Become an OC Media MemberSupport independent journalism in the Caucasus:
Join Today
Media logo
Jeff Vize photo
Jeff Vize
1 Posts
0 Followers
Jeff is a senior adviser at Human Rights Watch.
Illustration: Tamar Shvelidze/OC Media
Georgia

Opinion | Georgia’s minimum wage is stuck in the 90s

J

Georgia has come a long way since the 1990s, a decade marred by civil war, political instability, and a faltering economy. But there’s one area where the country has, quite literally, remained stuck in that distant past: its minimum wage.  Georgia’s private sector minimum wage was last updated in 1999, and currently stands at ₾20 ($7.50) per month. That makes it one of the lowest monthly minimum wages in the world — about enough to buy a few litres of milk.  Despite broad popular support for