Category: GILS News
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Education Mismatch in Georgia: 27% Are Overeducated for Their Jobs — and the Labour Market Is Not Absorbing Graduates
When more than a quarter of the workforce is overeducated for their jobs, the economy pays a productivity penalty. GILS quantifies the cost. Twenty-seven percent of employed workers in Georgia are overeducated relative to the requirements of their jobs — meaning they hold a higher educational qualification than their current position requires. This figure, derived…
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Georgia Wire: ILO Opens New Programme on Domestic Workers — Coverage Gap Affects 120,000
The ILO Tbilisi office launched a new initiative in August 2026 to improve skills portability for Georgian workers returning from abroad. The ILO Country Office for Georgia launched the Georgia Labour Migration Skills Recognition Initiative (GLMSRI) in August 2026, a programme designed to support Georgian workers returning from abroad in converting their foreign work experience…
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Georgia’s Labour Rights Index: How the Country Scores on 12 Fundamental Indicators
GILS’s Labour Rights Index scores Georgian labour law across seven dimensions. The overall score of 5.7 out of 10 reflects genuine strengths and persistent gaps. The GILS Labour Rights Index is a composite measure of the quality and coverage of Georgian labour law, scored across seven dimensions: employment protection, wage protection, working time, occupational safety,…
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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’s Trade Union Density Is 11% — Why It Matters for Wages and Working Conditions
GTUC’s 220,000 members represent 11% of formal sector workers. The conditions for growth exist; the strategy to achieve it is less clear. The Georgian Trade Union Confederation represents approximately 220,000 workers across 28 affiliated unions. This membership base represents approximately 11 percent of formally employed workers in Georgia — a density that places the country…
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European Business Association Calls for Labour Code Reform: What the Employers Want — and What Workers Need
The EBA’s 2026 White Book includes new recommendations on employment contract flexibility and calls for a ministerial working group on labour market modernisation. The European Business Association Georgia published its annual White Book on business environment in July 2026, with a dedicated chapter on labour market conditions. The White Book — which represents the policy…