O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 34-1-9 (2019)

Franchisee nor franchisee’s employee shall be deemed to be employee of franchisor; applicability

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) As used in this Code section, the terms ‘‘franchisee’’ and ‘‘franchisor’’ shall have the same meanings as provided in 16 C.F.R. Section 436.1 as such existed on August 26, 2015.

(b) Notwithstanding any order issued by the federal government or any agreement entered into with the federal government by a franchisor or a franchisee, neither a franchisee nor a franchisee’s employee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for any purpose.

History

(Code 1981, § 34-1-9, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 616, § 2/SB 277.)

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2016, p. 616, § 1/SB 277, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall be

known and may be cited as the ‘Protecting Georgia Small Businesses Act.’ ’’

Law reviews. - For annual survey of labor and employment law, see 68 Mercer L. Rev. 151 (2016).