2020 Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 34-9-7. Presumption of Applicability of Chapter to Contracts Between Employers and Employees Covered by Chapter
Every contract of service between an employer and an employee covered by this chapter, whether such contract is written, oral, or implied, shall be presumed to have been made subject to this chapter except contracts of service between those employers and employees listed in Code Section 34-9-2.
(Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 6; Code 1933, § 114-110; Ga. L. 1972, p. 929, § 2.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Workers' Compensation, § 1.
C.J.S.- 100 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, §§ 877, 878, 895 et seq.
ALR.
- Workmen's Compensation Act as affected by intention to evade or avoid the requirements of that act, 107 A.L.R. 855.
Jurisdiction to consider, and grounds of, attack upon employee's acceptance or rejection of Workmen's Compensation Act, 137 A.L.R. 747.
Applicability and effect of Workmen's Compensation Act in cases of injury to minors, 142 A.L.R. 1018.
