Easily manage employment in Georgia

Once an employee has completed 11 months of service with an employer, they are entitled to 24 days of paid leave annually, with a holiday benefit equivalent to one month’s pay paid three months before the annual leave.Employees are also entitled to take 15 unpaid days off work every year.

Employees are entitled to taking paid time off on the 15 national public holidays.

Full-time employees can accumulate 10 hours of sick leave for every month worked, capped at a 720 hours (30 days) accumulation at a stretch.

Female employees are entitled to 126 days paid pregnancy leave, or 143 in case of complications or if twins are delivered, with a pregnancy benefit equal to 100% of the normal daily wage (up to 1,000 Georgian lari or $318.98).Post-pregnancy, mothers can take up to 604 days off work to care for newborns.

A mother can transfer 57 days of maternity leave to her partner and in addition, both parents can request two weeks of annual leave to care for a child aged below five.

Employees who have adopted a child can take up to 550 days off, with benefits for 90 days paid by the state, up to a limit of GEL 1,000.