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Helping businesses expand and employ in Georgia
Meeting compliance requirements while expanding your business in Georgia can be extremely challenging. To support you, we are providing an overview of key information in Georgia, addressing everything from hiring regulations to termination regulations.
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Expanding into Georgia
Key facts
Contract Types
In Georgia, employment contracts can be Fixed Term or Indefinite. Fixed term contracts are only allowed for specific reasons, such as projects or seasonal work, and cannot be longer than 30 months.
Probation
Probation can be a maximum of 6 months.
Working Hours
Working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. Overtime should be agreed between the employer and employee, but should be no more than 2 hours per day, 4 hours per week, and generally should be paid at 125%. Time off in lieu can be given if it is agreed between the parties. Employers should maintain records of hours worked.
Other
There is no mandatory requirement for a 13th month salary.
Tax rates valid for 2025
Corporation Tax
15%
Consumption Tax
18%
Employers’ Costs
2%
Employees’ Pension
2%
Income Tax Rates
Flat Rate 20%
The notice period is 30 days for employer and employee, and should be given in writing. During probation notice should still be given in writing but can take effect immediately. No severance is due during probation.
Severance Pay
Severance pay is payable when employees are terminated (if not for reasons such as gross misconduct) and is 1 or 2 months’ salary depending on the reason for termination. Accrued and unused leave should also be paid out on termination.
Annual Leave 2025
Paid Entitlement: 15 days
New Year’s Day – 1st – 2nd January
Day off in Lieu: No
Orthodox Christmas – 7th January
Day off in Lieu: No
Orthodox Epiphany – 19th January
Day off in Lieu: No
Mothers’ Day – 3rd March
Day off in Lieu: No
International Women’s Day – 8th March
Day off in Lieu: No
Independence Restoration Day – 9th April
Day off in Lieu: No
Orthodox Good Friday – 18th April
Day off in Lieu: NA
Orthodox Easter Monday – 21st April
Day off in Lieu: NA
Victory Day – 9th May
Day off in Lieu: No
St Andrew’s Day – 12th May
Day off in Lieu: No
Day of Family Purity and Respect for Parents – 17th May
Day off in Lieu: No
Independence Day – 26th May
Day off in Lieu: No
Assumption of Mary – 28th August
Day off in Lieu: No
Svetitskhovloba – 14th October
Day off in Lieu: No
St George’s Day – 23rd November
Day off in Lieu: No
The minimum annual entitlement is 24 working days per year. After 11 months’ service a further 15 unpaid days’ leave is available.
Carry over permitted
Carry over is permitted by mutual agreement for up to 2 years.
Sick
The entitlement is for 40 consecutive calendar days, so long as the total period of sickness does not exceed 60 calendar days in a 6 month period. A valid medical certificate should be produced on the first day of sickness. Pay is not mandated and is usually governed by the contract.
Maternity
New mothers in Georgia are entitled to 126 days’ leave or 143 days for multiple births or those with complications. Full pay is provided by the government up to GEL 2,000 in total (Eur 702, though many employers will supplement this). An additional GEL 1,000 is available for the third and subsequent children.
Paternity
There is no paternity leave mandated in Georgia though many employers will grant unpaid leave.
Parental
57 days from the maternity leave entitlement can be put towards parental leave. Employees are entitled to 604 days of unpaid leave which is shared between the parents.
Employees can also request additional childcare leave of between 2 and 12 weeks’ unpaid leave per year.
Other
Employees are entitled to 15 days of unpaid leave for bereavement and marriage but many employers will provide paid leave for these events.
Medical Insurance
The public healthcare system in Georgia is fairly basic and many companies will provide private medical insurance as a benefit.
Life Insurance
Life insurance is not commonly offered as a benefit.
Pensions
This is not a usual benefit.
Other
Gym membership is sometimes offered as a benefit. Phone and meal allowances may also be offered.
We make expansion in Georgia simple
Employing people compliantly across international borders can be challenging but we make it simple, bringing down barriers and making light work of the complexities. We offer the full range of compliant global expansion solutions so that wherever, whenever and however you want to employ people, we can support you.
