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   Compensation and Pension Benefits for Veterans (Separate Website)
Compensation & Pension Service administers a variety of benefits and services for veterans, their dependents and survivors, including, but not limited to: service-connected compensation, DIC, non-service connected pension, burial & accrued benefits, guardianship and public contact services. This website contains information about what benefits we administer.
By: Department of Veterans' Affairs
  
   
   Fast Facts on Consumer Rights (Separate Website)
Quick tips on your rights in certain consumer issues
By: Barnes Law Group
  
   
   Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation Employee Handbook This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page. (Separate Website)
From the Georgia Board of Workers' Compensation, an employee handbook, including an Employee Bill of Rights and a Workers' Compensation FAQ. This document is available only in PDF format.
By: Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation
  
   
   Know Your Rights on the Job Q & A This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
A publication by the National Council of La Raza to help safeguard Latinos in the workplace, Know Your Rights on the Job Q & A. The format of the Q & A is designed to educate Latino employees on their rights and how to combat common forms of discrimination often experienced by this group.
By: Georgia Legal Services Program
 
    Read this in: Spanish / Espaņol
  
   
   Workers' Compensation Information (Separate Website)
The Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers four major disability compensation programs which provide wage replacement benefits, medical treatment, vocational rehabilitation, and other benefits to federal workers or their dependents who are injured at work or acquire an occupational disease. This web site contains information about each of these programs.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
  
   
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