An attendance and leave policy belongs to that class of documents in which every number is fixed by statute: Articles 23, 24, 27, 31 and 32 of the Labour Code regulate the weekly cap, the rest minima, the overtime rules, the quantum of leave and the record-keeping duty. Foreign working-time classification models do not operate in the Georgian system — every parameter comes from the arithmetic of the Georgian Labour Code.
Working-time limits and rest
Article 24 of the Code creates the foundation of time accounting. Normalized working time must not exceed 40 hours a week; in an enterprise of specific regime where the production process runs continuously for more than 8 hours, the cap is 48 hours a week. Continuous rest between working days or shifts must not be less than 12 hours. Where working time during the day exceeds 6 hours, the employee acquires the right to a break; where it is at least 6 hours, the break must be at least 60 minutes. A nursing mother feeding a child under 1 year of age receives, on request, an additional break of at least 1 hour, which counts as working time and is remunerated. Within a 7-day period the employee must enjoy continuous rest of at least 24 hours; by agreement this rest may be taken twice within a period not exceeding 14 days. For a minor between 16 and 18 years of age working time must not exceed 36 hours a week and 6 hours a working day.
Overtime and record-keeping
Under Article 27 of the Code overtime is work performed by agreement in a period exceeding normalized time; for a minor it must not exceed 2 hours in a working day and 4 hours a week. Overtime is remunerated at an increased hourly rate and paid together with the monthly remuneration; by agreement, proportional additional rest may be given instead — no later than 4 weeks afterwards. The employer must notify the employee of overtime in writing 1 week in advance. The record-keeping itself is defined by Article 24: the employer must record worked time on each working day in writing or electronically, communicate the monthly accounting document to the employee and keep the accounting document for 1 year.