Tbilisi. The Public Defender has been recommending the Government of Georgia to establish an effective mechanism for monitoring labour conditions for years. He has been emphasizing the necessity for similar monitoring not only in harmful and dangerous workplaces, but in other public services as well.

''The current legislative framework does not oblige institutions to let representatives of the Labour Conditions Inspection Department to conduct inspection, which degrades the efficiency of the mechanism. Therefore, in order to show an example to other public agencies, the Public Defender of Georgia has agreed to allow the Labour Conditions Inspection Department to inspect labour conditions in the Tbilisi office of the Public Defender and sent a corresponding letter to the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia. In addition, the Public Defender requested inspection in the Batumi office'', is noted in the statement.

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