{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-8-152","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 34-8-152","heading":"Standard rate.","body":"(a) The standard rate of contribution shall be 5.4 percent. The standard rate of contribution is the rate from which variations therefrom are computed as provided in Code Section 34-8-155.\n(b) No employer’s rate shall be reduced below the rate for new employers as specified in Code Section 34-8-151 for any calendar year, except as provided in Code Section 34-8-155, unless and until such employer’s account could have been chargeable with benefit payments throughout the 36 consecutive calendar months ending on the computation date for that calendar year.","path":["TITLE 34 Labor and Industrial Relations","CHAPTER 8 Employment Security","Article 5 Contributions and Payments in Lieu of Contributions"],"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":"0aae4ad956e5538936e7071fcbf619d4d79cf0a3410e60150f61a5cc821991ff","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-8-151","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-8-153"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}