On March 30, 2024, twenty-four attorneys from the Georgian Bar Association and the Legal Aid Service, as well as lawyers from Akhaltsikhe, Aspindza, and Akhalkalaki, along with the Akhaltsikhe District Court staff, participated in a labor law training organized by USAID Rule of Law Program.

Judge Ketevan Meshkhishvili from the Tbilisi Court of Appeals, serving at the Chamber of Civil Affairs, addressed various labor and employment issues in Georgia. She covered topics such as the rights of employees and employers, grounds for termination of an employment contract, labor rights, and personal data privacy. The concluding session of the training explored the case law relating to labor disputes. During the training, attendees engaged in lively discussion and posed questions to the expert. They were especially interested in how a person could properly pursue reinstatement to a former or equivalent position if wrongfully terminated, and how they could be compensated for missed work due to unlawful termination,

This training was one in a series organized by the Program through its Rule of Law Hub in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region to improve local lawyers’ knowledge and skills.