Collective Bargaining

Abstract

The Association Agreement concluded in 2014 by and between the European Union and the
European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, on the one part, and Georgia on
the other part, obliges Georgian Government to respect, promote and realize in its law and
practice the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining. The research aims at
emphasizing the main aspects promoting the effective recognition of the right to collective
bargaining.
The research highlights the necessity of establishing the notion of “extension” of a collective
agreement and stating the mandatory and voluntary issues of collective bargaining on the
statutory level, as an effective means for protecting employees’ interests. Additionally, the
research considers the mechanism of collective bargaining as a token of the commonwealth and
the economic stability of the country and evaluates its impact on the prevention and settlement of
collective disputes. Consequently, it is aimed at detecting the shortcomings of the present
Georgian law and to propose possible ways of improvement