---
title: "Mass Layoff Planning"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/labor-and-employment-law-en/mass-layoff-planning-en"
field: "Labor & Employment Law"
description: "Mass layoff procedure in Georgia: Articles 49, 47, 48 — 10 employees or 10% in 30 days, 45-day notice rule. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-02-15"
updated: "2026-10-24"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Mass Layoff Planning

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/labor-and-employment-law-en/mass-layoff-planning-en

## 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.

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### 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.