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Debate over new minimum wage must be rooted in human rights standards and include all stakeholders

On February 19, the Health Care and Social Issues Committee of Parliament announced its support for proposed legislation to raise Georgia’s minimum wage. The proposed bill was submitted by the Georgian Trade Union Confederation (GTUC) and envisions setting Georgia’s...

Opinion | Georgia’s minimum wage is stuck in the 90s

By Jeff Vize (Originally published in OC Media on 29 Feb. 2024) Georgia has come a long way since the 1990s, a decade marred by civil war, political instability, and a faltering economy. But there’s one area where the country has, quite literally, remained stuck in...

Fair Labor Platform and partners submit UN report evaluating Georgia’s compliance with key rights treaty

The Fair Labor Platform has joined three other civil society organizations in submitting a report to the United Nations assessing Georgia’s implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), an important human rights treaty...

Fair Labor Platform calls for the suspension of evictions and release of detained activists

The Georgia Fair Labor Platform condemns the evictions in Tbilisi last week, stands in solidarity with the families affected, and calls for a state moratorium on evictions until fundamental changes are made to relevant laws and policies. We believe that Georgia’s...