Pesticide Reporting Requirements Region Georgia Required to Report Optional What to Report Any Pesticide-Related Exposure State Office Department of Community Health, Divison of Public Health, Environmental Health and Injury Prevention Branch, Chemical Hazards Program Phone 1 404-657-6534 Reporting Notes For more information about reporting pesticide and chemical exposures in Georgia, please visit the Georgia Department of Public Health's Chemical Hazards Program website: http://dph.georgia.gov/chemical-hazards Worker's Compensation Coverage for Farmworkers Optional Limitations Employer may elect to provider workers' compensation coverage. Statute Ga. Code Ann. § 34-9-2(a)(2) (2009) ("This chapter shall not apply to . . . farm laborers.") Coverage for Undocumented Workers Yes Case Law Earth First Grading & Builders Ins. Group/Ass'n Servs., Inc. v. Gutierrez, 606 S.E.2d 332 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004) (holding that phrase "every person" used in workers' comp statute defining "employee" includes illegal aliens). Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers Undocumented workers are eligible for temporary total disability. Earth First Grading & Builders Ins. Group/Ass'n Servs., Inc. v. Gutierrez, 606 S.E.2d 332, 336 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004) (holding that worker qualified for temporary total disability because his injury restricted his work ability and the employer failed to show that suitable light-duty work had been made available); Dynasty Sample Co. v. Beltran, 479 S.E.2d 773, 775 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996) (affirming an award of total temporary disability benefits to an undocumented worker). Undocumented status does not render a worker unable to accept meaningful work. Earth First Grading & Builders Ins. Group/Ass'n Servs., Inc., 606 S.E.2d at 335. Wet Walls, Inc. v. Ledezma indicated that undocumented workers might also be entitled to permanent partial disability payments. 598 S.E.2d 60 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004). State Workers’ Compensation Website State Board of Workers' Compensation Online forms Forms and Documents Additional Information Wet Walls, Inc. v. Ledezma, 598 S.E.2d 60 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004) (rejecting employer's assertion that requiring it to pay workers' comp benefits to illegal alien contravenes Hoffman Plastics); Continental PET Techs. v. Palacias, 604 S.E.2d 627 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005) (holding that the IRCA of 1986 did not preempt state workers' comp law, and therefore illegal alien could receive benefits). WP Enforcement Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency Department of Agriculture, Pesticides Division: http://agr.georgia.gov/pesticides.aspx Legal Services Referral for Violations Georgia Legal Services Program, Farmworker Rights Division at 404-463-1633 (http://www.glsp.org) Southern Poverty Law Center (based in Atlanta) at 404-521-6700 (http://www.splcenter.org)