Employment
A 2004 Labour Code with a 40-hour week and 28 days' leave
The Labour Code sets a 40-hour week, minimum annual leave of 28 calendar days and written contracts. Termination requires statutory grounds and notice.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — Labour disputes go to the ordinary courts; the labour inspectorate supervises standards.
- Deadline — Claim to court within three months of an individual labour dispute arising
- Deadline — Two months' notice for redundancy
Governing law
- Labour Code of the Kyrgyz Republic2004
- Law on Trade Unions
- Law on Occupational Safety and Health
In practice
Fixed-term contracts are permitted only on listed grounds, and an open-ended contract is presumed otherwise. Overtime requires consent and premium pay with statutory caps. Severance is payable on redundancy and liquidation. Trade unions operate and collective agreements are enforceable, though a 2019-2021 attempt to restrict union structures drew ILO criticism before being withdrawn. Labour migration remittances are a large share of national income, so posted-worker and EAEU social-security coordination rules matter unusually much.