Category: Global Wire
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Skills for fair, efficient labour migration
Source: ETF Skills for fair, efficient labour migration Image Learn more Explore the ETF’s new reports on migration policy and action that benefits all Read the full article at ETF → GILS Note: This story is relevant to Georgian labour policy context. See related GILS analysis at labour.edu.ge.
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Beyond Free Trade and Protectionism: Towards a New Pro-Worker Trade Policy
Source: Social Europe Four changes – from enforceable labour rights to seats in the boardroom – would restore democratic legitimacy to open economies. Read the full article at Social Europe → GILS Note: This story is relevant to Georgian labour policy context. See related GILS analysis at labour.edu.ge.
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Social Europe: The EU’s Adequate Minimum Wages Directive and What It Means for Candidate Countries
The 2022 EU directive on adequate minimum wages creates concrete expectations for countries on the EU accession path — including Georgia. The European Union’s Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages, adopted in October 2022, represents the most significant EU-level intervention on minimum wage policy since the inception of the Single Market. The Directive does not impose…
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ETF: Skills Development Is the Missing Link in Georgia’s EU Integration Strategy
The European Training Foundation’s 2024 assessment identifies vocational education reform as the single highest-impact lever for Georgian labour market improvement. The European Training Foundation (ETF), the EU agency responsible for supporting vocational education and training reform in partner countries, published its 2024 assessment of Georgia’s skills development system in September 2024. The document — part…
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OECD: Employment Rates in Eastern Partnership Countries Lag EU Average by 14 Points
New OECD data shows structural employment gaps across the Eastern Partnership remain despite a decade of economic growth. The OECD Employment Outlook 2024, published in July 2024, includes a dedicated section on labour market trends in Eastern Partnership countries — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. The findings confirm what national labour force surveys have…
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Platform Work Regulation Is Coming to the EU — What It Means for Georgia’s Gig Economy
The EU Platform Work Directive, provisionally agreed in 2024, creates new employment presumptions for gig workers that EU candidate countries will need to transpose. The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached a provisional agreement on the Platform Work Directive in March 2024, after more than three years of legislative negotiations. The…