Labor relations and labor legislation in Kyrgyzstan

Written by Sandeep Nehra

Labor relations Workforce

Kyrgyzstan offers investors a well-educated, productive and inexpensive labor force capable of securing the necessary support to investors. The constant attention, which gives the government workforce development, due to the fact that education is the highest priority and target for investment as the best way to build a sustainable and competitive economy. Kyrgyzstan has high educational standards, the right to complete secondary education in the school. Then they can choose between the desire to continue training or go to work.

According to UNESCO, Kyrgyzstan is a leader among CIS countries on such indicators as “educational reform”, “literacy”, and included ten countries with the best education systems:

• 97.7% of the population of Kyrgyzstan is literate

• More than 75% of high school students goes to college

• 12% of the population has higher education

• 50% of the population has completed secondary education

• there are 43 universities, including 28 public and 15 private, the number of students in private universities in recent years, increased by 1,5 times

• The number of university students has reached 160 thousand, representing 3.3% of the population

• You are the presidential program “Personnel of the XXI century”, in which the best university students enrolled in recognized international schools around the world

• Every year universities Kyrgyzstan introduce new skills related to computer science and information technology

Labor legislation

Labor Code protects the interests and clarifies the rights and obligations of both employers and employees, thereby providing a legal framework for the conduct of labor and industrial relations. The Labor Code provides the basic legislative framework of labor relations in Kyrgyzstan.

It includes the following provisions:

Working hours must not exceed 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week.

Paid holidays:

1. New Year (January 1);

2. Christmas (January 7);

3. Defender’s Day (February 23);

4. Woman’s Day (8 March);

5. Nooruz (March 21);

6. Labour Day (May 1);

7. Constitution Day (May 5);

8. Victory Day (May 9);

9. Independence Day (August 31);

10. Day of the Great October Socialist Revolution (November 7);

11. Orozo-Ait and Kurman-Ait (by the lunar calendar);

Annual paid leave for workers at least 4 weeks and should be provided to all employees. Payment for the processing of the weekend can be compensated in accordance with the agreement between the parties by providing another outlet, or by adding this item to leave. Maternity leave: 70 days before delivery and 56 days after birth. In the case of twins leave is 70 days before and 70 days after birth. At high altitude leave of 140 days (70 +70) in the case of complicated deliveries 156 days (70 +86) in the case of twins 156 days (70 +86).

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