---
title: "Workplace Injury Litigation"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/labor-and-employment-law-en/workplace-injury-litigation-en"
field: "Labor & Employment Law"
description: "Health damage at the workplace in Georgia: compensation, the written dispute form, the one-year limit and civil liability beside the fine. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-23"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Workplace Injury Litigation

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/labor-and-employment-law-en/workplace-injury-litigation-en

## Labour Dispute: Health Damage at the Workplace

Health damage at the workplace becomes the subject of a court dispute in Georgia through a precisely defined mechanism: the employer's duty of compensation, the written form of the dispute, the one-year limitation, and civil liability running in parallel with the administrative penalty. The United States system of exclusive workers' compensation does not apply here — in Georgia the employer's liability is direct and is enforced through the court.

Four anchors carry the dispute: the compensation norm of Article 45, the concept of a dispute in Article 61, the time limit of Article 74, and the two-tier liability of Article 81.

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### What does the employer compensate?

Work-related health damage in full, plus necessary treatment costs.

### How does the dispute begin?

With a written notice.

### What is the claim period?

One year from knowledge.

### Does a fine replace compensation?

No — civil liability remains separate.

### Does the law protect a pregnant employee?

Yes — the employer must protect a pregnant woman from work dangerous for her or the child.