New law comes into force ensuring safe working conditions
In 2018 alone, 18 people died and 12 were injured at the workplace, the Georgian Trade Unions Confederation reports. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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A new law on labour safety came into effect on September 1, the aim of which is to further strengthen workers’ rights to safe working conditions.
The law stipulates that labour safety laws will apply not only to hazardous professions but to all sectors of economic activity.
Employers will be obliged to appoint a certified labour safety specialist if they have more than 20 employees.
From September 1, the labour inspector has the authority to check any workspace at any time of the day or night. Photo: Nino Alavidze
The duties of a labour safety specialist can be carried out by an employer in companies with less than 20 employees.
September 1, the labour inspector has the authority to check any workspace at any time of the day or night.
If the company prevents the supervisory body from carrying out the inspection, it will be fined up to 4,000 GEL for an individual and up to 14,000 GEL for a person registered as a VAT (value added tax) taxpayer.
In the last 10 years, 470 people have died from work related incidents: 805 have been seriously injured. Photo:Nino Alavidze
The new law obliges employers to compensate employees for injuries at the workplace, including injuries resulting from occupational illness. Until now, the law covered only hazardous, harmful and dangerous fields.
In the last 10 years, 470 people have died from work related incidents: 805 have been seriously injured.
In 2018 alone, 18 people died and 12 were injured at the workplace, the Georgian Trade Unions Confederation reports.
The Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili says the adoption and observation of labour safety standards is an essential part of developing Georgia and turning it into a European country. President Zurabishvili made remarks over the recent detention of the head of the GVK Hospitality construction company after 16-year-old Giorgi Beshkenadze died at a construction site on July 16.
The Georgian Trade Unions Confederation held a demonstration today for employee rights on International Workers’ Day (May 1) in front of the building of Administration of the Government of Georgia in Tbilisi.
The German DMT Group will study the labour conditions in Georgian mines located in Tkibuli, western Georgia in the wake of a deadly blast earlier this year claiming the lives of four miners and leaving another six injured.
Georgia’s Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs aims to improve workplace conditions throughout the country with a series of new policies.
84 individuals have died at the workplace in one and a half years, between 2018 and June 2019, the Georgian Interior Ministry told IPN news agency.270 individuals have received injuries due to incidents at the workplace in the same period.In total, 59 died and 199 received injuries at the workplace in 2018, while 25 died and 71 received injuries between January and June of 2019.
A worker has fallen from a construction worksite in Nadzaladevi district in Tbilisi earlier today.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has presented a 5-year report of the Labour Inspection Department of the Ministry of Health, saying 'we have introduced labour safety in Georgia'.
With 82 votes in favour against none the parliament of Georgia adopted amendments to the Labour Code aimed to protect workers’ rights. The United States Embassy to Georgia ‘commends’ parliament for adopting the amendments.