What an Employment Contract Terms Dispute Is
A dispute over the terms of an employment contract is one of the most common individual labour disputes under the Georgian Labour Code. Article 61 defines a dispute as a disagreement arising during the employment relationship whose resolution is in the parties' lawful interests; it is born the moment one party sends the other written notice of the disagreement, and disagreements connected with the essential terms of an individual employment contract are expressly listed among the statutory grounds. Consideration of a dispute does not suspend the relationship: both sides keep performing until it is resolved.
In practice, such disputes typically emerge when an employer changes the salary, working or rest time, workplace or job duties without consent, or when an employee asks for an amendment and the employer refuses. In both scenarios the outcome is decided by the Code's procedure, and following it correctly is the main precondition for success.