2020 Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 34-9-10. Relief of Employer From Obligations Under Chapter

No contract or agreement, written, oral, or implied, nor any rule, regulation, or other device shall in any manner operate to relieve any employer in whole or in part from any obligation created by this chapter except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter.

(Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 7; Code 1933, § 114-111.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Workers' Compensation, §§ 7, 34.

- Validity of agreement by injured employee that employer shall have benefit of workmen's compensation, 96 A.L.R. 1019.

Statutory provisions regarding action against employer who does not assent to Workmen's Compensation Act as affirmative support for right of action by employee, not otherwise existing, 97 A.L.R. 1297.

Status of independent contractor as distinguished from employee for purposes of Workmen's Compensation Act as affected by intention to evade or avoid the requirements of that act, 107 A.L.R. 855.

Cancellation or attempted cancellation of insurance under Workmen's Compensation Act, 107 A.L.R. 1514.

Rights and obligations under Workmen's Compensation Act in respect of claims by employees of corporation during receivership or conservatorship of employer, 111 A.L.R. 328.

Right to compensation under Workmen's Compensation Act as affected by pension, insurance, gratuities, or other benefits not derived from the act itself, 119 A.L.R. 920.

Transfer of business as affecting common-law remedy or workmen's compensation in respect of injuries subsequently sustained by employee, 150 A.L.R. 1166.

Discharge in bankruptcy as affecting employer's liability for contributions under Workmen's Compensation Act, 161 A.L.R. 217.