Second-Chance Employers A public register · est. 2026

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We can name 2 employers in Georgia. That is what the register holds today, not the number of companies in Georgia that hire people with records.

EmployerBased inWorkWhat we read
Flowers FoodsPackaged-bakery company (Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread distributor network partner) with bakeries across the southern and eastern US.
Thomasville, GAManufacturingFood serviceVerifiedSecond Chance Business Coalition member listRead September 3, 2026
The Home DepotThe largest US home improvement retailer, with more than 2,300 big-box stores and distribution centers across all 50 states.
Atlanta, GARetailConstruction and tradesWarehouse and logisticsVerifiedSecond Chance Business Coalition member listRead September 3, 2026
2 in GeorgiaThe whole register

What the law gives you in Georgia

Georgia banned the box for state government jobs only, so a private employer here can still ask on the application.

Private employers Government jobs only The 2015 executive order removed the conviction question from state agency applications and nothing more. Georgia does have one statewide rule that binds private employers, and it is easy to miss: a first offender discharge or a restricted or sealed record may not be used to disqualify you from any job in either the public or the private sector, outside a listed set of sensitive positions. Be careful with it, because Georgia gives you no matching right to answer no. In Atlanta the city went further in 2022 and made criminal history status a protected class, which does bind private employers in the city. Georgia Executive Order, February 23, 2015 (state agency hiring); use of restricted records, O.C.G.A. §§ 42-8-63 and 35-3-37(u); Atlanta Ordinance 22-O-1748 · checked September 17, 2026

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