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Georgia Code Title 34. Labor and Industrial Relations § 34-5A-2

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Any individual working for a county, municipality, or consolidated government as an employee or in a similar capacity shall have a cause of action for retaliation against the county, municipality, or consolidated government if such county, municipality, or consolidated government has discharged, suspended, demoted, or taken any other adverse action against the individual in the terms or conditions of the work relationship because the individual has:

(1) Opposed sexual harassment;

(2) Made a report or a charge, or filed any complaint related to sexual harassment;

(3) Instituted or caused to be instituted, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action related to sexual harassment; or

(4) Provided information, testified, or is known by the county, municipality, or consolidated government to be planning to testify in any manner in any such investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action related to sexual harassment.

(b) Such individual may institute such a civil action in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Code Section 45-1-4, and a court may order any or all of the relief described in paragraph (2) of subsection (e) and subsection (f) of Code Section 45-1-4.

(c) Nothing in this Code section shall be interpreted to prohibit the county, municipality, or consolidated government from taking appropriate corrective or remedial action against any individual who it determines has engaged in or facilitated sexual harassment.

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