Where is the complaint procedure written?

In the internal labour rules — a written document acquainting employees with the procedure.

What does the law require of the content?

Reflecting anti-discrimination provisions in internal rules and other documents.

What is the sanction?

A triple fine, doubled on repetition; the knowledge trigger applies to harassment.

When is consultation mandatory?

In enterprises with at least 50 employees, through representatives.

D&I Policy Development in Georgia

Drafting an Ethics and Equality Policy

An ethics and equality policy in Georgia is not an imported corporate document — it is an instrument built on precise norms of the Labour Code. The federal models of United States corporate codes of conduct and compliance programmes do not apply here: the content of a Georgian policy is given by the concept of discrimination, its form by the internal labour rules, its teeth by the sanctions norm, and its governance by the rules on information and consultation.

The architecture of the document rests on four questions: what to prohibit (the concepts), where to write it (internal rules), how it works (the complaint procedure), and how it is launched (the exchange of information with employees).