{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-7-1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 34-7-1","heading":"Determination of term of employment; manner of termination of indefinite hiring.","body":"If a contract of employment provides that wages are payable at a stipulated period, the presumption shall arise that the hiring is for such period, provided that, if anything else in the contract indicates that the hiring was for a longer term, the mere reservation of wages for a lesser time will not control. An indefinite hiring may be terminated at will by either party.","path":["TITLE 34 Labor and Industrial Relations","CHAPTER 7 Employment Generally; Employer’s Liability","Article 1 General Provisions","PART 1 Wages Generally"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.34.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"eaf14b6c7cbd09a8a87350d35bb8bb43e636b15c40cdd3bb3f9c27d0ccbf85ef","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-6a-6","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-7-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}