When is a dismissal mass?

When at least 10 employees (in a 20-100 employee organisation) or at least 10 percent (above 100 employees) are dismissed within 30 calendar days.

What is the notice period?

At least 45 calendar days in advance to the Minister and the employees; the dismissal takes effect after 45 calendar days from dispatch.

With whom are consultations held?

With the association or employee representatives — on avoiding the dismissal, reducing its scale and re-employment.

What compensation is paid?

With 30-day notice, at least 1 month's; with 3-day notice, at least 2 months' remuneration.

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What Managing a Mass Layoff Procedure Means

Managing a mass layoff procedure is a process built on the bright lines of Article 49 of the Georgian Labour Code. A mass dismissal is the employer's termination of employment contracts within 30 calendar days on a ground not conditioned by the employee's person or conduct or by the expiry of the contract: with not fewer than 10 employees — in an organisation employing more than 20 but fewer than 100 employees; or with not fewer than 10 percent of employees — in an organisation employing more than 100.

Managing the procedure means arranging the thresholds, the deadlines and the documents correctly: a decision that looks merely numerical in fact demands precise simultaneous action on three fronts — legal, organisational and communicational — because breaching the statute's deadlines turns the dismissal itself into the subject of a dispute.