Daugherty v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

OCGA § 34-6A-1 et seq., the Georgia Equal Employment for the Handicapped Code, implements the public policy of this State to protect those with handicaps from discriminatory employment practices. Ga. L. 1981, p. 1843, § 1. “The statute is obviously a balancing of the interests of society in providing an opportunity for handicapped people to work, and the interests of employers to maintain the freedom to hire and maintain employees who can best perform the duties of a particular job. . . . An employer is not required under this law to hire or maintain a person who cannot perform the duties of…