GA HB1493

Grants employees the right to form, join, and assist labor organizations and engage in collective bargaining, while prohibiting employers from discharging or discriminating against employees for union activities, strikes, picketing, or boycotts

Eliminates at-will employment by requiring employers to have "just cause" (a bona fide reason or failure to perform after progressive discipline) to terminate employees

Creates six Worker Standards Boards (Construction, Healthcare, Hospitality, Manufacturer/Warehouse, Retail/Food Service, and Trucking/Transportation) to recommend minimum standards for wages, hours, and safety to the Department of Labor

Requires retail, food service, and hospitality employers with over 100 employees to provide 14-day advance notice of work schedules, pay "predictability pay" for late schedule changes, and allow 10-hour rest periods between shifts

Repeals Georgia's right-to-work provisions, prohibitions on public employee strikes and collective bargaining for teachers, and requires prevailing wages on public works contracts exceeding $25,000