O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 34-8-51 (2019)
Weekly benefit amount
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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As used in this chapter, the term ‘‘weekly benefit amount’’ means the dollar amount, prior to any deductions, which an individual may be entitled to receive for one week of total unemployment.
History
(Code 1981, § 34-8-51, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.)
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Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1983–1989 · leading case: Stuart-James Co. v. Tanner, 380 S.E.2d 257 (Ga. 1989).
Stuart-James Co. v. Tanner, 380 S.E.2d 257 (Ga. 1989). “2 See also OCGA § 34-8-51 (b)(3), exempting commissions paid to real estate salespersons by a broker from the statutory definition of “wages.”
Vocational Placement Servs., Inc. v. Caldwell, 308 S.E.2d 618 (Ga. Ct. App. 1983). “The Department of Labor conducted a “field and wage investigation” and an Adjudicator ruled Adkins was a covered employee under the Employment Security Law.”
Tanner v. Brooks, 378 S.E.2d 405 (Ga. Ct. App. 1989). “The administrative findings that appellee had paid Charlton “wages” within the meaning of OCGA § 34-8-51 (a) and that appellee was an “employer” within the meaning of OCGA § 34-8-38 are undisputed.”
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