The International Workers’ Day is celebrated on May 1. The right to work is the essential component of the social rights and relates to the essence of the socially oriented state, the main goal of which is ensuring proper existence of humans. The constitution of Georgia protects the rights of workers, which includes the possibility for individuals to be employed based on their will and according to their capabilities; therefore, not to be subject to coercive, humiliating or degrading work environment.

The legislation also recognizes the right to safe and healthy work environment. In the labor and pre-agreement relations, it is also prohibited to discriminate on the basis of race, color, language, ethnicity and social affiliation, nationality, origin, property and status, residence, age, sex, sexual orientation, disabilities, affiliation with religious, public, political, labor or any other union, marital status, political or other views.