If your case settled, with or without going to court, you are done and compensated for the injury. The employer may fire you for having this injury, your job is not protected, unless you can show that the discharge was instead motivated by Race, Age, Sex, National Origin, Religion, Handicap. Georgia recognizes the doctrine of employment at will. Employment at will means that in the absence of a written contract of employment for a defined duration, an employer can terminate an employee for good cause, bad cause, a mistaken cause, or no cause at all, so long as it is not an illegal cause. Illegal causes are limited in Georgia to the EEOC/Discrimination grounds: Race, Age, Sex, National Origin, Religion, Handicap: If it is not on that list, it is not protected in GA.
Answered on Mar 19th, 2013 at 10:29 AM