This Calculator helps Georgia’s social workers determine the amount of unpaid overtime work they perform and compensation they should receive for this work.
We’ll begin by asking you some questions about your salary, working hours and personal details to help us calculate approximately how much unpaid overtime you may be working.
The answers you provide will be transmitted to the Georgia Fair Labor Platform and the Social Workers Union for research and advocacy purposes. Your answers will remain anonymous, unless you choose to provide your name and/or e-mail address at the end of the questionnaire.
Thank you for your participation.
1. What is your age range?
up to 25 26 to 35 36 to 45 46 to 55 56 and over
2. What is your gender?
male female other
3. Select the region where you are employed
Tbilisi Kakheti Samtskhe-Javakheti Shida Kartli Kvemo Kartli Imereti Guria Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
4. Select your employment sector
non-governmental state other:
5. Name of your employer
(optional)
6. Position
social worker senior social worker professional supervisor other:
7. How long have you been employed in this field?
less than 1 year 1-5 years 6-10 years 11-15 years 16 years or more
8. How long have you been in your current job?
1. What is your regular monthly net salary, according to your contract or verbal agreement?
₾/month
2. How many hours per week are you required to work according to your contract or verbal agreement?
hour(s)
3. If your employer provides a special hourly pay rate for overtime, enter the amount in the box below. If not, go to the next question.
₾/hour
Next we’ll now ask some questions to determine if you are working “unseen overtime” – which we define as tasks that are essential to your job, but not counted as part of your regular working time.
Under Georgian law, all overtime must be paid at a rate that is more than the worker’s ordinary hourly rate. However, it does not specify how much more, so this calculator uses the practice established by the Supreme Court of Georgia according to which overtime work should be compensated at 1.25 times the normal rate.
These questions cover some of the most common tasks that cause social workers to work extra hours, but they are not necessarily comprehensive.
1. Do you sometimes have to come to work early or leave late to fulfill your job duties?
no yes
Does your employer count this as working time?
How many hours a month do you have to do this on average?
2. Does your employer occasionally require you to travel somewhere to perform work (in addition to regular travel from your home to and from work) such as client visits, accompanying a beneficiary, etc.?
On average, how many hours a month do you spend on such trips?
3. Are you required to attend meetings or trainings outside of your normal working hours?
How many hours do you spend per month on such trainings or meetings on average?
4. Do you have to work during breaks?
How many hours a month do you have to work during breaks on average?
5. Do you have to answer phone calls, messages, texts or social network inquiries during non-working hours?
On average, how many hours per month do you spend on this task?
6. Do you take work documents outside of your workplace and work on them during non-working hours?
On average, how many hours per month do you spend on this work?
7. Do you have to work on weekends/holidays?
On average, how many hours per month do you work on weekends/holidays?
In the next section, we’ll ask a few questions about your workload and how your employer compensates social workers for overtime.
1. Is there a rule for calculating and paying overtime at your job and are you familiar with this document?
no yes I do not know
2. Is overtime actually paid at your job?
How is it compensated? (you may select more than one answer)
compensated at your normal hourly rate paid in addition to salary at an increased rate allowed to take extra time off (comp time)
Can you choose how overtime is paid? (salary or comp time)
Is your overtime compensation paid together with your monthly salary (in the same payment)?
no yes not applicable (I only receive pro rata comp time as compensation for overtime work)
If pro rata comp time is used for overtime work, do you take the pro rata rest time no later than 4 weeks after the overtime work is completed?
no yes sometimes not applicable (I only receive monetary compensation for overtime work)
3. If you have to work overtime, is it mandatory?
I don't have to work overtime It is mandatory Not mandatory
If you have to work overtime, how long before you know about it?
1 week before less than 1 week before a few hours before a few minutes before
4. Is there a maximum number of cases that a social worker should work on at any given time in your service?
What is the maximum number of cases in your service?
less than 20 cases 20-50 cases 51 cases or more other:
5. On average, how many cases do you have to work on in a week?
less than 10 cases 10-20 cases 21-30 cases 31-50 cases 51 cases or more
If you are interested in discussing your overtime calculation or learning more about the Social Workers’ Union, you can leave your name and e-mail in the boxes below.
Please provide contact details
Name
E-mail
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