In Georgia, a timesheet (ტაბელი, tabeli), officially the working time record form, is the employer’s monthly document showing the days and hours each employee worked. Two acts set the form and the way it is kept:
The form itself is free on the timesheet template page; the Georgian version of that page has the official form in Excel.
"},{"heading":"Who fills in the form, on paper or electronically?","html":"The employer fills in the form, or a person or unit the employer appoints. Paper and electronic forms are both allowed.
The top of the form has five fields that identify the organisation and the reporting period. The form is in Georgian; the English names below are translations, with the Georgian field name in brackets.
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Organisation name (ორგანიზაციის დასახელება) | The full name of the organisation or institution |
| Identification code (საიდენტიფიკაციო კოდი) | The unique, permanent identification number assigned under the law |
| Structural unit (სტრუქტურული ერთეული) | The full name of the department, service or other unit, if you have one |
| Date of preparation (შედგენის თარიღი) | The day the responsible person prepared the form |
| Reporting period, from and to (საანგარიშო პერიოდი) | The start and end dates of the period |
Source: Annex 1, Article 5(1), sub-paragraphs ა–ე (2022 edition).
"},{"heading":"Columns 1–10: what goes in each","html":"The body of the form is a table: one row per employee, ten columns. Column names are translated from the Georgian form.
| Column | Name on the form | What to enter and what to watch |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employee’s surname and first name | One row per employee. |
| 2 | Personal number, or timesheet number if there is one | The personal number or, if you use them, the timesheet number. |
| 3 | Position (specialty, profession) | If someone holds two positions in the same organisation, each position gets its own row with its own hours (Article 5(3)). |
| 4 | Marks on attendance and non-attendance, by date | One cell for each day of the month. The codes are meant for this column (Article 5(4)). In our Excel form, a worked day shows the hours worked that day. |
| 5 | Total number of days worked in the month | Counted at month end. |
| 6 | Total number of hours worked in the month | Breaks and rest time do not count as working time (Labour Code, Article 24(1)). |
| 7 | Overtime hours | Overtime is work beyond normal working time, by agreement of the parties (Labour Code, Article 27(1)). Normal working time must not exceed 40 hours a week (Article 24(2)). |
| 8 | Hours worked at night (22:00 to 6:00) | Night time is 22:00 to 6:00 (Labour Code, Article 28(1)). |
| 9 | Hours worked on rest days and public holidays | The list of public holidays is in Article 30 of the Labour Code. |
| 10 | Other hours, different from columns 7–9 | The order does not say which hours go here. The 2021 edition mentioned remote hours in a similar column; the 2022 edition no longer has those words. |
The form ends with two signature blocks: “Head of the organisation or structural subdivision” (position, signature, date) and “Person responsible for preparing the timesheet” (position, signature).
Source: Annex 1, Article 5(1), sub-paragraphs ვ–რ (2022 edition).
"},{"heading":"Codes for column 4 (since 28 April 2023)","html":"Days on which the employee did not work are marked in column 4 with a code. The codes stay in Georgian on the form. The list in force since 28 April 2023:
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| დ | Rest day or public holiday |
| ა/შ | Paid leave |
| უ/შ | Unpaid leave |
| დ/შ-ა | Maternity and childcare leave (დეკრეტული), paid |
| დ/შ-უ | Maternity and childcare leave (დეკრეტული), unpaid |
| ს/ფ | Sick leave certificate |
| გ | Absence from work |
Source: Annex 1, Article 5(4), as amended by Order No. 27/ნ. The codes “X” and “შ” known from older forms are no longer on the list: a rest day is now marked “დ” and paid leave “ა/შ”.
To request and record leave, use the leave request form; the rules on leave itself are in a separate guide to leave rules in Georgia.
"},{"heading":"How to fill in the form, step by step","html":"Filling in the form takes ten steps: set-up, recording every working day, totals at month end, closing, signatures, informing the employee and storage.
Example. An employee worked 20 days in the month, 8 hours a day, with no overtime, night or holiday hours. Column 5 gets 20, column 6 gets 160, and columns 7 to 10 stay empty. The other days carry a code in column 4, such as “დ” or “ა/შ”.
"},{"heading":"Deadlines, signatures and storage","html":"In short: time is recorded every working day, the form is closed by the 10th of the next month at the latest, two people sign it, and it is kept for one year.
Two people sign the form: the person responsible for preparing the timesheet, and the head of the organisation or structural unit, who also adds the date. If they are the same person, that signature is enough (Article 5(1), sub-paragraphs ჟ and რ; Article 5(2)).
The order does not require the employee’s signature on the form, but making the form known to the employee is mandatory. The order does not say how to prove that; it is sensible to keep a trace, such as the employee’s signature or a sent email.
One year. The completed and signed form, on paper or electronic, is kept for one year by the employer or by the unit or person the employer designates (Labour Code, Article 24(11); Annex 1, Article 4(1)).
"},{"heading":"Common mistakes","html":"The mistakes below concern the edition of the form, the way time is recorded, deadlines, signatures and storage.
Under Article 77(1) of the Labour Code, a breach of a rule of the Code leads to a warning or a fine, and the amount of the fine depends on the type of employer and its income. The duty to record working time is in Article 24 of the Code.
"},{"heading":"Electronic timesheets in PLYNTUM","html":"The order allows the form to be kept electronically. In PLYNTUM you log time on the task, with a timer or by hand, so each hour is tied to the work it was spent on. PLYNTUM does not replace the official form: that is still filled in separately.
What to know. PLYNTUM does not produce the official Annex 2 form, has no timesheet or hours export, sends no reminders for missing timesheets and does not calculate pay from hours. Fill in the monthly form in the Excel template and enter the hours into it by hand. PLYNTUM works in a mobile browser; there is no native iOS or Android app.
Time tracking is on every plan: Launch costs $55 a month per workspace with 5 members included. Weekly approval starts on Core, at $150 a month with 10 members. Details are on the pricing page. If you are choosing a tool, read how to choose timesheet software and see time tracking in PLYNTUM.
"},{"heading":"Sources and legal status","html":"This guide is not legal advice. For a specific case, ask a lawyer or the Labour Inspection Service. We read the legal acts on matsne.gov.ge on 24 October 2026; the text is based on the original order and both amending orders. Check the edition in force on matsne.gov.ge before you use the form.