Category: GILS News
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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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Georgia Wire: Geostat Releases Q2 2026 Labour Force Survey — Key Findings
Georgia’s National Statistics Office published Q2 2026 LFS data showing continued improvement in employment but persistent regional disparities. The National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) released the Q2 2026 Labour Force Survey results in late August, providing the most recent systematic snapshot of Georgian labour market conditions. The headline figures show continued improvement from the…
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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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Decent Work Index for Georgia: 4.7 Out of 10 — What Each Pillar Reveals
GILS’s composite Decent Work Index scores Georgia across 11 ILO dimensions. Employment quality and social dialogue are the weakest areas. The ILO’s Decent Work framework — developed in 1999 and progressively operationalised through its Decent Work Indicators project — measures labour market outcomes across 11 dimensions: employment opportunities, adequate earnings and productive work, decent working…
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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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Labour Rights Violations in Georgia 2025: The Solidarity Network’s Annual Report in Numbers
Georgia’s leading labour rights NGO documented 247 cases of workplace rights violations in 2025 — with wage theft and contract fraud the most common complaints. The Solidarity Network of Georgia, the country’s most active independent labour rights organisation, published its 2025 Annual Labour Rights Violations Report in June 2026. The report documented 247 cases handled…