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title: O.C.G.A. § 34-2-11. Employer’s duty to keep records.
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# O.C.G.A. § 34-2-11. Employer’s duty to keep records.

Every employer shall keep a true and accurate record of the name, address, and occupation of each person employed by him, and of the daily and weekly hours worked by each such person and of the wages paid during each pay period to each such person. Such records shall be kept on file for at least one year after the date of the record. No employer shall make or cause to be made any false entries in any such record.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, § 16.

## Cross References

Employer’s records of hours worked by and wages paid to employees, § 34-4-4. Duty of employers to maintain records to indicate compliance with minimum wage law, § 34-4-5. Record-keeping duties of employers under workers’ compensation law, § 34-9-12.