RESOURCES
For every nuanced workplace related issue, there is a corresponding governing agency. The following links lead to useful resources freely available on the web.
Georgia Chamber
The Georgia Chamber focuses on the statewide issues that impact Georgia’s entire business community. The chamber works closely with local chambers throughout the state, both through the Georgia Chamber Federation and other unique partnerships. Learn More
COBB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Cobb Chamber is here to help businesses in Cobb County. One of its core tenants of our mission is to aid entrepreneurs and small businesses and driving community and economic development. Learn More
OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ensures safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance. Learn More
GA DOL – UI BENEFITS
The Georgia Department of Labor administers the state’s unemployment insurance benefits program, as well as other services for individuals. For employers, the GA DOL provides a wide array of services to assist businesses in recruiting, hiring, and retaining skilled, highly-qualified employees. It also works with key partners in the economic development realm to promote Georgia as the best place to locate a new or expanding business. Learn More
EEOC
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information, or because the person complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an discrimination investigation or lawsuit. Learn More
US DOL WHD
The US Department of Labour, Wage and Hour Division (WHD) enforces Federal minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. WHD also enforces the Family and Medical Leave Act, wage garnishment provisions of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis Bacon Act and the Service Contract Act and a number of employment standards and worker protections as provided in several immigration related statutes. Learn More
NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) protects the rights of most private-sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve their wages and working conditions, or to refrain from such activities with impunity. Learn More
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
Workers’ compensation law provides for benefits to be paid to employees for injuries arising out of and in the course of employment, without regard to negligence or fault, and at the same time, provides the employer with limited liability. In Georgia, employers with more that three employees obtain worker’s compensation coverage through private insurers or programs of self-insurance. Learn More
SBA
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) helps Americans start, build and grow businesses through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations. Learn More
MSPB
The Merit Systems Protection Board is an independent quasi-judicial agency established in 1979 to protect federal merit systems against partisan political and other prohibited personnel practices and to ensure adequate protection for federal employees against abuses by agency management. Learn More