Labour Law as a Subject of Legal Approximation and European Integration Policy
Labour Law as a Subject of Legal Approximation and European Integration Policy

Summary/Abstract: In 2014, Georgia signed the Association Agreement with the EU. The Agreement obliges Georgia to fulfil specified obligations in labour law field. Despite the fact that labour relations in Georgia have been for many years the subject of theoretical and practical research, European standards are still hot and permanent topics of social and economic life. Now, there is in particular a lack of understanding of the sense of the AA provisions. It should be stressed that the topic of labour law is not only on current agenda through the course of European integration. The necessity for gradual integration and implementation of European labour standards has been permanently discussed since the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between the EU and Georgia, which entered into force in 1999. The paper reviews the following issues: Obligations Defined by the Association Agreement: theoretical approach of explanation and interpretation of AA provisions on labour aspects in the light of the DCFTA and the Social Policy. Attitudes on the Association Agenda and Annual Action Plans are discussed as well. Dynamics of approximation of Labour Law on the Background of Normative Environment Supporting Euro-Integration Processes attempt to summarize and systematize all stages of legal approximation process in the labour field in the light of European integration, covering the early periods of PCA implementation, the National Harmonization Strategy and the Action Plan for 2004-2006, the ENP AP, and the annual progress reports of the European Commission.

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