Labor legislation and labor rights

Guests of the program:

Mikheil Kordzaia – Executive Director of the nongovernmental organization Georgian Employers’ Association;

Paata Beltadze – Head Office,  Georgian Trade Unions Confederation;

Raisa Liparteliani – Head of Legal Service of Georgia’s Trade Unions Confederation;

Irakli Kandashvili – Lawyer

According to the EU-Georgia action plan, Georgia needs to improve its effort to provide standards defined by the “European Social Charter” on the subject of compliance of trade unions common rights and labor standards with ILO conventions  that the country has ratified

Guests explained what laws define labor legislation in Georgia and what  international recommendations can do to improve current legislation

The Head Office of the Georgian Trade Unions Confederation talked about changes to be made and about draft legislation that   their organization is preparing

Guests discussed how current legislation gives the possibility to defend the interests of employees on the one hand and  of employers on the other