What is the fine for work without the right?

2 000 GEL on the employer and 2 000 GEL on the immigrant; double on repetition, triple thereafter.

In which languages is the contract made?

In writing, for a term, in Georgian and in a language understandable to the immigrant.

What is the mandatory content of the contract?

Identification of the parties, requisites, term, workplace and the rights and duties under the statutory list.

Who controls compliance?

The labour inspection, with the power to draw up protocols and impose fines.

Immigration Compliance in Georgia

The Labour Migration Law and the Labour Inspection

Compliance with the rules on the employment of aliens in Georgia is determined by the Law on Labour Migration. Under Article 14 of that law, administrative liability for violations of the requirements in the sphere of labour migration is defined by this law, while the conduct of administrative offence cases is governed also by the Code of Administrative Offences and the Law on Labour Inspection. Control is exercised by the labour inspection, which is authorised to impose liability and administrative penalties on infringers.

For an employer this means that an audit is not a theoretical risk: a protocol drawn up by the inspection genuinely turns into a fine where the terms of the contract, the right to work or the documentation are not in order.