Category: GILS News
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South Caucasus Labour Scorecard: Where Georgia Leads, Where It Lags
Georgia’s annual comparative labour scorecard against Armenia and Azerbaijan shows a mixed regional picture — with each country leading in different areas. The GILS South Caucasus Labour Comparative Scorecard assesses Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan across 14 labour market indicators grouped in five categories: employment and unemployment, wages and income, legal framework quality, social dialogue, and…
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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…
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Do Minimum Wage Increases Cost Jobs? CEPR Research Says No — and Georgia Should Take Note
New CEPR evidence synthesis challenges the standard objection to minimum wage reform in countries like Georgia. The Centre for Economic Policy Research published a comprehensive evidence synthesis in July 2026 on the employment effects of minimum wage increases in middle-income countries, covering 47 natural experiments across 23 countries over the period 2000–2024. The synthesis —…
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Georgia’s Disability Employment Law: Quotas That Exist Only on Paper
Georgia’s law requires employers with more than 50 staff to employ a minimum share of workers with disabilities. The quota has never been systematically enforced. Georgia’s Law on Social Protection of Persons with Disabilities, in its current form following the 2022 amendments, contains a provision requiring employers with more than 50 employees to maintain a…
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Why Georgia Needs an Independent Labour Studies Institute: Closing the Evidence Gap
When the Georgian Institute of Labour Studies was established in February 2026, it filled a gap in Georgia’s research and policy ecosystem that had been open for decades. The Georgian Institute of Labour Studies (GILS) was established in February 2026 as an initiative of the Public Health Institute of Georgia. The institute’s founding premise is…