2012•E-Journal of international and comparative labour studiesRequires access
Working Time Regulation in Georgia
Zakaria Shvelidze
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Abstract
This paper investigates the new model of working time regulation in Georgia, analyzing compliance of the Georgian Labour Code with the EU standards and the European Social Charter. What emerges is that national labour legislation fails to conform with the EU Working Time Directive and ratified working time provisions laid down in the European Social Charter. For instance, the Labour Code sets regular working hours at 41 hours per week. In the paper, however, it is argued that work-week regulation allows parties to agree on a maximum 84-hour work-week, with employees’ annual working time that hypothetically may even exceed 3,200 hours. The paper concludes that existing legislation promoting an asymmetry of interests in the employment relationship stands aside from the EU trends on flexible allocation of working hours