Category: Laws & Conventions
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Georgia’s Labour Code Has Been Amended 23 Times Since 2006: A History of Reactive Reform
Twelve years of incremental reform have improved Georgia’s Labour Code substantially — but core gaps in collective bargaining rights and enforcement remain. Georgia’s current Labour Code was adopted in 2010, replacing a transitional code from the 1990s. Since 2013, it has been amended 23 times — an average of nearly two substantive legislative changes per…
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Anti-Discrimination Law at Ten Years: What Has Changed for Georgian Workers — and What Has Not
Georgia’s landmark 2014 anti-discrimination legislation marked a decade in 2024. The record on employment discrimination enforcement is mixed at best. Georgia’s Law on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination was adopted in May 2014, primarily as a condition of the EU Association Agreement and the associated visa liberalisation process. The law prohibits discrimination on…
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Georgia Wire: Parliament Debates Labour Code Amendment on Fixed-Term Contracts — What Changed
A proposed amendment to Georgia’s working time provisions has divided social partners — with GTUC supporting and GEA opposing the bill. The Georgian Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights and Civil Integration held a hearing in August 2026 on a proposed amendment to the Labour Code addressing maximum daily and weekly working time. The bill, introduced…
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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…
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Georgia Wire: 1,847 Workplace Accidents in 2025 — What the MLHSA Data Reveals
Georgia’s Labour Inspection Service documented 1,847 workplace accidents in 2023. With fewer than 5% of workplaces inspected, the official figure understates the true incidence significantly. The Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons, Labour, Health and Social Affairs (MLHSA) published the 2023 Labour Inspection annual report in March 2024, disclosing that the Labour Inspection Service documented 1,847…
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Georgia’s Pension System After the 2019 Reform: Coverage Gaps That Will Define Retirement Poverty
The funded pension reform of 2019 improved Georgia’s pension architecture significantly — but leaves informal workers without coverage in ways that will produce a retirement crisis. Georgia’s pension reform of 2019 introduced a mandatory funded pension system for formal sector workers — requiring joint contributions of 2 percent from the employee, 2 percent from the…