Labor Code of Uzbekistan, 2022.

This Code governs individual employment relationships and directly related public relations on the basis of ensuring balance and coordination of interests of workers, employers and the state. The main objectives of this Code are: establishment of the state guarantees of labor rights and freedoms of workers, including right to work, at free choice of work, on fair and safe working conditions and on protection against unemployment; ensuring realization of the rights of employers in the sphere of matching, placement of personnel and organization of effective labor process; encouragement and development of social partnership in the sphere of work; ensuring protection of the rights and legitimate interests of workers and employers; assistance to effective functioning of the labor market. The principle of equality of labor rights, prohibitions of employment discrimination and occupations establish that everyone has equal opportunities in the realization and protection of labor rights. Employment discrimination and occupations is forbidden. Discrimination is the establishment of any straight lines or indirect restrictions, and similarly provision of any immediate or indirect advantages in the field of work and occupations depending on sex, age, race, nationality, language, social origin, property and official capacity, the residence, the relation to religion, beliefs, belonging to public associations, and also other circumstances which are not connected with business qualities of workers and results of their work.

Ouzbékistan · 2022-10-28