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O.C.G.A. § 45-19-31 — Unlawful practices in advertisement of employment | Georgia Code
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TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 19. Labor Practices, 45-19-1 through 45-19-46.

ARTICLE 2 FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

45-19-31. Unlawful practices in advertisement of employment.

It is an unlawful practice for an employer to print or publish or cause to be printed or published a notice or advertisement relating to employment by such an employer indicating any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age, except that such a notice or advertisement may indicate a preference, limitation, or specification based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age when religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age is a bona fide occupational qualification for employment.

(Ga. L. 1978, p. 859, § 5; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1097, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1302, § 10.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 15 Am. Jur. 2d, Civil Rights, § 342 et seq. 45A Am. Jur. 2d, Job Discrimination, §§ 481 et seq., 492 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 14A C.J.S., Civil Rights, §§ 248, 249, 517, 574.

ALR.

- Recovery of damages for emotional distress resulting from discrimination because of sex or marital status, 61 A.L.R.3d 944.

Application of state law to sex discrimination in employment, 87 A.L.R.3d 93.

Identification of jobseeker by race, religion, national origin, sex, or age, in "Situation Wanted" employment advertising as violation of state civil rights laws, 99 A.L.R.3d 154.

Judicial construction and application of state legislation prohibiting religious discrimination in employment, 37 A.L.R.5th 349.

What constitutes racial harassment in employment violative of state civil rights acts, 17 A.L.R.6th 563.

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