State Update Overview
| Date Updated | July 2023 |
| Labor Law Update | The State of Georgia Workers’ Compensation Law; EEOC “Know Your Rights” and DOL “Employee Rights Under the FLSA” Posters |
| What Changed | New maximum weekly compensation and revised form; Recently enacted Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and Provide Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP) |
| Mandatory or Non-Mandatory | Mandatory |
| Updated Poster | Georgia Labor Law Poster |
In July 2023, the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation revised its Bill of Rights for the Injured Worker and Panel of Physicians notices.
Georgia Workers’ Compensation Bill of Rights Notice Update
- Weekly maximum compensation of $800 for per week for catastrophic and non-catastrophic accidents, and widowed spouses.
- Workers able to return to work but at a lower paying job are entitled to a weekly maximum of $533.33.
- Widowed spouses with no children will be paid a maximum of $320,000.
Georgia Workers’ Compensation Panel of Physicians Notice Update
- Revised form highlights insurer’s information and requires insurer’s email address
- Checkbox for additional forms
Effective June 27, 2023, the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer an undue hardship. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated its “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster to summarize the new law.
EEOC “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster Updates
- Illegal employment discrimination on the bases of sex includes childbirth.
- Illegal employment discrimination includes interference, coercion, or threats related to exercising rights regarding disability discrimination or pregnancy accommodation.
- Failure to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition can be considered discriminatory.
- Discriminatory employment practice can include conduct that coerces, intimidates, threatens, or interferes with someone exercising their rights, or someone assisting or encouraging someone else to exercise rights, regarding disability discrimination (including accommodation) or pregnancy accommodation.
Effective April 28, 2023, the Provide Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP) extends the right to receive break time to pump and a private place to pump at work to more nursing employees. The federal Department of Labor (DOL) revised its “Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” poster to include changes from the new law.
DOL “Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” Poster Updates
- The section titled Nursing Mothers has been changed to Pump at Work.
- The right to break time to express breast milk previously only applied to employees subject to the overtime requirement under the FLSA (non-exempt employees). This reference has been removed.
- The revised poster clearly notes that narrow exemptions may apply to the pump at work requirements.
Georgia Labor Law Poster Update
All businesses within the State of Georgia must display the new Worker’s Compensation “Bill of Rights”, “Panel of Physicians”, “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal”, and “Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” posters along with other state and federally mandated posting requirements where they are sufficiently accessible and viewable to all employees. These changes have been reflected in our Georgia & Federal Labor Law Poster and require an immediate mandatory update. Failure to meet compliance requirements and display the updated posters could result in fines.
Order the Georgia & Federal Labor Law Poster to immediately include these new required state and federal laws.
