I don't believe that Georgia has a state rule on this (some state do). From the BLR website . . . .
Deductions may be made for absences of a full day or more occasioned by sickness or disability (including industrial accidents) if the deduction is made under a bona fide plan, policy, or practice of providing compensation for loss of salary caused by both sickness and disability. Sickness and disability deductions are an area of confusion for some employers. It is important to distinguish between deducting from an exempt employee's paycheck and deducting from an employee's allotted sick time. The employer may not deduct from an employee's pay for less than a day's absence for sickness or disability. But, if an employer, for example, provides an employee with 2 weeks of paid sick time by company policy and the employee has used up all of his or her sick time, an employer may deduct from the employee's paycheck in full-day increments if the employee is out for a day or more. If the employee works for any part of a day, though, and is out sick the remainder of the day, the employer may not deduct from the employee's paycheck.
On the other hand, employers may deduct from an employee's allotted sick time under the company's leave plan in increments of less than a day as long as the employee has not used up his or her paid sick time.