Longshore Workers Claims in Georgia

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Longshore Workers Claims

Which law protects a docker in Georgia?

There is no separate statute: a docker is an ordinary employee protected by the Law on Safety at Work, which applies to every branch of economic activity.

What obligations does the employer have?

The employer must ensure a safe environment, training, individual protective means and risk assessment, and must insure the employee against accidents at dangerous workplaces at its own expense.

What happens after an accident?

The employee immediately informs the employer, who within 24 hours notifies the employees’ representative and, where required, the supervisory body; the scene of the accident is preserved.

What penalties face a violating employer?

A warning, a fine or suspension of the work process; an unpaid fine is doubled as a surcharge, and non-payment within 30 days triggers compulsory enforcement.

8 min·9 Jan 2026

The Legal Position of Dockers and the Scope of the Law

If you are looking for information about longshore workers’ claims, one thing must be said honestly at the outset: Georgian law does not contain a separate compensation statute for port workers analogous to the special act in force in the United States. A docker in Georgia is an ordinary employee, and his claim rests on the Law of Georgia on Safety at Work and the general labour legislation. This law applies to all branches of economic activity in the sphere of safety at work, including labour relations regulated by the Organic Law of Georgia — the Labour Code of Georgia — and the Law of Georgia on Public Service.

Article 2 of the law also provides that, unless special legislation provides otherwise, the law applies to the persons defined by the Law of Georgia on the Labour of Seafarers — for those working in ports this underlines once more that safety-at-work standards fully cover them. At the same time, the law does not apply to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, the Special State Protection Service and the State Security Service, together with their subordinate agencies, in matters regulated by their special legislation, nor to labour activity during a state of emergency or martial law.

Longshore Workers Claims

Which law protects a docker in Georgia?

There is no separate statute: a docker is an ordinary employee protected by the Law on Safety at Work, which applies to every branch of economic activity.

What obligations does the employer have?

The employer must ensure a safe environment, training, individual protective means and risk assessment, and must insure the employee against accidents at dangerous workplaces at its own expense.

What happens after an accident?

The employee immediately informs the employer, who within 24 hours notifies the employees’ representative and, where required, the supervisory body; the scene of the accident is preserved.

What penalties face a violating employer?

A warning, a fine or suspension of the work process; an unpaid fine is doubled as a surcharge, and non-payment within 30 days triggers compulsory enforcement.

8 min·9 Jan 2026

The Legal Position of Dockers and the Scope of the Law