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title: "Corrective labour and calculation of the term served (Arts. 31, 305)"
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description: "Articles 31 and 305: corrective labour up to six months, up to 20% deducted from wages, and how the term served is calculated — Legal.ge."
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# Corrective labour and calculation of the term served (Arts. 31, 305)

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## What corrective labour is

Corrective labour is the form of administrative penalty that involves neither a change of workplace nor deprivation of liberty. Under Article 31 of the Administrative Offences Code of Georgia, corrective labour is applied for a period of up to six months, and the person who committed the administrative offence must serve it at their permanent place of work. Up to twenty per cent is deducted from their wage in favour of the State. In other words, you keep working where you already work, and the penalty is served through wage deductions and through the recorded time actually worked. That structure is what makes the arithmetic of the sentence, rather than the fact of it, the thing most often disputed.

One practical consequence follows directly from it: the penalty is measured in two units at the same time — the calendar period fixed by the court, and the working days actually worked and recorded at your place of work. Almost every question people have about corrective labour comes out of the gap between those two units: when the penalty ends, what happens during a period of illness, and what becomes of the term when a person is temporarily not working at all.

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### How long can corrective labour last, and who decides it?

Article 31 sets a period of up to six months, and it may not be less than fifteen days unless the legislative acts of Georgia provide otherwise. It is imposed by a judge of the district (city) court, an administrative judge — not by an administrative body acting alone.

### How much will be taken from my wages?

Up to twenty per cent of the wage is deducted in favour of the State. That is a ceiling rather than an automatic rate, and Article 31 does not itself fix the figure for an individual case. If more than twenty per cent is being withheld, that exceeds the limit the article sets, which is a discrete point to check against the decision and the payroll statements.

### My calendar term has run out but I did not work all the days. Is it over?

Not necessarily. If you have not worked the required number of working days and there is no ground for counting the days not worked towards the term, serving continues until the established number of working days has been fully worked. This makes the accuracy of the working-time record a practical matter, not a formality.

### I was on sick leave during the period. Does that time count?

Time of illness counts towards the term, as does time granted for caring for a sick person and leave on account of pregnancy and childbirth. The exception is express: time of illness caused by intoxication, or by an act connected with intoxication, is not counted.