---
title: "Attendance & Leave Policy"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/labor-and-employment-law-en/attendance-leave-policy-en"
field: "Labor & Employment Law"
description: "Attendance and leave policy in Georgia: weekly caps, breaks, overtime and leave minima under the Labour Code. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-02-15"
updated: "2026-11-07"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Attendance & Leave Policy

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/labor-and-employment-law-en/attendance-leave-policy-en

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.

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### What is the weekly norm?

40 hours; in specific-regime continuous enterprises — 48 hours.

### How much paid leave is there?

At least 24 working days a year; unpaid — at least 15 calendar days.

### When may leave be demanded?

After 11 months of work; from the second year — at any time.