Legal Question in Employment Law in Georgia

There is no legally protected class of people who bring their cell phones to work, and no general requirement that an employer apply the rules strictly to everyone.

I'm assuming that you are a minority or otherwise some member of a protected class. Such as one based on race or gender.

If you are, for instance, Hispanic, and this rule was enforced against you, while there are clear instances of the work rule NOT being enforced against non-Hispanics -- e.g. six other non-Hispanics were caught with cell phones in the last six months but only a couple of them got so much as a mild oral warning -- then there could be a case of illegal discrimination.

An employer may not selectively enforce work rules against one ethnic group.

Of course, just because you got it enforced against you, doesn't make a case. Maybe the others who have their phones are more discreet about it and haven't gotten caught. Maybe you're the first one to have been caught. The facts are not clear.

While there's not a general rule that an employer apply work rules strictly the same to everyone, there is a rule against selective enforcement based on, e.g., race or ethnicity.