliance law HB 87. SB 160 potentially imposes greater hardships to many state sub-contractors,…
Effective July 1, 2015, a new law in Georgia – House Bill 328 (HB 328) – will enact similar protections offered to consumers under Section 613 of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Georgia HB 328 will amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of…
For more than four decades, the FCRA has regulated CRAs that furnish consumer reports (i.e., background checks) to third parties such as employers. Over the years, several states have adopted so-called “miniâ€-FCRAs, including Arizona, California, Maine,…
Georgia became the 36th state, plus Washington, D.C., to legalize marijuana extracts to treat illnesses. Gov. Nathan Deal signed the “Haleigh’s Hope Act,” which immediately legalized the use of medical marijuana to treat eight serious medical…
The Department of Justice, Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) has assessed an I-9 related penalty of over $228,000 to M&D Masonry, a Georgia construction contractor, based on an audit conducted in May 2010. While the fine is one of the…