Labor Legislation & Regulations

Why are labor laws important?

Labor legislation and regulations mediate the relationship between workers, employers, trade unions, the government and more. This page compiles Georgia’s key labor regulatory instruments on one page: laws, government decrees and resolutions by the Minister of Labor.

Current versions can be found below. If the ENG designation is not linked, it means that this instrument is not yet available in English.

Laws

Labor Code of Georgia
(ENG | GEO)

Law of Georgia on Public Service
(ENG – unamended version | GEO)

Law of Georgia on the Labor Inspection Service
(ENG | GEO)

Law of Georgia on Facilitating Employment
(ENG | GEO)

Organic Law of Georgia on Occupational Safety
(ENG – unofficial translation | GEO)

Law of Georgia on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
(ENG – unamended version | GEO)

Government Decrees

Government decree N112 “On approval of the rules for exercising state supervision for the prevention and response to forced labor and labor exploitation”
(ENG | GEO)

Government decree N381 “On approval of the list of heavy, harmful and hazardous works”
(ENG | GEO)

Government decree N597On approval of the list of industries with specific working regimes (max. work hours per week)
(ENG | GEO)

Resolutions by the Minister of Labor

Resolution N87/ნ by the Minister of Labor “On approving the rules of deciding and issuing assistance due to temporary incapacity to work”
(ENG | GEO)

Resolution  01-15/ნ by the Minister of Labor “On the approval of the form of accounting of working time and the rules of its production”
(ENG | GEO)

Resolution  №01-79/ნ by the Minister of Labor “On determining the proportionality of the annual rate of night work time and approving the periodicity and scope of conducting preliminary (before employment) and subsequent periodic medical examinations for a person employed at night work”
(ENG | GEO)

Resolution  №01-133/ნ by the Minister of Labor “On approval of the rules for reimbursement of leave for pregnancy, childbirth and child care, as well as adoption of a newborn”
(ENG | GEO)

Resolution №01-10/ნ by the Minister of Labor “On the approval of the code of conduct for labor inspectors”
(ENG | GEO)