# Labour Code of Georgia: leave, maternity, salary The main rules of the Georgian Labour Code in plain language — and help when an employer doesn't follow them: unpaid salary, overtime, leave or maternity leave. - Confidential - Georgian · English · Russian - Free first consultation - Courts of all instances Normal working time must not exceed 40 hours a week (48 in certain continuous-operation workplaces), and rest between working days must be at least 12 hours. Overtime is worked by agreement and paid at an increased hourly rate — or, by agreement, with extra time off. Salary must be paid at least once a month. For every day of delay, the employer owes 0.07% of the late amount. On leaving a job, the final settlement must be made within 7 days unless the contract or the law says otherwise. ## Leave - Paid leave — at least 24 working days a year - Unpaid leave — at least 15 calendar days a year - Heavy, harmful or hazardous work — 10 extra calendar days - A contract clause giving up annual paid leave is void - If the employer ends the contract, unused leave must be paid ## Maternity and childcare leave - Pregnancy and childbirth — 126 calendar days (143 with complications or twins) - Childcare — 604 days (587 with complications or twins); 57 of them are paid - Childcare leave can be taken by the mother or the father; it is paid from the state budget - Adopting a child under 1 — 550 days, 90 of them paid - Plus 12 weeks unpaid, until the child turns 5 - A breastfeeding mother of a child under 1 gets at least 1 hour of paid feeding break a day ## If your rights are breached - Tell the employer in writing what was breached and what you want — it has 10 days to reply. - If there's no agreement within 14 days, you can go to court. If the employer avoided negotiating, the burden of proof is on it. - The deadline for a lawsuit is usually 1 year from learning of the breach (30 days for a dismissal dispute). - You can also complain to the Labour Inspection, which fines employers. ## Our services - Recovering unpaid salary and late-payment interest - Claiming overtime pay - Help with leave and maternity leave - Reviewing an employment contract before signing - Letter to the employer and negotiation - Complaint to the Labour Inspection and lawsuit ## Questions & answers ### How many days of leave am I entitled to? At least 24 working days of paid leave and at least 15 calendar days of unpaid leave a year. A contract can give more, never less. ### How long is maternity leave? 126 days for pregnancy and childbirth (143 with complications or twins), then childcare leave. In total 183 days (or 200) are paid, by the state. ### My salary is late — what can I do? For every day of delay the employer owes you 0.07% of the amount. Send a written demand; if there's no agreement within 14 days, you can go to court. ### Is overtime paid? Yes — at an increased hourly rate agreed by the parties, or with extra time off by agreement. Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, parents of children under 3 and minors can't be made to work overtime without their consent. ## Legal basis - [Labour Code of Georgia](https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/1155567) Official texts (in Georgian) — Legislative Herald of Georgia, matsne.gov.ge. ## Related topics - [#Employment](https://mmlaw.ge/en/employment-lawyer/) - [#Your rights](https://mmlaw.ge/en/blog/what-to-do-if-detained/) - - [Unfair dismissal](https://mmlaw.ge/en/unfair-dismissal/) - - [Employment and labour lawyer](https://mmlaw.ge/en/employment-lawyer/) - - [Unfairly dismissed in Georgia? 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