Georgia employers that hire someone who has not yet handed over a Social Security number no longer have to hold up their quarterly unemployment insurance wage report. In an Oct.
Georgia's fiscal 2026 economic-development results, which the state released Sept. 3, show how much of its job pipeline now depends on international companies.
Georgia’s visitor economy supported an estimated 473,837 direct, indirect and induced jobs in 2025, according to a Tourism Economics study commissioned by the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
Mayville Engineering Company plans about 140 new jobs and an estimated $26 million investment at an existing plant it has acquired in Thomson, Georgia, aimed at data-center and critical-power customers.
An employer coalition’s new report projects about 1.7 million skilled-trades openings a year through 2035 and says training produces about 55 workers for every 100 needed. Georgia is one of nine states it lists where demand outpaces supply.
Private data-center construction spending ran at a $75.2 billion annual rate in July, up 57% from a year earlier, while overall construction spending fell. Nonresidential specialty trade contractors added about 86,000 jobs over the year to August.
Reynolds IGA Foodliner, a Piggly Wiggly franchisee, will pay $65,000 under a two-year consent decree to resolve an EEOC suit alleging it fired a Hazlehurst deli clerk who asked for Sundays off to observe her Sabbath.
Five Georgia industrial parks earned GRAD Select status and four more were recognized for certifications earned this summer. Certification makes a site easier to market; it is not a commitment by any employer.
Area Development magazine ranked Georgia the No. 1 state for doing business for a 13th straight year, based on input from about 50 site-selection consultants. The ranking measures location appeal, not jobs created.
Georgia will collect nearly $100 million, potentially up to $135 million, from a multistate settlement with Meta over platform design practices targeting children. The settlement requires Meta to implement two-hour daily limits and nighttime blocks on Instagram and Facebook.
