The Georgia Fair Labor Platform condemns the government’s plans to reintroduce its so-called “foreign agent” legislation,...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Thousands of self-employed mothers without support – the loopholes of maternity leave
In 2022, more than 42,000 children were born in Georgia. Yet only about 14,000 women took maternity leave, leaving...
New report finds gaps in Labor Inspectorate transparency, proposes ways to improve public trust
On 20 December 2023, the Center for Law and Public Policy, with the support of the Open Society Foundation, presented its...
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theater workers strike for better pay
The Georgia Fair Labor Platform expresses its solidarity and support to the striking stage workers at the Zakaria...
Worker death in Khulo requires aggressive response from government and media
On September 24, media reported that a man died after falling into a concrete processing plant at a factory in Vashlovani,...
Labor Inspectorate reverses practice of hiding employer details from inspection reports
The Labor Inspectorate will no longer conceal the names of employers in the inspection reports it provides to the public...