Veterans Day Paid Leave Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 34 and 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to require that employers provide veteran employees paid leave on Veterans Day; to provide employers who are required to provide such paid leave with an income tax credit for amounts paid to such veteran employees on account of such paid leave; to provide for definitions; to provide a short title; to provide for…

Source: OpenStates · fetched February 11, 2025

• Veteran / service memberdirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  receive paid leave on Veterans Day.

  “require that employers provide veteran employees paid leave on Veterans Day”· Title 34

• W-2 worker (non-union)indirectMinor impactHigh certainty

  may receive paid leave on Veterans Day if they are veteran employees.

  “require that employers provide veteran employees paid leave on Veterans Day”· Title 34

Fiscal impact: Moderate (The fiscal impact is moderate due to the provision of income tax credits to employers, which will reduce state tax revenue. The extent of this impact depends on the number of employers offering this leave and the number of veteran employees.)