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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) It shall be an unlawful practice for a person willfully to:
(1) Make public with respect to a particular employer or person without the employer's or person's consent information obtained by the administrator or the administrator's employees pursuant to their authority under Code Section 45-19-41, except as shall reasonably be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article;
(2) Retaliate or discriminate in any manner against a person because the person has opposed a practice declared unlawful by this article or because the person has made a charge, filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing concerning an unlawful practice under this article;
(3) Aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in any of the acts or practices declared unlawful by this article;
(4) Obstruct or prevent a person from complying with this article or with any order issued under this article;
(5) Resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the administrator or any of his representatives, employees, or with a special master in the lawful performance of duty under this article; provided, however, that it shall not be a violation of this article for anyone to challenge or resist any action by the administrator or any of his employees or by a special master when there is a good faith belief that the administrator is, or his employees are, or the special master is acting unlawfully or acting in excess of statutory authority; or
(6) Initiate frivolous and unwarranted charges of discrimination against a public employer.
(b) A violation of this Code section shall not be deemed a crime; but any person who willfully violates this Code section may be punished by a civil fine not to exceed $ 1,000.00.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Georgia Code Title 45. Public Officers and Employees § 45-19-44 - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ga/title-45-public-officers-and-employees/ga-code-sect-45-19-44/
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