Parental leave before and after the labor reform 2020
Tbilisi. The Social Justice Center publishes an analytical document: Parental leave before and after the labor reform 2020.
“The main problem for those employed is remuneration of a parental leave, which envisages one-time payment of GEL 1 000 by the state for the entire duration of the leave. It is obvious that in the circumstances of minimum remuneration parent is unable to provide adequate care for child, which fact ultimately results in incomplete use of a parental leave, return to work as quickly as possible, and, as a matter of fact, restriction of the right to a parental leave.
The 2020 reform allowed fathers to take a paternity leave to care for child, however, at present, mother and father of child are unable to take a parental leave simultaneously. Despite small positive improvements entailed by the labor reform, the legislative standard of a parental leave still fails to ensure adequate protection and execution of the right to fair labor, as well as equality of those employed”.
Source: socialjustice.org.ge
