If any employer pays any employee a lesser amount than the minimum wage provided in this chapter, the employee, at any time within three years, may bring a civil action in superior court for the recovery of the difference between the amount paid and the minimum wage provided in this chapter, plus an additional amount equal to the original claim, which shall be allowed as liquidated damages, together with costs and such reasonable attorney’s fees as may be allowed by the court. No contract or agreement between any employer and his employees nor any acceptance of a lesser wage by any employee shall bar the action.
History. Ga. L. 1970, p. 153, § 5.
Cross references.
Time limitation on actions to recover wages, overtime and damages generally, § 9-3-22 .
Structure Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
§ 34-4-2. Administration and Enforcement of Chapter by Commissioner of Labor
§ 34-4-3. Amount of Minimum Wage to Be Paid by Employers; Employers and Employees Covered by Chapter
§ 34-4-3.1. Wages, Employment Benefits, and Scheduling by Local Government Entities
§ 34-4-4. Authority of Commissioner to Grant Exemptions From Operation of Chapter
§ 34-4-5. Employer’s Records of Hours Worked by and Wages Paid to Employees
§ 34-4-6. Action to Recover Difference Where Employee Paid Less Than Minimum Wage