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GA SB292
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/26/2016
Primary Sponsor
Vincent Fort
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AI Summary
- Repeals Georgia Code Section 34-4-3.1, which currently prohibits local government entities (counties, municipalities, consolidated governments, authorities, and boards of education) from adopting, maintaining, or enforcing wage or employment benefit mandates on employers
- Removes the existing state preemption that blocks local governments from requiring employers to pay wages or provide benefits (such as health, disability, retirement, paid leave, or profit-sharing) beyond what state or federal law requires
- Eliminates the current prohibition on local governments using purchasing or contracting procedures to influence wages or employment benefits offered by their vendors, contractors, and service providers
- Would effectively restore the ability of local government entities in Georgia to set their own minimum wage rates and employment benefit requirements for private employers operating within their jurisdictions
Legislative Description
Minimum Wage Law; preemption of wage and employment benefit mandates adopted by a local government entity; repeal certain provisions
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
1/27/2016
Full Bill Text
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