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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...

Minimum Wage as a Human Right – International Standards and Perspectives for Georgia

In Georgia today, the wages of many people are so low that they cannot even meet their basic physical needs. The current situation is contrary to international human rights law, which guarantees the right of all employed persons to a salary that ensures a "decent...