Acknowledgments This research was prepared with the support of the ILO project in Georgia, Inclusive Labour Market for Job Creation, and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Caucasus Office. Special acknowledgement goes to Mr. Lejo Sibbel – former Senior Specialist on International La­bour Standards and Labour Law, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, for his expert support and guidance in the de­velopment of the research. The research was planned and undertaken based on the inter­est and need expressed by the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia. In this respect, sincere thanks go to Ms. Ekaterine Tikaradze(former Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occu­pied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia), Ms. Tamila Barkalia(Deputy Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia) and Mr. Beka Peradze(Chief Labour Inspector of the LEPL Labour Inspection Service). Ms. Ekaterine Karckhadze(National Project Officer, ILO Project Office in Georgia) and Mr. Cătălin Ţacu(Chief Technical Adviser, ILO Project Office in Georgia), together with Mr. Vakhtang Siprashvili(Executive director, Progressive Forum) coordinated the research process. 5