CoE Social Rights Сommittee on Georgia: access to vocational training, gender wage gap, inclusion of disabled persons need addressing
The Committee's findings are based on the report submitted by Georgian government. Photo by N. Alavidze/ agenda.ge.
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The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) today has published its conclusions on social rights monitoring in 33 states, including Georgia.
The new 2020 report focused on the country’s compliance and effective implementation of the labor rights articles of the European Social Charter.
The European Committee of Social Rights published its 2020 conclusions for 33 states on employment, training and equal opportunities.
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Conclusions on #Georgia > available on https://t.co/Gs4F1FcFJh
The 2020 Conclusions reviewed the adequate provision of the right to work in Georgia, as well as access to vocational training, prevention of workplace discrimination, right to equal opportunities between women and men, integration of the persons with disabilities, prevention of forced labor, and overall protection of the employee rights.
The ECSR acknowledged the progress and the steps that Georgia made following the recommendations for labor rights protection outlined in the previous report of 2019.
However, based on the report submitted by the Georgian government on January 6, 2020, the Committee on Social Rights outlined the following issues:
- The rights of workers to continuing vocational training and the rights of disabled persons to vocational training is not guaranteed;
- An effective apprenticeship system does not yet exist;
- Retraining and reintegration of the long-term unemployed have not been effectively provided or promoted;
- Equal access to retraining and reintegration of the long-term unemployed foreign nationals who can lawfully reside in Georgia is not guaranteed;
- Persons with disabilities have no effective access to housing, transport, and communication technologies;
- There is no explicit statutory guarantee of equal pay for women and men for equal work or work of equal value and the obligation to make measurable progress in reducing the gender pay gap has not been fulfilled.
Overall, the European Committee of Social Rights 2020 Findings on Georgia determined 6 conclusions of non-conformity with the articles of the Chapter, and 2 conclusions lacked sufficient information to make a sufficient assessment. Georgia ratified the revised European Social Charter on August 22, 2005.
The Council of Europe’s European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR), has published its conclusions assessing compliance of 35 countries and territories with the European Social Charter on issues related to labour rights. It also includes Georgia.
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