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title: "Enforcement of Financial Claims from Labor Disputes"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/enforcement-services-en/enforcement-of-financial-claims-from-labor-disputes-en-3005"
field: "Enforcement Services"
description: "Enforcement of labor dispute awards in Georgia: writ, commencement, notification deadlines and protection of the debtor's interests. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-04-03"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Enforcement of Financial Claims from Labor Disputes

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/enforcement-services-en/enforcement-of-financial-claims-from-labor-disputes-en-3005

## The Essence of the Service: Enforcing a Monetary Award from a Labor Dispute

Enforcement of a financial claim arising from a labor dispute is the procedure through which a monetary award — for example unpaid or unduly withheld remuneration, salary, dismissal compensation or another amount recognized in the field of labor law — is actually collected within enforcement proceedings. The governing statute is the Georgian Law on Enforcement Proceedings: its Article 2 defines the acts subject to enforcement, Article 20 the rules on the enforcement sheet (writ), Article 25 the commencement of enforcement, and Article 31 the protection of the debtor's interests during compulsory enforcement.

In practice this final stage often proves the hardest: a favorable court decision must first be converted into an enforceable document, and then, through the National Bureau of Enforcement, carried through to actual payment. This page describes that path in detail — under the rules the law establishes precisely, and with the guarantees that protect the debtor as well.

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### When does enforcement begin on a labor dispute award?

The National Bureau of Enforcement commences proceedings on the basis of the creditor's written application and the enforcement sheet issued on the decision that has entered into legal force, to which a certified copy of the decision is attached.

### Where are the proceedings conducted?

The enforcement sheet is submitted to the Bureau's territorial organ according to the debtor's location or that of the debtor's property; where the creditor is a natural person, territoriality is not mandatory.

### What rights does the debtor have?

The debtor is notified of commencement within 5 days; voluntary fulfillment within 7 days leaves only a proportional part of the fee, otherwise the full fee. In special circumstances a postponement of the measure is also possible.

### Does interest survive during enforcement?

No — from the day proceedings commence, the accrual of interest or penalty on the principal stops, and is renewed only after the enforcement sheet is returned to the creditor.