§ 45-20-110. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Applicant” means a candidate who is offered public employment with any agency, department, commission, bureau, board, college, university, institution, or authority of any branch of state government or who has commenced employment but has not submitted to an established test for illegal drugs. “Established test” means the collection […]
§ 45-20-111. Analysis of Positions Warranting Established Test; Testing Requirements, Cost, and Procedure; Disqualification From Employment for Refusing Test or Showing Positive Results
The head of each agency, department, commission, bureau, board, college, university, institution, or authority shall ensure an analysis is completed on all jobs in his or her organization to determine those positions whose duties and responsibilities warrant conducting an established test for illegal drugs in accordance with the provisions of this Code section. The analysis […]
§ 45-20-71. Confidentiality of Program Related Records or Activities
Program related records or activities which might disclose the nature of the services provided an employee or the identity of an employee utilizing the program shall be maintained on a confidential basis. Such records shall be produced only when the commissioner or his or her designee is satisfied it is needed to respond to a […]
§ 45-20-90. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Employee” means any employee required to be certified under the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 35 receiving a salary or hourly wage from any state agency, department, commission, bureau, board, or authority. “Employee” shall also include any certified employee working under a personnel contract to provide personnel […]
§ 45-20-91. Determination of Employees Subject to Testing
Employees working in high-risk jobs shall be subject to random testing for evidence of use of illegal drugs. The head of each state agency, department, commission, board, bureau, or authority, in conjunction with the DOAS, shall determine those positions and groups of positions whose occupants regularly perform high-risk work where inattention to duty or errors […]
§ 45-20-92. Rules Adopted by State Personnel Board; Certification of Testing Laboratories
The State Personnel Board shall adopt rules to establish: The portion of employees in the high-risk work group that may be selected at random for testing at each testing period; Methods for assuring that employees are selected for testing on a random basis; Methods for assuring that privacy intrusions are minimized during collection of body […]
§ 45-20-93. Grounds for Termination From Employment
Any employee conducting high-risk work found to have used an illegal drug shall be terminated from his or her employment. Any employee who refuses to provide body fluid specimens, when requested to do so in accordance with the random drug testing conducted pursuant to this article and administrative rules and regulations promulgated under this article, […]
§ 45-20-32. Limited Paid Leave for the Purpose of Promoting Education
Each full-time, nontemporary employee of the State of Georgia or of any branch, department, board, bureau, or commission thereof shall be entitled to apply for up to eight hours of paid leave per calendar year for the purpose of promoting education in this state. The State Personnel Board shall submit to the Governor for approval […]
§ 45-20-50. Purpose of Article
It is the purpose of this article to permit voluntary deductions from wages or salaries of employees of the State of Georgia for the benefit of eligible charitable health and human care organizations and to provide for the distribution of funds collected through a process which involves minimal disruption of work time and provides reasonable […]
§ 45-20-51. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Agency” means any agency, as defined in Code Section 45-20-2, which has full-time paid state employees and, in addition thereto, shall include the board of regents, all units of the university system, public authorities, and public corporations. “Charitable organization” means any voluntary health, welfare, educational, or environmental restoration […]