O.C.G.A. § 34-7-48 (2019)
Recovery by employee working beyond limited hours of service
No employee of any railroad company shall be deprived of his right to recover damages for personal injury by reason of the fact that at the time of such injury he was making a run of more than 13 hours, or making a run aggregating more than 13 hours in 24 hours, or had gone on duty after a 13 hour run, or runs aggregating 13 hours, before ten hours’ rest.
History
(Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 186, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2240; Civil Code 1910, § 2693; Code 1933, § 66-410; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 34/HB 323.)
Annotations
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Liability for injury to an employee as affected by expiration of statu-
tory hours of labor before injury, 71 ALR 861.
CHAPTER 8 EMPLOYMENT SECURITY Sec.
Article 1 General Provisions Sec.
Short title. Declaration of public policy. Right of General Assembly to amend or repeal chapter; effect. Representation by Attorney General.
Article 3 Administration
Article 2
Definitions
Annual payroll; average annual payroll. Base period; alternative base period. Benefits. Benefit year. Bona fide in the labor market. Calendar quarter. Commissioner. Common paymaster. Computation date. Contributions; payments in lieu of contributions. Deductible earnings. Department. Employee leasing company. Employer. Employing unit. Employment. Employment office. Employment Security Administration Fund. Experience rating account. Extended benefits. Fund. Insured work. Liable employer. Most recent employer. State. Supplemental unemployment benefits. Temporary help contracting firm. Unemployed; unemployment. Valid claim.
Wages. Week. Weekly benefit amount.
Duties and powers of Commissioner. Distribution of text of chapter and other materials. Appointment of state and local or industry advisory councils. Department to administer chapter and programs; authority to create, and delegate powers and duties to, Employment Security Agency. Appointment, compensation, powers, and duties of personnel administering chapter. Experience rating committee. Duties of Commissioner to reduce and prevent unemployment. Creation and financing of State Employment Service; cooperation with federal agencies; authority to establish and maintain free public employment offices. Board of review; appointment, term of office, compensation, and removal of members. State and federal cooperation in administration of chapter. Payment of compensation under two or more state unemployment compensation laws. Creation of Employment Security Administration Fund; sources of money for fund; management and control of moneys. State reimbursement of Employment Security Administration Fund for moneys lost, wrongfully expended, or overexpended. Establishment, composition,
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and administration of Unemployment Compensation Fund. Commissioner as custodian of fund; establishment of accounts within fund; deposits of money in accounts. Withdrawals from Unemployment Trust Fund for expenditures under chapter. Management of funds upon discontinuance of Unemployment Trust Fund. Borrowing funds from United States Treasury upon depletion of Unemployment Compensation Fund. Necessary powers in discharge of duties. Application for order requiring persons to obey subpoena issued by Commissioner. Authority to lease property [Repealed]. Benefits limited to extent funds are available. Disposition of fines, penalties, and interest collected; amounts collected pursuant to Code Section 34-8-255 to be returned to Unemployment Compensation Fund. Construction of chapter; severability. Article 4 Disclosure of Records