The Public Defender publishes a statement regarding the strike of the employees of "Evolution Georgia" LLC

The Public Defender once again calls on the management of "Evolution Georgia" LLC to conduct active communication with the employees participating in the strike and their representatives, the Public Defender publishes a statement about this.

As stated in the statement, the strike of the employees of "Evolution Georgia" has been going on for almost two weeks, there is a danger that the people participating in the strike will need the necessary medical services that they would receive under the conditions of the private health insurance, and this may put the health of the strikers at risk.

"It became known to the Public Defender of Georgia that along with the labor relationship, the right to use the health insurance stipulated in the labor contract was suspended for the striking employees. At the same time, among the strikers are pregnant women, cancer patients and people with other chronic diseases, for whom the use of insurance services is of particular importance.

We explain to the public that for cancer patients, pregnant women, people with diabetes and other medical needs, despite the use of private insurance services, the state provides access to basic medical services within the framework of the universal health care program. In the event that the striking employees of "Evolution Georgia" will be restricted from using the services of the universal program, the Public Defender of Georgia expresses readiness to study the issue of the striking employees, based on their appeal.

Since the strike of "Evolution Georgia" employees has been going on for almost two weeks, there is a danger that the people participating in the strike will need the necessary medical services that they would receive under the conditions of private health insurance. This may put the health status of the strikers at risk and therefore further increase the employer's liability.

The Public Defender once again calls on the management of "Evolution Georgia" LLC to conduct active communication with the employees participating in the strike and their representatives; Also, to use all the opportunities available to him to reach a consensus in order to timely provide the employees with decent working conditions and restore access to the health insurance services stipulated in the labor contract," the statement said.