Workers' Compensation Injuries in Georgia:
What Employees Should Know About Their Rights
As a general rule, any employer that has, regularly in service, three or more employees, must have workers' compensation insurance coverage.
Georgia workers' compensation laws do not apply to the following categories of employment:
1. Certain employees of the United States Government;
2. Railroads;
3. Farm laborers;
4. Domestic servants;
5. Licensed real estate sales persons with written contracts of employment providing for services as independent contractors.
If an employer who is subject to the Georgia Workers' Compensation Act has the requisite number of employees and fails to provide workers' compensation coverage, the employer can be held personally liable for the benefits due under the Workers' Compensation Act and may, under certain circumstances, be required to pay penalties and the employee's attorneys' fees if the case is found to be compensable.
BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT:
The primary benefits available to an injured worker under the Workers' Compensation Act are as follows:
