---
title: "Internal Investigation"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/labor-and-employment-law-en/internal-investigation-en"
field: "Labor & Employment Law"
description: "Internal workplace investigations under the Labour Code: internal rules, disciplinary grounds, protected categories. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-02-15"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Internal Investigation

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/labor-and-employment-law-en/internal-investigation-en

## Internal Investigation: The Legal Frame

An internal investigation — into a disciplinary matter, harassment or another workplace incident — is in Georgia not a matter of corporate discretion but of a chain of three norms: the internal rules of labour set the standards, the norm on grounds of termination decides when a breach is serious enough, and the dispute-settlement procedure determines what happens after the findings. Foreign doctrinal constructions do not apply directly here — the Georgian investigation is built on internal rules and disciplinary grounds.

Three points decide the lawfulness of an investigation: the existence of the rule, the rule's linkage to the employment contract, and observance of the review procedure.

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### Where does a lawful investigation begin?

With the internal rules of labour and their linkage to the employment contract.

### When does the disciplinary ground operate?

When the violated internal rules form part of the employment contract.

### Which categories are protected?

Pregnancy-notice period, military or alternative service, jury duty; discrimination is impermissible.

### What are the dispute's time-limits?

Response — 10 calendar days; conciliation window — 14 calendar days, then court.

### What happens on evasion?

The burden of proof passes to the party evading the procedure.