EOR Services
Employ people compliantly in 180+ countries – without setting up new entities. We’ll shoulder responsibility as Employer of Record (EOR), making sure all your international employment is fully compliant.
We can also take care of your global HR from multi-country payroll to onboarding and offboarding.
Payroll Solutions
Getting global payroll right is one of the hardest challenges for any business expanding into new countries. We can shoulder this burden, freeing up valuable in-house resource to focus on growing your business.
Consider us an extension of your HR team, ready to answer all your questions large and small.
Global Mobility
Mobilise your people across borders with ease. Relocating to work abroad can feel daunting. But with Leap29 at your side, your employees can feel safe and supported.
We’ll guide your employees through the complexities of working in another country, helping them settle in fast.
Entity Services
Follow the opportunities to grow your business – wherever they take you.
We lighten the load of establishing and managing foreign entities and can help you solve all your entity challenges from running compliant, accurate multi-country payroll to local accounting and financial reporting.
PEO Solutions
Employ international talent wherever and whenever you need it – and enjoy the peace of mind of knowing you’re fully compliant. Our Professional Employer Organisation (PEO) services allow you to focus on growing your business while we handle compliance, multi-country payroll and your global HR.
Support & Advisory
The help you need to make your global growth effortless – trusted guidance and advice on your expansion challenges large and small.
HR Support
When you’re employing people in lots of different countries, answering just a simple query can take a disproportionate amount of time for your in-house HR team. Our HR Support service reduces this burden, saving you time and money and giving you the confidence of knowing your employees are well looked after, whatever their location.
Contractor Payroll
Enjoy compliant contractor payroll that meets all local requirements for tax, social security and employment legislation. We understand the importance of compliant contractor payroll to the success of your business and will pay your contractors on time, every time.
Start hiring today – and onboard within hours.
Pricing
Budget confidently with transparent, competitive fees and no hidden costs.
Want us to shoulder employer liability and take care of your global HR through our EOR solution? No problem. Just want global payroll? You can have that too. Pick the solutions that your individual business needs.
We’re a people business with employee management software, not a software business that works in employee management!
At Leap29 we offer access to the latest technology and software to easily and effectively manage your employees from anywhere in the world.
Our bespoke online portal LeapForward helps ensure a smooth onboarding process, manages monthly payroll and easily facilitates additional bonuses and expenses. By streamlining your processes through our online portal, it will help you attract and retain great talent and take the pain out of payroll management.
Integrated fully with our global EOR services, LeapForward comes at no additional cost to you but is guaranteed to save you time and money whilst simplifying your employee management procedures.
Georgia
Expansion Resources
Want to learn more about employment and expansion into Europe?
Check out our resource pages below for more information about the employment market in Europe.
Austria EOR Services
Romania PEO Services
Employer of Record In Europe
PEO Services for Europe
Cyprus PEO Services
Cyprus EOR Services
Norway EOR Services
Norway PEO Services
Germany EOR Services
Germany PEO Services
Our Recruitment Services
A global recruitment partner you can trust
We solve global recruitment challenges for businesses large and small. Whether you’re building out a new team, expanding into another country or looking for a confidential executive level hire, you can trust us to deliver.
Need 80 contractors in Brazil? Looking for just one very special permanent hire? Want us to take care of your global HR? It’s all in a day’s work at Leap29.
Whatever and wherever your mandate, we can help.
Permanent Recruitment
Connect with great permanent talent to drive your business forward. We help you find both key strategic hires to lead organisational growth and project specialists to deliver on deadlines and budgets.
Workforce Management
Reduce the complexity of managing workers in different countries and save yourself time, energy and money.
Local expertise, global reach
Employ people compliantly in 180+ countries – with or without your own foreign entities. We can help you set up and manage foreign entities – or act as an Employer of Record. We can also help with multi-country payroll and all your HR management. Wherever, whenever and however you want to employ people, we can help.
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Hong Kong
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