GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 34. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS |
Chapter 8. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY |
Article 5. CONTRIBUTIONS AND PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF CONTRIBUTIONS |
Section 34-8-152. Standard rate
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- (a) The standard rate of contribution shall be 5.4 percent. The standard rate of contribution is the rate from which variations therefrom are computed as provided in Code Section 34-8-155.
(b) No employer's rate shall be reduced below the rate for new employers as specified in Code Section 34-8-151 for any calendar year, except as provided in Code Section 34-8-155, unless and until such employer's account could have been chargeable with benefit payments throughout the 36 consecutive calendar months ending on the computation date for that calendar year.
Code 1981, § 34-8-152, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.