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  2. Bostock v. Clayton County - Wikipedia

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    Georgia had no law protecting LGBT people from employment discrimination at the time. [7] Bostock believed that the county used the claim of misspent funds as a pretext for firing him for being gay, and sought legal recourse for workplace discrimination in 2016 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

  3. Georgia Department of Labor - Wikipedia

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    Through its safety engineering division, the Department of Labor conducts safety inspections and offers workplace safety programs. This division is also responsible for collecting data on workplace injuries that occur in Georgia. The child labor division administers and monitors restrictions for employees less than eighteen years of age and ...

  4. Employment discrimination law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Absent of a provision in a State Constitution, State civil rights laws that regulate the private sector are generally Constitutional under the "police powers" doctrine or the power of a State to enact laws designed to protect public health, safety and morals. All States must adhere to the Federal Civil Rights laws, but States may enact civil ...

  5. Official Code of Georgia Annotated - Wikipedia

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    The enactment of the Code predated the enactment of civil codes in 1866 in Dakota Territory and 1872 in California based on the work of New York-based law reformer David Dudley Field II. [2] In 1889, Field expressly conceded that point in a written article; he credited his lack of awareness of the contemporaneous Georgia project "to the ...

  6. United States labor law - Wikipedia

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    Modern US labor law mostly comes from statutes passed between 1935 and 1974, and changing interpretations of the US Supreme Court. [11] However, laws regulated the rights of people at work and employers from colonial times on. Before the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the common law was either uncertain or hostile to labor rights. [12]

  7. Judge temporarily blocks Georgia law that limits people or ...

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    A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked part of a Georgia law that restricts organizations from helping people pay bail so they can be released while their criminal cases are pending. U.S ...

  8. Shoppers spent a record $10.8 billion online on Black Friday ...

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    'Be wary:' FBI warns shoppers of holiday scams as Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales kick off Shoppers spent $11.3 million online every minute between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., according to the sales ...

  9. Workers' compensation (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In 1855, Georgia and Alabama passed Employer Liability Acts; 26 other states passed similar acts between 1855 and 1907. [9] Early laws permitted injured employees to sue the employer and then prove a negligent act or omission. [10] [11] (A similar scheme was set forth in Britain's 1880 Act. [12]) Statewide workers' compensation laws were passed ...