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ATLANTA – State Representative Bill Werkheiser (R-Glennville), chair of the House Industry & Labor Committee, will continue his work to close a loophole in Georgia law that allows employees to not be compensated when they are injured while working. During the 2021 legislative session, Rep. Werkheiser introduced House Bill 397 to close this loophole.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Bill Werkheiser (R-Glennville), chairman of the House Industry & Labor Committee, today announced he will introduce legislation to name a state park after the late State Senator Jack Hill of Reidsville. Continue reading “Rep. Bill Werkheiser to Introduce Legislation to Dedicate State Park in Reidsville to Late Sen. Jack Hill”
ATLANTA – State Representative Bill Werkheiser (R-Glennville), Chairman of the House Industry and Labor Committee, and members of the House Industry and Labor Committee recently met with Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner Mark Butler and other Department of Labor officials on Thursday, August 22. Continue reading “Rep. Bill Werkheiser Meets with Labor Commissioner”
ATLANTA – Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) recently named State Representative Bill Werkheiser (R-Glennville) as the Chairman of the House Industry and Labor Committee. Rep. Werkheiser will also serve as a member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and on the Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications, Public Safety & Homeland Security and State Properties committees. Continue reading “Rep. Bill Werkheiser Named Chairman of House Industry and Labor Committee”
ATLANTA – Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) today announced new chairmen of several committees of the Georgia House of Representatives. These leadership positions had become vacant due to resignations or reassignments since the 2017 session of the General Assembly adjourned in March. The new chairmen are: Continue reading “Speaker Ralston Announces New House Committee Chairmen”