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Appeal Court Also Confirmed Labor Discrimination in TELASI

July 26, 2016
 
With legal assistance of Human Rights Center the Tbilisi Appeal Court ruled labor discrimination against the former employees of TELASI (Tbilisi Electricity Distribution Company).

On July 22, 2016 the Tbilisi Appeal Court upheld the July 22, 2015 decision of the Tbilisi City Court based on which the claim of Davit Nadirashvili and Kakha Simonidze was satisfied. 

A year ago, on July 22, 2015 the court deemed that dismissal of Davit Nadirashvili and Kakha Simonidze from work was unlawful and annulled the orders of their dismissal. Kakha Simonidze and Davit Nadirashvili were restored to their positions and JSC “Telasi” was imposed to pay a compensatory award in amount of 100 000 lari. At the same time, the Court estimated the labor discrimination and ruled that the applicants were subjects of purposeful persecution and intimidation from the TELASI administration.

On September 9, 2014, a director general of JSC “Telasi” Sergey Kobtsev, by breaching internal regulations of JSC “Telasi” and provisions of Labor Code of Georgia, illegally dismissed a head of economic safety and protection department of JSC “Telasi” Davit Nadirashvili and analyst of the same department Kakha Simonidze from their positions. 

Having studied the case, Human Rights Center identified that these persons were dismissed from their job by gross violation of Labor Code of Georgia. At the same time, signs of labor discrimination were detected in the activities of the JSC TELASI administration.

In September 2014, the lawyer of Human Rights Center Tamar Avaliani, as a representative of Davit Nadirashvili and Kakha Simonidze, appealed to Civil Cases Panel of Tbilisi City Court and requested restoration of plaintiffs – Davit Nadirashvili and Kakha Simonidze to their positions and a compensatory award for illegal dismissal.

On July 22 2015, the court satisfied the claim of Human Rights Center and ruled labor discrimination in the fact. JSC TELASI appealed the judgment of the first instance court at the Tbilisi Appeal Court. The latter, on July 22, 2016, did not satisfy the appeal of the TELASI and upheld the judgment of the Tbilisi City Court.

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