Georgia
Laid-off Rustavi nitrogen factory workers win back jobs after three-year legal battle
Fifty-six former employees of a nitrogen factory in Rustavi, a city 20 km south of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, have won back their jobs after a three-year legal battle with their employer, Rustavi Azot. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ordered the chemical fertiliser company to reinstate them to their previous positions and to reimburse their salaries for their three years of enforced idleness. The 56 plaintiffs were among 350 of the chemical plant’s 2,000 employees who were laid off on
