---
title: "HR Risk Assessment"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/labor-and-employment-law-en/hr-risk-assessment-en"
field: "Labor & Employment Law"
description: "Employment risk assessment by the Georgian Labour Code: termination grounds, mass dismissal thresholds and the fine matrix, article by article. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-02-15"
updated: "2026-10-19"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# HR Risk Assessment

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/labor-and-employment-law-en/hr-risk-assessment-en

Assessing employment-relationship risks in Georgia is not a consulting methodology but numeric law: behind each risk stands a numbered article, and behind each violation a concrete fine bracket. A risk map built on the Labour Code consists of three layers: the risk events (Article 47 — grounds and rules of termination; Article 49 — mass dismissal), the priced exposure (Articles 77 and 78 — the fine matrix and triple penalties) and the perimeter (Article 1 — the law's scope and floor).

## Risk Events — Articles 47 and 49

Termination of an employment contract is the most frequently contested risk, and Article 47 enumerates its grounds: economic, technological or organizational change requiring a reduction of the workforce; expiry of the term; completion of the work; the employee's own written departure; agreement of the parties; mismatch of qualification or professional skills; gross or repeated breach of an obligation imposed by the contract or internal rules; and other objective circumstances. For risk assessment one critical detail hides here: a breach of an obligation imposed by internal rules becomes a ground only where the rules are part of the contract. The second risk event is mass dismissal (Article 49): termination within 30 calendar days on grounds not conditioned by the person or conduct of the employee — with at least 10 employees in an organization of more than 20 but fewer than 100, or at least 10 percent where more than 100. A planned mass dismissal requires consultations, written information to the association or representatives, and prior notice to the minister and the affected employees at least 45 calendar days in advance — the dismissal takes effect after 45 calendar days from that notice.

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### How are employment risks priced?

By articles and fine brackets — event, norm, price, mitigation.

### Which violation is the most expensive?

Discrimination — a triple fine, doubled on repetition (Article 78).

### What does mass dismissal require?

Consultations, written information and 45-day advance notice (Article 49).

### Can employee rights be reduced by contract?

No — the Article 1 floor caps every risk line.